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r/cosplayers

for cosplayers, by cosplayers

r/cosplayers is a safe-for-work community on Reddit, ranked #929 on SubMouse with 1,145,655 subscribers and about 42 new posts a day.

Rank (SFW)#929
Subscribers1.1M
Growth since Nov 2+898
Posts per day42
Posts all time106K
CreatedMar 2012
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About r/cosplayers

In its own words:

This is a subreddit specifically for people who cosplay and people looking to cosplay. Want to share the outfit you just made? Share it here! Want some advice on a costume? Ask here! Want to show some cool pics you took at the last convention you went to? Post them here!

Community guide

r/cosplayers (#929, about 1.2 million) is for people who cosplay—and those learning how—sharing builds, advice and con photos with mandatory formatting and a focus on the costume itself.

What belongs

Cosplays you’re involved in (about 42 posts/day; gallery-heavy). Rules: kindness; mandatory formatting; only cosplays you’re part of; NSFW only if canonical; no suggestive posing focus; no spam/self-promo; no “who should I cosplay?”.

Versus cosplay appreciation dumps

Lurker gallery subs reshare others’ work. cosplayers wants maker involvement and craft advice flairs.

Practical pointers

Follow the formatting template; keep the frame on the costume craft.

The community was created on Mar 5, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 898 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/Romania (#928) and ahead of r/evangelion (#930) in our ranking.

What sets r/cosplayers apart

r/cosplayers is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 3.5 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 (00:00 UTC) sees about 15.5× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

1.15M1.14MSep 19Nov 9, 2026

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/cosplayers climbed from 1,137,973 to 1,145,655 subscribers (+7.7K, +0.68%). That is about 151 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

Top posts on r/cosplayers this week

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

  1. C.C., Code Geassu/YunieSunshine · Nov 3 · gallery
  2. Coven Ahri, League of Legendsu/InvestigatorTime4019 · Nov 3 · gallery
  3. Starlight, The Boysu/DirectionOk7752 · Nov 4 · gallery
  4. Umbreon Cosplay from Pokemon by Meaaly26u/Meaaly26 · Nov 3 · gallery
  5. Cartethyia, Wuthering Wavesu/AeryKorvair · Nov 4 · gallery
  6. Psylocke, Marvel Rivalsu/HoneyMoonette · Nov 7 · gallery
  7. Bayonetta, Bayonettau/MollyRedWolf · Nov 5 · gallery
  8. My best friend and I cosplayed Ahri and Coven Ahri from LoLu/scarlett_ahri · Nov 5 · gallery
  9. Yor Forger, SpyxFamilyu/StarSthormy · Nov 1 · gallery
  10. Aloy, Horizont Zero Dawnu/GumihoCosplay · Nov 5 · gallery

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/cosplayers, from 2023 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

  1. Cammy white, Street fighteru/psylobunni · Dec 6, 2024 · gallery
  2. Gwen Stacy, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verseu/CarryKey · Aug 19, 2026 · gallery
  3. Is my cosplay too low effort?u/waitedforthismoment · Jun 24, 2024 · image
  4. My Starlight Cosplayu/daphnedaphnedaph · Dec 6, 2023 · gallery
  5. Invisible woman, marvel rivalsu/diakimekos · Jul 16, 2025 · gallery
  6. Psylocke, Marvelu/NotAriaSkye · Mar 2, 2025 · gallery
  7. Luna Snow, Marvel Rivalsu/nivnixxi · Jan 22, 2025 · gallery
  8. Nami, One Pieceu/strawbunnix · Nov 27, 2024 · gallery
  9. Cammy White, Street fighteru/Lucky-Avocado-7443 · Feb 16, 2025 · gallery
  10. Vaporeon, Pokémonu/PickOptimal · Oct 28, 2024 · gallery

What r/cosplayers talks about

Looking at the titles of 377 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “cosplay”, “halloween”, “costume”, “man” and “marvel”. Other frequent themes are help, hotel, black, devil, chainsaw and mavis. Recurring phrases include “chainsaw man”, “hotel transylvania”, “halloween costume” and “marvel rivals”. By format, 71% are galleries, 19% are images and 5% are text posts.

  • cosplay 73
  • halloween 39
  • costume 13
  • man 8
  • marvel 7
  • help 7
  • hotel 7
  • black 6
  • devil 6
  • chainsaw 6
  • mavis 6
  • transylvania 6
  • zero 5
  • art 5
  • x-men 5
  • final 5
  • misa 4
  • thor 4

Popular post flairs: COSPLAYER (316), ADVICE (34), ORIGINAL CHARACTER (11), COSPLAY IN PROGRESS (10), PHOTOGRAPHER (3), PROP (3).

Activity and best time to post

r/cosplayers gets about 42 new posts a day. The public archive holds 105,974 posts and 373,903 comments in total, about 3.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (84 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (37). Posting peaks around 00:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.

00: 310001: 1202: 1203: 50304: 905: 1106: 80607: 908: 209: 160910: 1211: 2112: 201213: 2014: 1915: 181516: 1217: 2618: 131819: 2620: 1521: 242122: 2323: 14
Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026
Galleries 71%Images 19%Text posts 5%Videos 4%

Rules of r/cosplayers

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

  1. Be kind and respectful.
  2. Please follow the mandatory formatting.
  3. Only post cosplays in which you are directly involved.
  4. NSFW content MUST be canonical.
  5. Posts must focus on the cosplay itself: no suggestive angles, content or poses.
  6. No spamming.
  7. No self promotions.
  8. No "Who Should I Cosplay?" posts.

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/cosplayers 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/cosplayers?

r/cosplayers has 1,145,655 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #929 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,682 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

How old is r/cosplayers?

r/cosplayers was created on Mar 5, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.

How active is r/cosplayers?

Very active: r/cosplayers gets about 42 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 105,974 posts and 373,903 comments. In a sample of 377 recent posts we counted 311 different authors.

When is r/cosplayers most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 00:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/cosplayers about?

The community describes itself as: “This is a subreddit specifically for people who cosplay and people looking to cosplay. Want to share the outfit you just made? Share it here! Want some advice on a costume? Ask here! Want to show some cool pics you took…” Recent post titles often mention cosplay, halloween, costume, man and marvel. Most posts are galleries (71%).

Is r/cosplayers safe for work?

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

How do I post on r/cosplayers?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/cosplayers accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Be kind and respectful.”; “Please follow the mandatory formatting.”; “Only post cosplays in which you are directly involved.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

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/cosplayers.

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