About r/Roadcam
In its own words:
Videos showing interesting road situations. Collisions, close calls, and anything interesting.
Community guide
r/Roadcam (#495, about 2.2 million) — Videos showing interesting road situations. Collisions, close calls, and anything interesting. Collected rules highlight Videos must show road situations; No reposts from the last 30 days (previously posted in r/roadcam, not reddit as a whole).; Reposts older than 30 days may be marked [Old], among 8 listed. Activity mix in sample: video:57, link:1. Mo.
What belongs here
Posts should match the community’s curatorial bar—Videos showing interesting road situations. Collisions, close calls, and anything interesting. Hard filters include: Videos must show road situations; No reposts from the last 30 days (previously posted in r/roadcam, not reddit as a whole).; Reposts older than 30 days may be marked [Old]; Title must start with a country tag. Off-scope, spam, and low-effort dumps are the usual removal reasons when those rules are listed.
How it differs
Distinctions here come from the public description and rule list rather than firsthand culture reporting. If a sibling subreddit is a tighter fit, prefer that.
Before you post
Common flairs in the sample: Repost, OC, Death, No crash. Recent sample composition: video:57, link:1. Mo. Format-sensitive rules to read first: No reposts from the last 30 days (previously posted in r/roadcam, not reddit as a whole).; Reposts older than 30 days may be marked [Old]; Title must start with a country tag. Treat subscriber and posts-per-day figures as directory snapshots, not live Reddit counters.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 29, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 446 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/law (#494) and ahead of r/Amd (#496) in our ranking.
What sets r/Roadcam apart
Compared with other large communities, r/Roadcam leans heavily on videos (98% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 4%).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Roadcam climbed from 2,243,397 to 2,248,379 subscribers (+5K, +0.22%). That is about 113 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Roadcam talks about
We read the titles of 58 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “usa”, “crash”, “truck”, “captured” and “car”. Other frequent themes are road, business, jet, greenacres, dashcam and driver. Recurring phrases include “business jet”, “jet crash”, “crash captured” and “dashcam footage”. By format, 98% are videos and 2% are links.
Popular post flairs: Repost (5), OC (4), Death (3), No crash (2), Not roadcam (2), Old (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/Roadcam gets about 8.8 new posts a day. The public archive holds 114,757 posts and 2,389,688 comments in total, about 20.8 comments per post.
Rules of r/Roadcam
The moderators of r/Roadcam list 8 rules. In short:
- Videos must show road situations
- No reposts from the last 30 days (previously posted in r/roadcam, not reddit as a whole).
- Reposts older than 30 days may be marked [Old]
- Title must start with a country tag
- Compilations must be from the same driver, cam, or vehicle.
- Provide mirror in comments when needed
- Videos must be publicly viewable
- No unnecessary references to gender, race, etc. that detract from the subject
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Roadcam 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/Roadcam have?
r/Roadcam has 2,248,379 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #495 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,982 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/Roadcam created?
r/Roadcam was created on May 29, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.
Is r/Roadcam still active?
Yes. r/Roadcam gets about 8.8 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 114,757 posts and 2,389,688 comments. In a sample of 58 recent posts we counted 44 different authors.
What kind of posts are on r/Roadcam?
The community describes itself as: “Videos showing interesting road situations. Collisions, close calls, and anything interesting.” Recent post titles often mention usa, crash, truck, captured and car. Most posts are videos (98%).
Is r/Roadcam SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Roadcam as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/Roadcam?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Roadcam accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with videos enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Videos must show road situations”; “No reposts from the last 30 days (previously posted in r/roadcam, not reddit as a whole).”; “Reposts older than 30 days may be marked [Old]”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/Roadcam?
Communities with similar topics include r/interesting (2.2M), r/interestingasfuck (16.9M), r/Damnthatsinteresting (20.6M), r/theydidthemath (2.5M) and r/mildlyinteresting (25.4M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). 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/Roadcam.