About r/awfuleverything
In its own words:
Everything Awful! Lament with us as we view all things that are just genuinely awful.
Community guide
r/awfuleverything (#781, about 1.4 million subscribers) — Everything Awful! Lament with us as we view all things that are just genuinely awful. A recent sample averaged 2.9 posts a day (~50% link, ~25% video, ~20% image). Its public rules include: No violations of Reddit's content policy; No Minors; Inciting/Encouraging violence, death, harm etc.; Be Civil; Revealing personal information.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Search before reposting.
The community was created on Oct 23, 2014, which makes it 12 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 95 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/awesome (#780) and ahead of r/SquaredCircle (#782) in our ranking.
What sets r/awfuleverything apart
Posts here spark a lot of conversation: the archive averages 29.6 comments per post, roughly 2.3× the typical big subreddit (13.0). Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 2.1 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/awfuleverything climbed from 1,367,167 to 1,368,007 subscribers (+840, +0.06%). That is about 16 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/awfuleverything this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- There’s no electricity nor any water in most parts of Kyiv right now; trams, trolley buses and a part of metro stopped, there’s very little coverage to stay in touch or go online, there are air raid …u/xsandrov · Nov 3 · image
- New Data Centers in the US Set to Wipe Out 15 Years of Greenhouse Gas Reductionsu/stankmanly · Nov 3 · link
- Brutal farm attack: Elderly couple burned, beaten as attackers tried to cut off wife’s nipples with bolt cuttersu/stankmanly · Nov 6 · link
- Caregiver Allegedly Filmed 92-Year-Old Man Suffocating His Wife for 71 Seconds Rather Than Helping Heru/terenscendent · Nov 2 · link
- Man arrested after leaving 6-year-old daughter sleeping in line for Pokemon cardsu/Beautiful_Bee4090 · Nov 7 · link
- Wife smeared her own faeces in husband's mouth at their £1million farmhouse during argument about 'not standing up for her' at the pubu/stankmanly · Nov 5 · link
- Girl trick-or-treating on Halloween grabbed by Washington man in van, escapes with groin kicku/statenislandadvance · Nov 4 · link
- Suspect sought for random Broadway attacks that left men unconsciousu/gn3xu5 · Nov 5 · link
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/awfuleverything, from 2019 to 2021, ranked by Reddit.
- Poor guy :(u/zaynthelegend · Aug 6, 2020 · image
- Ryan Whittakeru/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U · Aug 8, 2020 · image
- Dallas PD was spraying pellets and hit a woman who was coming home with her groceries. Nice going, guys.u/__Dawn__Amber__ · May 31, 2020 · image
- Rest In Peace, ACABJun 13, 2020 · image
- Poor guy :(u/Smexyredditor69 · Nov 30, 2020 · image
- Sometimes, when people get depressed, they smash their own face in, pour acid on their genitals, and shoot themselves. Apparently.u/panopticon_aversion · Jun 6, 2020 · image
- Richest countryu/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U · Jul 6, 2020 · image
- Sighs in AmericanAug 9, 2020 · image
- If someone told me not to smile; I would smile uncontrollably.u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U · Sep 2, 2020 · image
- Beyonce's pseudo-feminism is letting her keep the evil practice under the shroudu/mecharoy · Jul 5, 2020 · image
What r/awfuleverything talks about
Looking at the titles of 20 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “man”, “wife”, “found”, “christa” and “pike”. Other frequent themes are allegedly, disability, meet and women. Recurring phrases include “christa pike” and “meet women”. By format, 50% are links, 25% are videos and 20% are images.
Activity and best time to post
r/awfuleverything gets about 2.9 new posts a day. The public archive holds 181,395 posts and 5,363,976 comments in total, about 29.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (5 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (1).
Rules of r/awfuleverything
The moderators of r/awfuleverything list 11 rules. In short:
- No violations of Reddit's content policy
- No Minors
- Inciting/Encouraging violence, death, harm etc.
- Be Civil
- Revealing personal information
- Content must be truly awful
- Don't post it if they can't help it.
- Repost Spamming
- No Politics
- No Meta
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/awfuleverything 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/awfuleverything?
r/awfuleverything has 1,368,007 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #781 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 840 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/awfuleverything?
r/awfuleverything was created on Oct 23, 2014, so it has been around for 12 years.
How active is r/awfuleverything?
Moderately: r/awfuleverything gets about 2.9 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 181,395 posts and 5,363,976 comments.
When is r/awfuleverything most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Saturday. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/awfuleverything about?
The community describes itself as: “Everything Awful! Lament with us as we view all things that are just genuinely awful.” Recent post titles often mention man, wife, found, christa and pike. Most posts are links (50%).
Is r/awfuleverything safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/awfuleverything as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/awfuleverything?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/awfuleverything accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “No violations of Reddit's content policy”; “No Minors”; “Inciting/Encouraging violence, death, harm etc.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/awfuleverything?
Communities with similar topics include r/politics (9.3M) and r/ATBGE (2.3M).
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/awfuleverything.