About r/harrypotter
In its own words:
Welcome to r/HarryPotter, the place where fans from around the world can meet and discuss everything in the Harry Potter universe! Be sorted, earn house points, debate which actor portrayed Dumbledore the best and finally get some closure for your Post-Potter Depression.
Community guide
r/harrypotter (#254, about 3.8 million) is the Wizarding World fan hall—meet, debate casting, earn house points, and talk books/films. Rules ban jerks, modern politics, piracy enabling, non-WW posts, doxxing, monetary exchanges/ticket sales, non-Reddit gatherings, porn, AI-generated content, and require creator credit, spoiler care, and Discussion Week limits. Text/Image (~75.4 ppd).
Wizarding World only
Posts must relate to the WW; modern politics and piracy enabling are out.
No AI art; credit creators
AI-generated content is banned; credit original creators; mark spoilers.
Practical pointers
No ticket sales or private-info shares; text-heavy Discussion/Question samples.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 12, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,041 subscribers (+0.05%). It sits just behind r/reactiongifs (#253) and ahead of r/WeAreTheMusicMakers (#255) in our ranking.
What sets r/harrypotter apart
r/harrypotter is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 88% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 34% across the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/harrypotter climbed from 3,829,575 to 3,844,934 subscribers (+15.4K, +0.40%). That is about 349 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/harrypotter talks about
We read the titles of 488 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “harry”, “potter”, “hogwarts”, “snape” and “voldemort”. Other frequent themes are series, hermione, books, movies, dumbledore and ron. Recurring phrases include “harry potter”, “deathly hallows”, “sirius black” and “oxford street”. By format, 88% are text posts, 9% are images and 2% are links.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (257), Question (84), Currently Reading (30), Misc (26), Help (17), Fanworks (15).
Activity and best time to post
r/harrypotter gets about 75 new posts a day. The public archive holds 505,746 posts and 9,717,890 comments in total, about 19.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (90 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (50). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/harrypotter
The moderators of r/harrypotter list 15 rules. In short:
- Rule #1: Don't be a jerk
- Rule #2: No modern politics
- Rule #3: No enabling piracy
- Rule #4: Posts must be Wizarding World related
- Rule #5: No sharing private information
- Rule #6: No monetary exchanges
- Rule #7: No ticket sales
- Rule #8: No Non-Reddit Functions/Gatherings
- Rule #9: No pornographic images of any kind
- Rule #10: No AI Generated Content
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/harrypotter 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/harrypotter have?
r/harrypotter has 3,844,934 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #254 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 15,359 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/harrypotter?
r/harrypotter was created on Jun 12, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/harrypotter?
Very active: r/harrypotter gets about 75 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 505,746 posts and 9,717,890 comments. In a sample of 488 recent posts we counted 372 different authors.
When is r/harrypotter most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/harrypotter about?
The community describes itself as: “Welcome to r/HarryPotter, the place where fans from around the world can meet and discuss everything in the Harry Potter universe! Be sorted, earn house points, debate which actor portrayed Dumbledore the best and final…” Recent post titles often mention harry, potter, hogwarts, snape and voldemort. Most posts are text posts (88%).
Is r/harrypotter safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/harrypotter as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/harrypotter?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/harrypotter accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “Rule #1: Don't be a jerk”; “Rule #2: No modern politics”; “Rule #3: No enabling piracy”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/harrypotter?
Communities with similar topics include r/dogs (2.9M), r/popculturechat (6.7M), r/RealEstate (2.5M), r/facepalm (8.1M) and r/Marvel (3.8M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). 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/harrypotter.