r/cringepics on SubMouse

About r/cringepics

In its own words:

Pics and vids that make you go YIKES!

Community guide

r/cringepics (#724, about 1.5 million subscribers) covers Pics and vids that make you go YIKES!. A recent sample averaged 3.0 posts a day (~79% image, ~11% link, ~11% gallery). Its public rules include: Remember the Human; No doxxing; No Content Involving mental illness; No spam, reposts or self promotion.

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 channel or shop. Match posts to: Remember the Human; No doxxing; No Content Involving mental illness; No spam, reposts or self promotion. Recent samples are image-heavy; titles should explain why the media belongs here.

How it differs from lookalikes

Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community.

Practical pointers

Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Search before reposting common clips or questions.

The community was created on Oct 14, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 96 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/SpecArt (#723) and ahead of r/soccercirclejerk (#725) in our ranking.

What sets r/cringepics apart

Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 2.0 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/cringepics went up from 1,467,305 to 1,468,035 subscribers (+730, +0.05%). That is about 14 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/cringepics, from 2016 to 2022, ranked by Reddit.

Trump asks Melania to smile during today's photo op.u/ledgendary · Jun 3, 2020 · image
Amy Schumer tries to "prank" Kanye West by diving in front of him and pretending to pass out, Kanye reacts by walking awayu/JonasBrosSuck · May 13, 2017 · 62,094 points · 4,088 comments · image
Trump shoves another NATO leader to be in the front of the groupu/GallowBoob · May 25, 2017 · 64,043 points · 6,633 comments · image
Mr. Hands over here. On a NATIONALLY televised broadcast.u/holycrimsonbatman · Sep 1, 2018 · 60,728 points · 3,945 comments · image
16 year old me on the far left at a birthday party I wasn’t invited to [2011]u/SeptimiusSeverus_ · Mar 9, 2021 · image
I got four phone calls from the dealership immediately after this, but didn't pick up.u/czapatka · Mar 29, 2022 · 56,628 points · 2,226 comments · image
Wrong numberu/MysticStryker · Feb 19, 2018 · 49,707 points · 1,508 comments · image
Today after a 1st Date. I guess I'm not allowed to not like her?u/ToastedCookieOats · Mar 21, 2017 · 51,706 points · 5,536 comments · link
aged like an egg left under a moldy carpet for 3 years 😬😬😬u/loggyloggyloggy · Jan 6, 2021 · image
Join the Battle for Net Neutrality! Net neutrality will die in a month and will affect /r/cringepics access and many other websites and services, unless we fight for it!u/Stalked_Like_Corn · Nov 22, 2017 · 54,425 points · 136 comments · link

Activity and best time to post

r/cringepics gets about 3.0 new posts a day. The public archive holds 374,895 posts and 6,818,981 comments in total, about 18.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (5 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (1).

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026

Rules of r/cringepics

The moderators of r/cringepics list 4 rules. In short:

Remember the Human
No doxxing
No Content Involving mental illness
No spam, reposts or self promotion

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/cringepics 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/cringepics have?

r/cringepics has 1,468,035 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #724 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 730 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

How old is r/cringepics?

r/cringepics was created on Oct 14, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Nov 2, 2012.

How active is r/cringepics?

Moderately: r/cringepics gets about 3.0 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 374,895 posts and 6,818,981 comments.

When is r/cringepics most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Thursday. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/cringepics about?

The community describes itself as: “Pics and vids that make you go YIKES!”

Is r/cringepics safe for work?

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

How do I post on r/cringepics?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/cringepics accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “Remember the Human”; “No doxxing”; “No Content Involving mental illness”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/cringepics?

Communities with similar topics include r/pics (33.6M).

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/cringepics.

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