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r/confession

Admit your wrongdoings.

r/confession is one of the largest safe-for-work communities on Reddit, ranked #72 on SubMouse with 11,985,244 subscribers and about 150 new posts a day.

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Rank (SFW)#72
Subscribers12M
Growth since Oct 19+8.7K
Posts per day151
Posts all time692.8K
CreatedNov 2008
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About r/confession

In its own words:

/r/Confession is a place to admit your wrongdoings, acknowledge your guilt, and alleviate your conscience.

The community was created on Nov 2, 2008, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 8,675 subscribers (+0.07%). It sits just behind r/Unexpected (#71) and ahead of r/ChatGPT (#73) in our ranking.

What sets r/confession apart

r/confession is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 91% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 12.6 new posts a day per million members, more than 85% of the Top 100.

Subscriber growth

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Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/confession grew from 11,951,925 to 11,985,244 subscribers (+33.3K, +0.28%). That is about 833 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.

Top posts on r/confession this week

The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Oct 30, 2026).

  1. I haven’t paid for my gym in six years but my fob still worksu/fruitninja8 · Oct 25 · text post
  2. I secretly go out to eat when I go to my therapy appointmentsu/Kind_Advisor_35 · Oct 27 · text post
  3. I left my friend on read and then she died. I was late to her funeral.u/leftupside · Oct 26 · text post
  4. My mom thinks she keeps finding money she forgot about. It's been me for almost 2 yearsu/thewhirlwindmatrix · Oct 29 · text post
  5. I secretly made our escape room easier for the last group every night so I could go home earlyu/ZaunCoda77 · Oct 24 · text post
  6. I know I shouldn’t look but it’s really hard not tou/crazylegswonkyarms · Oct 24 · text post
  7. I spent over $20K on TikTok auctions in a month and I need to tell my husbandu/Spirited-Pizza-6314 · Oct 28 · text post
  8. Am I stupid for risking my job for a little bit of fun?u/Sydnastyyy99 · Oct 23 · text post
  9. i hooked up with my professor and i’m in shock i can’t believe itu/isatorez · Oct 23 · text post
  10. I touched and smelled it. And felt guilty of what i did.u/CardcaptorXSakura · Oct 28 · text post

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/confession, from 2018 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

  1. Neighbor tried to get my mom fined over our shed. So I got his $40K pool filled in.u/Mel_Melissaa · Apr 17, 2025 · text post
  2. Terminally ill and racking up credit card debt with zero fucks to giveu/UnderstandingThis430 · Apr 9, 2025 · text post
  3. Today’s my 28 birthday and I am going to end it tomorrowu/Radyoz · Jan 17, 2025 · text post
  4. I Faked Liking Sparkling Water for 3 Years and Now I’m Trappedu/VryCuteAjaBharDuChut · Apr 17, 2025 · text post
  5. I have lied to my son about manatees for the last 24 yearsu/46from1971 · Dec 31, 2025 · text post
  6. I'm putting my extremely profoundly disabled 7 year old into a residential facility so I can forget he exists. I'm not sorry.u/SpecialNeedsDevil · Jun 15, 2019 · 47,719 points · 2,957 comments · text post
  7. I gaslit my college library out of late fees by returning my own booksu/Admirable_Alarm_7127 · May 5, 2025 · text post
  8. marrying for money sucks and I do not recommend itu/Cheap-Tennis-7592 · Dec 18, 2024 · text post
  9. When I was a kid, I drugged my dad for a whole monthu/theredqueentheory · Apr 8, 2025 · text post
  10. I changed a road sign to make my commute easier 13 years ago.u/InfiniteRespect4757 · Dec 18, 2025 · text post

What r/confession talks about

We read the titles of 354 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “feel”, “friend”, “told”, “work” and “life”. Other frequent themes are stop, bad, coworker, regret, sister and wife. Recurring phrases include “exhibitionist problem”, “good dad”, “come across” and “feel guilty”. By format, 91% are text posts and 9% are links.

  • feel 21
  • friend 18
  • told 10
  • work 10
  • life 9
  • stop 9
  • bad 9
  • coworker 8
  • regret 8
  • sister 8
  • wife 7
  • guilty 7
  • lied 7
  • friends 7
  • married 7
  • cheated 7
  • family 7
  • knows 6

Activity and best time to post

r/confession gets about 150 new posts a day. The public archive holds 692,779 posts and 6,604,128 comments in total, about 9.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (194 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (133). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 11:00 UTC.

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Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 27, 2026
Text posts 91%Links 9%

Rules of r/confession

The moderators of r/confession list 13 rules. In short:

  1. Not A Confession
  2. Be Specific
  3. Do Not Encourage Bad Behavior
  4. No Relationship Related Posts
  5. No Pedophilia Type Posts
  6. Limited Context
  7. No Politics
  8. Meta Posts
  9. Be Kind & Civil
  10. No False Post Accusations

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/confession 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/confession?

r/confession has 11,985,244 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #72 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 33,319 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.

When was r/confession created?

r/confession was created on Nov 2, 2008, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Sep 9, 2010.

Is r/confession still active?

Yes. r/confession gets about 150 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 692,779 posts and 6,604,128 comments. In a sample of 354 recent posts we counted 312 different authors.

What is the best time to post in r/confession?

Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 11:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What kind of posts are on r/confession?

The community describes itself as: “/r/Confession is a place to admit your wrongdoings, acknowledge your guilt, and alleviate your conscience.” Recent post titles often mention feel, friend, told, work and life. Most posts are text posts (91%).

Is r/confession SFW?

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

What are the rules of r/confession?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/confession accepts text posts only. It has 13 posted rules, starting with: “Not A Confession”; “Be Specific”; “Do Not Encourage Bad Behavior”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

What subreddits are similar to r/confession?

Communities with similar topics include r/AskReddit (60M), r/Jokes (30.4M), r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M), r/AmItheAsshole (24.7M) and r/tifu (19M).

Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 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/confession.

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