About r/insaneparents
In its own words:
/r/insaneparents is a weird place where you can post those crazy parents who post in those woo-woo anti-vax groups on facebook and do things harmful (directly and indirectly) to their children. Things posted here do not have to be physically abusive. Abusive and insane are not mutually exclusive. The Anti-Vax mom you know isn't legally abusive, but you know she's insane for not vaxxing her kid.
Community guide
r/insaneparents (#764, about 1.4 million) highlights harmful or extreme parenting content (including woo/anti-vax contexts named in the description), not only physical abuse. Catalogue description: /r/insaneparents is a weird place where you can post those crazy parents who post in those woo-woo anti-vax groups on facebook and do things harmful (directly and indirectly) to their children. Things posted here do not have to be physically abusive. Abusive and insane are not mu
Fit
English submissions; prefer news links ≤90 days; no identifying info; no reddit-screenshot links; no medical/legal advice; no anti-vax conspiracism posts; no memes. Low volume (4.1 ppd).
Practical pointers
Flaired properly; no fakes; be excellent to each other.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Oct 30, 2017, which makes it 9 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 145 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/booksuggestions (#761) and ahead of r/CryptoTechnology (#800) in our ranking.
What sets r/insaneparents apart
r/insaneparents is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 50% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 57.8 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 14.0.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/insaneparents climbed from 1,388,844 to 1,389,687 subscribers (+843, +0.06%). That is about 19 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/insaneparents this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 2, 2026).
- My dad because I started testosterone without my parents permissionu/Lanky-Animator6902 · Oct 27 · image
- Mother claims I'm ruining her Uber driving, due to court recordsu/external_escape0 · Oct 31 · image
- My mom crashing out on my bf and I (23f and 22m) because we fell asleep at a normal hour. Watching the dog was sprung onto us. She proceeded to call both of us like 50x and then had my sisters callin…u/sharkinmyjjapaguri · Nov 1 · image
- Same man who said he’d support me no matter what.u/JJninja233 · Oct 30 · image
- Petty shit while im at worku/Soft-Promotion6877 · Oct 31 · gallery
- context to both is that i asked for my own bank account because they spend all my moneyu/hoedoughfriend · Oct 28 · gallery
- confronted my mom about taking money from my account without permission again. Went as good as it always doesu/Ashamed-Clue-8192 · Oct 26 · gallery
- MAGA Facebook obsessed mom(65) finds “news” stories about EVERY place I travel and sends them to scare me. This time it’s supposedly a story from Utah (where I’m traveling) but it turns out it was a …u/doOoferz · Nov 1 · gallery
- My mother is driving me crazyu/JustaPloob · Oct 28 · image
- caption of my brain-dead mother's social media postu/Ursisisatmyhousern · Oct 27 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/insaneparents, from 2019 to 2022, ranked by Reddit.
- should've stayed at home (repost)u/julielielie_chr · Mar 21, 2020 · 112,341 points · 1,013 comments · image
- "There's no need for you to have privacy"u/jeanibeani · Oct 25, 2020 · video
- I synced my calendar with my mum and forgot I have my birth control implant replacement date marked 3 years from now. She saw it and texted me this while I was at work. I’m 20.u/Recifeeder · Sep 5, 2019 · 108,619 points · 2,585 comments · image
- Oh yes they will...u/5uicidalxD · Oct 31, 2019 · 100,111 points · 1,019 comments · image
- Because his kid didn't do HOMEWORK?u/NemoHobbits · Apr 1, 2020 · 92,906 points · 4,007 comments · image
- I feel like this applies a lot for the parents on here (reupload)u/Mehtiman · Nov 26, 2019 · 88,946 points · 920 comments · image
- An insane mom (reuploaded because of r1)u/leasors · Feb 21, 2020 · 81,797 points · 1,221 comments · image
- My mother dearest, whom my sister and I JUST let back into our lives, talking to my sister about her daughter (my niece). Behold the kind of person she is...u/catamaranbatman · Dec 25, 2019 · 86,552 points · 3,042 comments · image
- Never thought my mom was that insane but I guess Jesus is anti-metal straw. Sorry if it doesn't seem serious, I can't take anything seriouslyu/aGamingAsian · Feb 22, 2020 · 81,884 points · 2,186 comments · image
- This. Just... this.May 5, 2020 · image
What r/insaneparents talks about
Across 32 recent posts (Oct 24–Oct 31), the words that come up most are “mom”, “mother”, “account”, “dad” and “parents”. Other frequent themes are context, money, weeks, ago, permission and talked. Recurring phrases include “weeks ago” and “bisexual flag”. By format, 50% are images, 38% are galleries and 9% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Other (18), SMS (11), Religion (1), Woo-Woo (1), Conspiracy (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/insaneparents gets about 4.1 new posts a day. The public archive holds 68,153 posts and 3,936,053 comments in total, about 57.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (8 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (2). Posting peaks around 00:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/insaneparents
The moderators of r/insaneparents list 12 rules. In short:
- Rule 1: No Identifying Information.
- Rule 2 & 2b: Submit Links To Actual News Stories and no news older than 90 days.
- Rule 3: No direct links to or screenshots of reddit posts or comments.
- Rule 4: Improperly Flaired Post.
- Rule 5: Spam Account Posting.
- Rule 6: Be Excellent To Each Other.
- Rule 7: Fake Post.
- Rule 8: No reposts within the last 2 months or anything on top all-time.
- Rule 9 / 9b: No Medical or Legal Advice. No Anti-Vax bullshit, Conspiracy Theories, or Conspiracism
- Rule 10: No Memes, image macros, or other non-forms of communication.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/insaneparents 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 subscribers does r/insaneparents have?
r/insaneparents has 1,389,687 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #764 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 843 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/insaneparents?
r/insaneparents was created on Oct 30, 2017, so it has been around for 9 years.
How active is r/insaneparents?
Moderately: r/insaneparents gets about 4.1 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 68,153 posts and 3,936,053 comments.
When is r/insaneparents most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 24, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 00:00 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 is r/insaneparents about?
The community describes itself as: “/r/insaneparents is a weird place where you can post those crazy parents who post in those woo-woo anti-vax groups on facebook and do things harmful (directly and indirectly) to their children. Things posted here do not…” Recent post titles often mention mom, mother, account, dad and parents. Most posts are images (50%).
Is r/insaneparents safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/insaneparents 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/insaneparents?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/insaneparents accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images and galleries enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Rule 1: No Identifying Information.”; “Rule 2 & 2b: Submit Links To Actual News Stories and no news older than 90 days.”; “Rule 3: No direct links to or screenshots of reddit posts or comments.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/insaneparents?
Communities with similar topics include r/entitledparents (2M), r/Parenting (8.3M), r/antiwork (3M), r/AITAH (7.6M) and r/AmItheAsshole (24.7M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 2, 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/insaneparents.