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r/cursedimages is a safe-for-work community on Reddit, ranked #727 on SubMouse with 1,463,830 subscribers and about 5.6 new posts a day.

Rank (SFW)#727
Subscribers1.5M
Growth since Nov 2+254
Posts per day5.6
Posts all time650.5K
CreatedSep 2016
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About r/cursedimages

In its own words:

WARNING! This subreddit contains images which users may find disturbing or unsettling! Proceed at your own discretion. Posts must be CURSED IMAGES; make sure you check out the rules to see what qualifies.

Community guide

r/cursedimages (#725, about 1.5 million subscribers) — WARNING! This subreddit contains images which users may find disturbing or unsettling! Proceed at your own discretion. Posts must be CURSED IMAGES; make sure you check out the rules to see what qualifies. A recent sample averaged 5.6 posts a day (~100% image). Its public rules include: No Memes and Humorous Images, or Pop Culture References; No Low-Effort / Mundane Content; No Weird or Gross Food; No AI Generated Content; No Social Media Screenshots or Text-Focused Images.

What belongs here

Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Low-effort or empty shitposts are often removed—add context that fits the purpose. Match posts to: No Memes and Humorous Images, or Pop Culture References; No Low-Effort / Mundane Content; No Weird or Gross Food; No AI Generated Content. 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. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.

Practical pointers

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

The community was created on Sep 8, 2016, which makes it 10 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 254 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/blender (#726) and ahead of r/AskEconomics (#729) in our ranking.

What sets r/cursedimages apart

Compared with other large communities, r/cursedimages leans heavily on images (100% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 22%). r/cursedimages is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 3.2 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.0.

Subscriber growth

1.46M1.46MSep 19Nov 9, 2026

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/cursedimages grew from 1,462,098 to 1,463,830 subscribers (+1.7K, +0.12%). That is about 34 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

Top posts on r/cursedimages this week

The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 7, 2026).

  1. Cursed_greatdrinku/Automatic_Citron_463 · Nov 4 · image
  2. cursed_poopenshartenu/Mysterious_Thanks762 · Nov 7 · image
  3. Cursed_Patricku/TartMedium4455 · Nov 6 · image
  4. cursed_rock_climbingu/Fearless-Good-8695 · Nov 7 · image
  5. cursed_woodybu/Fearless-Good-8695 · Nov 4 · image
  6. cursed_potholeu/AlternativeSun8270 · Nov 7 · image

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/cursedimages, from 2018 to 2020, ranked by Reddit.

  1. cursed_quacku/MinimumSpecGamer · Oct 31, 2019 · 72,487 points · 790 comments · image
  2. cursed_memoriesu/InfiniteXGG · Mar 29, 2019 · 54,702 points · 834 comments · image
  3. Cursed_electricianMar 14, 2020 · 54,784 points · 373 comments · image
  4. Cursed_visitoru/Semi-Charmedx · Mar 4, 2020 · 48,125 points · 1,051 comments · image
  5. Cursed_Field_Tripu/_Des0late · Aug 23, 2019 · 38,632 points · 581 comments · image
  6. Cursed_photobombNov 15, 2019 · 48,694 points · 347 comments · image
  7. cursed_keyboardu/KuCamBr · Oct 6, 2019 · 46,513 points · 886 comments · image
  8. cursed_barber_shopu/moonlight_soldier · Dec 26, 2019 · 44,316 points · 284 comments · image
  9. Cursed_haircutFeb 22, 2020 · 42,205 points · 922 comments · image
  10. Cursed_icepeopleu/Rausoutofmy_House69 · Apr 20, 2020 · 39,444 points · 438 comments · image

Activity and best time to post

r/cursedimages gets about 5.6 new posts a day. The public archive holds 650,510 posts and 2,073,669 comments in total, about 3.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (10 posts) and the quietest was Friday (2). Posting peaks around 20:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.

00: 10001: 102: 103: 10304: 105: 206: 00607: 208: 009: 00910: 211: 312: 11213: 114: 115: 21516: 117: 218: 01819: 020: 621: 32122: 223: 5
Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026
Images 100%

Rules of r/cursedimages

The moderators of r/cursedimages list 15 rules. In short:

  1. No Memes and Humorous Images, or Pop Culture References
  2. No Low-Effort / Mundane Content
  3. No Weird or Gross Food
  4. No AI Generated Content
  5. No Social Media Screenshots or Text-Focused Images
  6. No Non-photorealistic artistic content
  7. No Clearly Altered "Photoshopped" Images
  8. No Injury / Gore Focused Images
  9. No Porn or Fetish Material
  10. Avoid Making Meta posts unless necessary

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/cursedimages 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/cursedimages?

r/cursedimages has 1,463,830 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #727 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,732 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

How old is r/cursedimages?

r/cursedimages was created on Sep 8, 2016, so it has been around for 10 years.

How active is r/cursedimages?

Moderately: r/cursedimages gets about 5.6 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 650,510 posts and 2,073,669 comments.

When is r/cursedimages most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 20:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/cursedimages about?

The community describes itself as: “WARNING! This subreddit contains images which users may find disturbing or unsettling! Proceed at your own discretion. Posts must be CURSED IMAGES; make sure you check out the rules to see what qualifies.” Recent post titles often mention cursed. Most posts are images (100%).

Is r/cursedimages safe for work?

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

How do I post on r/cursedimages?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/cursedimages accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images enabled. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “No Memes and Humorous Images, or Pop Culture References”; “No Low-Effort / Mundane Content”; “No Weird or Gross Food”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/cursedimages?

Communities with similar topics include r/blursedimages (6.7M), r/weddingplanning (1.6M), r/cursedcomments (3.3M) and r/PhotoshopRequest (2.4M).

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/cursedimages.

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