About r/SweatyPalms
In its own words:
Videos (and images) that make your palms sweat.
Community guide
r/SweatyPalms (#434, about 2.6 million) is for videos and images that make your palms sweat—scary tension without porn, gore, or fake forced perspectives. Rules require sweaty-palm-inducing and scary content, descriptive titles (fear from the media, not title alone), ban NSFL/fight/gore, reposts, jerks/hate/agenda-pushing, and require permission to cross-post. Video-led sample with Heights, Animals & nature, Stunts, and similar flairs (~5 ppd).
Tension, not gore
Heights, animals/nature, stunts, disasters/accidents, and trains-style flairs appear—content must induce sweaty-palm fear without NSFL/fight/gore.
Authenticity and cross-posts
No fakes or forced perspectives; no porn; get permission before cross-posting; no reposts.
Titles carry less than the clip
Titles should be descriptive, but the fear must come from the image/video itself, not scare-mongering wording alone.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Sep 27, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 475 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/rap (#433) and ahead of r/dogecoin (#435) in our ranking.
What sets r/SweatyPalms apart
r/SweatyPalms is far more video-driven than most big subreddits: 90% of its recent posts are videos, against a median of 5% across the Top 100. Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 32.8 comments per post, roughly 2.4× the typical big subreddit (13.6). Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 1.9 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 2, 2026, r/SweatyPalms grew from 2,575,222 to 2,577,875 subscribers (+2.7K, +0.10%). That is about 60 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/SweatyPalms talks about
Across 29 recent posts (Oct 30–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “safety”, “saw”, “masterpiece”, “heart” and “pounding”. By format, 90% are videos, 7% are images and 3% are links.
Popular post flairs: Other SweatyPalms 👋🏻💦 (10), Animals & nature 🐅 🌊🌋 (8), Heights (4), Stunts & tricks (3), Disasters & accidents (2), Trains 🚂 (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/SweatyPalms gets about 5.0 new posts a day. The public archive holds 93,884 posts and 3,078,244 comments in total, about 32.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (7 posts) and the quietest was Monday (1). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 01:00 UTC.
Rules of r/SweatyPalms
The moderators of r/SweatyPalms list 9 rules. In short:
- Must be sweaty palm inducing
- Must be scary
- No porn
- No jerks, no hate, no agenda pushing
- No fakes or forced perspectives
- No reposts
- Titles must be descriptive, but fear must be conveyed by the image, not solely by the title
- No NSFL/fight/gore posts
- Need Permission To Cross Post
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms 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/SweatyPalms have?
r/SweatyPalms has 2,577,875 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #434 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,653 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/SweatyPalms?
r/SweatyPalms was created on Sep 27, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.
How active is r/SweatyPalms?
Moderately: r/SweatyPalms gets about 5.0 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 93,884 posts and 3,078,244 comments.
When is r/SweatyPalms most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 01:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/SweatyPalms about?
The community describes itself as: “Videos (and images) that make your palms sweat.” Recent post titles often mention safety, saw, masterpiece, heart and pounding. Most posts are videos (90%).
Is r/SweatyPalms safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/SweatyPalms as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/SweatyPalms?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/SweatyPalms accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Must be sweaty palm inducing”; “Must be scary”; “No porn”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/SweatyPalms?
Communities with similar topics include r/dadjokes (12.2M), r/CozyPlaces (7.4M), r/videos (26.9M), r/AnimalsBeingJerks (6.5M) and r/pics (33.6M).
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/SweatyPalms.