About r/hearthstone
In its own words:
For fans of Blizzard Entertainment's digital card game, Hearthstone
Community guide
r/hearthstone (#565, about 2.0 million) — For fans of Blizzard Entertainment's digital card game, Hearthstone Collected rules highlight Content Unrelated to Hearthstone; Submission Restrictions; Behaviour, among 11 listed. Activity mix in sample: image:285, text:271, gallery:82, video:24. Ve.
What belongs here
Posts should match the community’s curatorial bar—For fans of Blizzard Entertainment's digital card game, Hearthstone. Hard filters include: Content Unrelated to Hearthstone; Submission Restrictions; Behaviour; Accusations and Witch-Hunting. Off-scope, spam, and low-effort dumps are the usual removal reasons when those rules are listed.
How it differs
Distinctions here come from the public description and rule list rather than firsthand culture reporting. If a sibling subreddit is a tighter fit, prefer that.
Before you post
Common flairs in the sample: Discussion, Fluff, Standard, Deck. Recent sample composition: image:285, text:271, gallery:82, video:24. Ve. Format-sensitive rules to read first: Self-Promotion; Reposts; Spoilers. Treat subscriber and posts-per-day figures as directory snapshots, not live Reddit counters.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 17, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 658 subscribers (+0.03%). It sits just behind r/Sims4 (#564) and ahead of r/JUSTNOMIL (#566) in our ranking.
What sets r/hearthstone apart
r/hearthstone is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 42% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 19% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 66.6 new posts a day per million members, more than 95% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 5.2× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/hearthstone went up from 1,954,107 to 1,958,244 subscribers (+4.1K, +0.21%). That is about 94 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/hearthstone talks about
Looking at the titles of 671 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “deck”, “card”, “game”, “warlock” and “legend”. Other frequent themes are cards, patch, wild, bug, play and c'thun. Recurring phrases include “tavern regular”, “warrior deck”, “balance changes” and “dust refund”. By format, 42% are images, 40% are text posts and 12% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Discussion (325), Fluff (78), Standard (57), Deck (41), Meme (40), Competitive (29).
Activity and best time to post
r/hearthstone gets about 130 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,365,896 posts and 19,823,784 comments in total, about 14.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (164 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (80). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/hearthstone
The moderators of r/hearthstone list 11 rules. In short:
- Content Unrelated to Hearthstone
- Submission Restrictions
- Behaviour
- Accusations and Witch-Hunting
- Self-Promotion
- Reposts
- Spoilers
- Transactions
- AMAs and Surveys
- Legal
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/hearthstone 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/hearthstone have?
r/hearthstone has 1,958,244 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #565 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,137 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/hearthstone created?
r/hearthstone was created on Jan 17, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Mar 22, 2013.
Is r/hearthstone still active?
Yes. r/hearthstone gets about 130 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,365,896 posts and 19,823,784 comments. In a sample of 671 recent posts we counted 530 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/hearthstone?
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 17:00 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/hearthstone?
The community describes itself as: “For fans of Blizzard Entertainment's digital card game, Hearthstone” Recent post titles often mention deck, card, game, warlock and legend. Most posts are images (42%).
Is r/hearthstone SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/hearthstone as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/hearthstone?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/hearthstone accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “Content Unrelated to Hearthstone”; “Submission Restrictions”; “Behaviour”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/hearthstone?
Communities with similar topics include r/Overwatch (6.2M), r/entertainment (6.6M), r/rickandmorty (2.9M), r/digitalnomad (2.4M) and r/comicbooks (4.1M).
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/hearthstone.