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r/copypasta

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r/copypasta is a safe-for-work community on Reddit, ranked #880 on SubMouse with 1,208,480 subscribers and about 26 new posts a day.

Rank (SFW)#880
Subscribers1.2M
Growth since Nov 2+822
Posts per day26
Posts all time600.7K
CreatedSep 2009
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About r/copypasta

In its own words:

Find every copypasta here or Copypastatext.com

Community guide

r/copypasta (#880, about 1.2 million) archives and shares copypasta text—reusable joke blocks—rather than original short stories or advice threads.

What belongs

Actual copypasta (and finds). Recent samples about 26 posts/day. The rules ban erotica, non-pasta posts, racist content, untagged NSFW, pure repost spam, upvote begging and brigades.

Versus MyPeopleNeedMe and TwoSentenceHorror

Related lists mix meme and horror rooms. Copypasta is specifically pasteable text templates. Horror microfiction belongs in TwoSentenceHorror; video exit gags in MyPeopleNeedMe.

Practical pointers

If it is not a pasta, it will be removed under "Not a copypasta." Tag NSFW when needed; do not use the sub to organise raids.

The community was created on Sep 13, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 822 subscribers (+0.07%). It sits just behind r/photoshop (#879) and ahead of r/corgi (#881) in our ranking.

What sets r/copypasta apart

r/copypasta is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100. r/copypasta is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.1 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.0. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (03:00 UTC) sees about 5.3× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

1.21M1.20MSep 19Nov 9, 2026

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/copypasta climbed from 1,203,068 to 1,208,480 subscribers (+5.4K, +0.45%). That is about 106 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

Top posts on r/copypasta this week

What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).

  1. It’s a BLUE-KAKKEu/mmmiiieee · Nov 4 · text post
  2. It's the BLUE WAVEu/ConceptOfHangxiety · Nov 4 · text post
  3. IF THE DEMS WINu/johnsoft223 · Nov 4 · text post
  4. My girlfriend asked to do a 69u/SpryZen825 · Nov 2 · text post
  5. It's Okay to Hate Certain Races. Not All Races Are Equal.u/Leirnis · Nov 5 · text post
  6. E(r)lection Day!u/TheGhostofChrisGrier · Nov 3 · text post
  7. Laura Loomer's tweet after the midtermsu/snowleopard556 · Nov 4 · text post
  8. I NEED A HACKER ASAP. THIS IS URGENT.u/Snollag · Nov 2 · text post
  9. I'm a 65 year old virgin AMAu/Energy-Way3562 · Nov 6 · text post
  10. Linux made me have a girlfriend.u/No_Performer3529 · Nov 2 · text post

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/copypasta, from 2018 to 2021, ranked by Reddit.

  1. For every upvote I have, I will add one "Curse you Perry the Platypus."u/AshamedConsequence · Feb 5, 2019 · 23,523 points · 392 comments · text post
  2. In Korea, heart surgeon.u/Royalejj · Apr 25, 2020 · 24,455 points · 394 comments · text post
  3. Reddit, am I the arsehole?u/Thewizardof_aus · May 24, 2020 · text post
  4. Own a musket for home defenseu/Green272 · Oct 29, 2018 · 15,008 points · 374 comments · text post
  5. To everyone going through a tough time, here’s some bubble wrap to relieve some stress:u/pomjoep · Mar 1, 2020 · 25,026 points · 736 comments · text post
  6. I fucking hate gaming laptops.Jul 24, 2020 · text post
  7. For every upvote this post gets I will ban one "For every upvote this post gets" posteru/LiterallyKesha · Mar 6, 2019 · 27,787 points · 239 comments · text post
  8. Hey👋 ladies💁‍♀️ 📷 Would 😍 you 👈 like 👍 to 2️⃣ get 😮 rich 💰💰💰 by running 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ your 👈 own business 👩‍💼💼 from home 🏡 with just ☝ your phone? 📱🤳 Well 🤷‍♀️ you can't. 😂 Get 👏 a …u/Sandtory · Mar 23, 2019 · 22,071 points · 245 comments · text post
  9. Some girl in our group chat said “meow” and my friend wrote this entire response by handu/Dank-Boi-Official · Oct 23, 2019 · 24,480 points · 1,243 comments · text post
  10. cummybotNov 10, 2021 · 30,743 points · 254 comments · text post

What r/copypasta talks about

We read the titles of 204 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “fucking”, “play”, “put”, “dead” and “bad”. Other frequent themes are family, blue, started, actually, friend and officially. Recurring phrases include “nut november”, “singer dead” and “dead mother”. By format, 100% are text posts.

  • fucking 4
  • play 3
  • put 3
  • dead 3
  • bad 3
  • family 3
  • blue 2
  • started 2
  • actually 2
  • friend 2
  • officially 2
  • starting 2
  • tripping 2
  • thought 2
  • hate 2
  • nut 2
  • november 2
  • man 2

Popular post flairs: Trigger Warning (26), Spoilers (4).

Activity and best time to post

r/copypasta gets about 26 new posts a day. The public archive holds 600,741 posts and 3,060,333 comments in total, about 5.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (35 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (24). Posting peaks around 03:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.

00: 120001: 702: 1103: 160304: 305: 506: 90607: 808: 309: 80910: 611: 712: 91213: 914: 615: 51516: 817: 718: 121819: 1520: 1521: 112122: 623: 10
Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026
Text posts 100%

Rules of r/copypasta

The moderators of r/copypasta list 8 rules. In short:

  1. No erotica
  2. Not a copypasta
  3. Racist content
  4. If your posts are NSFW, tag them as such
  5. Repost
  6. Spam
  7. Upvote Begging
  8. No brigade pls

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/copypasta 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 members does r/copypasta have?

r/copypasta has 1,208,480 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #880 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,412 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

When was r/copypasta created?

r/copypasta was created on Sep 13, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Oct 4, 2012.

Is r/copypasta still active?

Yes. r/copypasta gets about 26 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 600,741 posts and 3,060,333 comments. In a sample of 204 recent posts we counted 170 different authors.

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

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 03:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What kind of posts are on r/copypasta?

The community describes itself as: “Find every copypasta here or Copypastatext.com” Recent post titles often mention fucking, play, put, dead and bad. Most posts are text posts (100%).

Is r/copypasta SFW?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/copypasta as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

What are the rules of r/copypasta?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/copypasta accepts text posts only. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “No erotica”; “Not a copypasta”; “Racist content”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

What subreddits are similar to r/copypasta?

Communities with similar topics include r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M).

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/copypasta.

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