About r/ThatLookedExpensive
In its own words:
Videos and gifs of expensive mistakes, catastrophes, or disasters.
Community guide
r/ThatLookedExpensive (#964, about 1.1 million) collects videos and gifs of costly mistakes and disasters—posts must show expensive damage, destruction or loss.
What belongs
Expensive-catastrophe clips (about 1 post/day in samples). The core rule: posts must contain damage, destruction or loss of something deemed expensive.
Versus Whatcouldgowrong
Whatcouldgowrong is broader fail energy. ThatLookedExpensive specifically wants the costly wreck.
Practical pointers
Make the expensive loss obvious in the media.
The community was created on Mar 30, 2018, which makes it 8 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 595 subscribers (+0.05%). It sits just behind r/CatsWithDogs (#962) and ahead of r/canadatravel (#964) in our ranking.
What sets r/ThatLookedExpensive apart
It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 36.6 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.0. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.9 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 9, 2026, r/ThatLookedExpensive grew from 1,098,772 to 1,101,349 subscribers (+2.6K, +0.23%). That is about 51 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/ThatLookedExpensive, from 2019 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- BRB I’m gonna rear-end a Lamborghiniu/Shitposies · Oct 3, 2021 · 47,170 points · 3,506 comments · video
- Mike Bloomberg's 2020 Campaignu/FlownScepter · Mar 4, 2020 · 36,279 points · 909 comments · image
- This Is Why You Call Before You Dig....u/BlueBucketMaple · Aug 20, 2023 · video
- Closed on a condo two weeks ago. Today the supply line to the fire sprinklers broke in the attic...u/llcwhit · Nov 5, 2020 · video
- Big oof.u/J00G0LD · Feb 2, 2020 · 27,167 points · 632 comments · image
- Insurance: "You hit what!?"u/This_sum_one · Oct 10, 2021 · 35,771 points · 1,235 comments · video
- Oops...u/monis6344 · Apr 4, 2021 · video
- Oopsu/Angelic_Blossom_ · Jan 27, 2021 · image
- Could a 2 year old do this damage?u/Artisan_sailor · Feb 10, 2025 · gallery
- Ship collides with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapseu/verious_ · Mar 26, 2024 · image
Activity and best time to post
r/ThatLookedExpensive gets about 1.0 new post a day. The public archive holds 23,029 posts and 843,579 comments in total, about 36.6 comments per post.
Rules of r/ThatLookedExpensive
The moderators of r/ThatLookedExpensive list 1 rules. In short:
- Your posts must contain damage, destruction or loss of some item or object that's deemed expensive
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/ThatLookedExpensive 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 big is r/ThatLookedExpensive?
r/ThatLookedExpensive has 1,101,349 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #963 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,577 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/ThatLookedExpensive?
r/ThatLookedExpensive was created on Mar 30, 2018, so it has been around for 8 years.
How active is r/ThatLookedExpensive?
Moderately: r/ThatLookedExpensive gets about 1.0 new post a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 23,029 posts and 843,579 comments.
What is r/ThatLookedExpensive about?
The community describes itself as: “Videos and gifs of expensive mistakes, catastrophes, or disasters.”
Is r/ThatLookedExpensive safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/ThatLookedExpensive as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/ThatLookedExpensive?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/ThatLookedExpensive accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 1 posted rules, starting with: “Your posts must contain damage, destruction or loss of some item or object that's deemed expensive”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/ThatLookedExpensive?
Communities with similar topics include r/videos (26.9M).
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/ThatLookedExpensive.