r/Terraria on SubMouse

About r/Terraria

In its own words:

Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. The world is your canvas and the ground itself is your paint.

Community guide

r/Terraria (#647, about 1.6 million subscribers) — Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. The world is your canvas and the ground itself is your paint. A recent sample averaged 73 posts a day (~44% image, ~29% text, ~17% gallery). Its public rules include: Only Terraria related content; English language only; No bad behaviour; Mark spoilers; Limit self-promotion. It is listed under “Games”.

What belongs here

Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Spoiler tags matter for fresh releases and endings. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Piracy talk is removed; keep to legitimate options. Low-effort memes/empty shitposts are often removed—add real context.

How it differs from lookalikes

Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.

Practical pointers

Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Err on spoiler tags. Search before reposting common clips/questions. Common flairs include: PC, Art, Build, Mobile.

The community was created on Apr 23, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,103 subscribers (+0.07%). It sits just behind r/nostalgia (#646) and ahead of r/snowboarding (#648) in our ranking.

What sets r/Terraria apart

Compared with other large communities, r/Terraria leans heavily on images (44% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 22%). For its size it is unusually busy: about 44.2 new posts a day per million members, more than 82% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 3.2× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/Terraria went up from 1,638,325 to 1,646,541 subscribers (+8.2K, +0.50%). That is about 161 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/Terraria, from 2019 to 2021, ranked by Reddit.

Andrew (Redigit) tells Google to get stuffed, cancels Terraria on Stadiau/Jamstroxian · Feb 8, 2021 · image
Petition to make Moon Lord drop a consumable item which reveals the entire world mapu/J0K3R_12QQ · Jun 14, 2020 · image
How to craft the Zenithu/Kocothelegend · May 31, 2020 · video
Eater of Worlds Animation - Worked on this on and off over the past yearu/CusetheCreator · Jun 7, 2020 · video
You’ve got to be kidding me...u/ironydog · May 28, 2020 · image
As of today Terraria is the second best rated Steam game.u/Danimite00 · Jul 8, 2020 · image
I know it's probably too late but I made an alternate version of "How to craft Zenith" based on the comments in the original post.u/SomeOrdinaryUser · Jul 4, 2020 · video
This is the most cursed thing I've ever drawnu/SleakerJ3 · Jun 22, 2020 · image
Am I doing something wrong here? The merchant won't move in.u/Nobisyu_12 · Feb 16, 2021 · image
trying to not make boxes be likeu/fishingduke · Jun 6, 2020 · image

What r/Terraria talks about

Looking at the titles of 458 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “help”, “world”, “house”, “game” and “playthrough”. Other frequent themes are blind, shimmer, build, base, seed and mode. Recurring phrases include “arc surge”, “blind playthrough”, “master mode” and “expert mode”. By format, 44% are images, 29% are text posts and 17% are galleries.

help 28
world 12
house 12
game 10
playthrough 9
blind 9
shimmer 8
build 8
base 8
seed 8
mode 8
calamity 7
good 7
wall 7
expert 7
farm 7
making 7
boss 6

Popular post flairs: PC (96), Art (78), Build (67), Mobile (56), Modded (43), Meme (41).

Activity and best time to post

r/Terraria gets about 73 new posts a day. The public archive holds 775,816 posts and 8,157,240 comments in total, about 10.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (82 posts) and the quietest was Monday (47). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026

Images 44%Text posts 29%Galleries 17%Videos 9%

Rules of r/Terraria

The moderators of r/Terraria list 12 rules. In short:

Only Terraria related content
English language only
No bad behaviour
Mark spoilers
Limit self-promotion
Failure to provide proper attribution
No game begging, trading, or baiting
No low quality/effort submissions
No memes outside of weekends
No duplicate posts

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/Terraria 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/Terraria have?

r/Terraria has 1,646,541 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #647 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 8,216 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

How old is r/Terraria?

r/Terraria was created on Apr 23, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.

How active is r/Terraria?

Very active: r/Terraria gets about 73 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 775,816 posts and 8,157,240 comments. In a sample of 458 recent posts we counted 346 different authors.

When is r/Terraria most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/Terraria about?

The community describes itself as: “Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. The world is your canvas and the ground itself is your paint.” Recent post titles often mention help, world, house, game and playthrough. Most posts are images (44%).

Is r/Terraria safe for work?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Terraria as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

How do I post on r/Terraria?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Terraria accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Only Terraria related content”; “English language only”; “No bad behaviour”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/Terraria?

Communities with similar topics include r/Eldenring (5M) and r/Genshin_Impact (3.9M).

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/Terraria.

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