About r/PerfectTiming
In its own words:
A place dedicated to photos of the unexpected and unplanned.
Community guide
r/PerfectTiming (#676, about 1.6 million subscribers) — A place dedicated to photos of the unexpected and unplanned. A recent sample averaged 0.1 posts a day. Its public rules include: All photos submitted must be unexpected and unplanned.; Keep things clean, family friendly and fresh.; Use direct image links only.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: All photos submitted must be unexpected and unplanned.; Keep things clean, family friendly and fresh.; Use direct image links only.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change.
The community was created on Dec 13, 2011, which makes it 14 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 45 subscribers (+0.00%). It sits just behind r/CreditCards (#675) and ahead of r/Hololive (#677) in our ranking.
What sets r/PerfectTiming apart
Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.1 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/PerfectTiming went up from 1,561,734 to 1,562,143 subscribers (+409, +0.03%). That is about 8 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/PerfectTiming, from 2017 to 2019, ranked by Reddit.
- That one Christmas when a champagne cork hit me in the eye.u/romancreed · Dec 15, 2017 · 29,799 points · 383 comments · image
- Friends flash went off and split the pictureu/ofcorse · Dec 23, 2017 · 26,231 points · 375 comments · image
- Just a pic that my friend took down at the beach the other day...u/sophielola_ · Nov 24, 2017 · 23,941 points · 260 comments · image
- When my husband thought it was a good idea to pick me up while standing dangerously close to the creek after our weddingu/bixnok · Apr 7, 2018 · 24,682 points · 333 comments · image
- Mid-air struggle behind the newly wed.u/TheSANEG · Jun 5, 2018 · 23,705 points · 264 comments · image
- Tried to take a picture of the sunset while driving and a bird totally ruined my shot..u/QueenJamesKingJordan · Jul 15, 2017 · 20,903 points · 370 comments · link
- A couple of years ago, my friend/coworker set her hair on fire while blowing out the candles on her birthday cake. This was taken the split second before anybody realized.u/MURPHtheSURF · Jul 17, 2017 · 19,931 points · 265 comments · image
- In a rush to get to the playground, he might have forgotten about the ice.u/angrywords · Mar 15, 2017 · 18,426 points · 263 comments · link
- My parents' new pupper misjudged his jumpu/scourgeobohem · Jul 14, 2018 · 19,174 points · 144 comments · image
- My sister dropping me circa 1993u/THEsneezedmeatball · Dec 9, 2017 · 18,750 points · 177 comments · image
Activity and best time to post
r/PerfectTiming gets about 0.1 new posts a day. The public archive holds 38,462 posts and 322,940 comments in total, about 8.4 comments per post.
Rules of r/PerfectTiming
The moderators of r/PerfectTiming list 3 rules. In short:
- All photos submitted must be unexpected and unplanned.
- Keep things clean, family friendly and fresh.
- Use direct image links only.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/PerfectTiming and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does r/PerfectTiming have?
r/PerfectTiming has 1,562,143 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #676 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 409 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/PerfectTiming created?
r/PerfectTiming was created on Dec 13, 2011, so it has been around for 14 years.
Is r/PerfectTiming still active?
Moderately: r/PerfectTiming gets about 0.1 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 38,462 posts and 322,940 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/PerfectTiming?
The community describes itself as: “A place dedicated to photos of the unexpected and unplanned.”
Is r/PerfectTiming SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/PerfectTiming as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/PerfectTiming?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/PerfectTiming accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images enabled. It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “All photos submitted must be unexpected and unplanned.”; “Keep things clean, family friendly and fresh.”; “Use direct image links only.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/PerfectTiming?
Communities with similar topics include r/Unexpected (12.1M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/PerfectTiming.