About r/lotr
In its own words:
A place to discuss Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, and any of Tolkien's work!
Community guide
r/lotr (#789, about 1.4 million subscribers) — A place to discuss Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, and any of Tolkien's work! A recent sample averaged 45 posts a day (~41% image, ~26% text, ~23% gallery). Its public rules include: Post Flairs; No Abusive Language; No Buying, Selling, or Advertising; Be Civil And No Political Or Racial Content; No Memes or AI-generated Content. It is listed under “Entertainment”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Spoiler tags matter for fresh releases, endings, or results. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Piracy talk is removed. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Err on spoiler tags. Search before reposting. Common flairs include: Fan Creations, Costumes, Movies, Other.
The community was created on Jan 3, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,664 subscribers (+0.12%). It sits just behind r/4chan (#788) and ahead of r/ApplyingToCollege (#790) in our ranking.
What sets r/lotr apart
r/lotr is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 41% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 22% across the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.10% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 91% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (15:00 UTC) sees about 5.4× as many posts as the quietest (07:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/lotr grew from 1,342,404 to 1,357,184 subscribers (+14.8K, +1.10%). That is about 290 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/lotr this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Sting and the One Ring stained glass I just finished!u/Dragonkeeper13 · Nov 4 · gallery
- My equipment as a Guard of the Citadel of Gondor. As of 2026.u/Istarius · Nov 5 · gallery
- My Arwen cosplayu/Ryo-kizuchi · Nov 3 · gallery
- My Saruman Costume. Happy Halloween!u/No_Avocado1242 · Nov 1 · image
- Found a bar in a small Missouri town with a unique name…..u/florjackson · Nov 7 · image
- Finished my Bombadil!u/Gr8teful_Turtle · Nov 1 · image
- Eye of Sauron in Torontou/Tylers_Journey · Nov 7 · image
- Poll resultsu/gordatapu · Nov 2 · image
- I think I just found a young Ent in the forestu/Hi-od · Nov 3 · image
- Tom Bombadil painting by meu/Lora_Davis · Nov 2 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/lotr, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- 4 years, 4 Hobbits, 5 Photos, one giant amount of #Hobbitception! One fan to rule them all 😂u/Kaaaarll · Apr 25, 2022 · 71,448 points · 1,097 comments · gallery
- Absolutely pathetic from the Academy.u/ChadwiseG · Mar 3, 2025 · image
- Elijah Wood is a beautiful human being.u/ChadwiseG · Aug 29, 2025 · image
- Got to debut my Witch Queen of Angmar costume tonight!u/rumpus_ruffled · Oct 19, 2024 · gallery
- Elijah Wood crashing a wedding!u/ChadwiseG · Oct 28, 2025 · video
- I wanted my partner to be Arwen but she insisted on Gimli.u/OzzyShreds · Oct 26, 2024 · image
- Cool mom unlocked ✅u/CatsyGreen · Aug 26, 2025 · image
- Karl Urban and Viggo Mortensen buying Gundam in Japan in 2003Sep 25, 2024 · image
- My Lurtz Cosplay from Lord of the Rings (All handmade by me!)u/Bazhenova037 · Dec 3, 2025 · gallery
- Legolas being able to walk on top of the snow is one of the best small details in the films.u/GusGangViking18 · Sep 20, 2025 · image
What r/lotr talks about
We read the titles of 355 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “rings”, “halloween”, “lord”, “costume” and “king”. Other frequent themes are hobbit, witch, sauron, ring, gandalf and aragorn. Recurring phrases include “witch king”, “halloween costume”, “happy halloween” and “middle earth”. By format, 41% are images, 26% are text posts and 23% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Fan Creations (78), Costumes (58), Movies (57), Other (45), Books (42), Question (41).
Activity and best time to post
r/lotr gets about 45 new posts a day. The public archive holds 198,434 posts and 3,704,096 comments in total, about 18.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (65 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (39). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/lotr
The moderators of r/lotr list 10 rules. In short:
- Post Flairs
- No Abusive Language
- No Buying, Selling, or Advertising
- Be Civil And No Political Or Racial Content
- No Memes or AI-generated Content
- NSFW Content
- Post Quality
- Spoiler Policy
- Reposts/Repeated Topics
- No discussion of piracy
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/lotr 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/lotr?
r/lotr has 1,357,184 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #789 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 14,780 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/lotr created?
r/lotr was created on Jan 3, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Mar 18, 2010.
Is r/lotr still active?
Yes. r/lotr gets about 45 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 198,434 posts and 3,704,096 comments. In a sample of 355 recent posts we counted 316 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/lotr?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/lotr?
The community describes itself as: “A place to discuss Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, and any of Tolkien's work!” Recent post titles often mention rings, halloween, lord, costume and king. Most posts are images (41%).
Is r/lotr SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/lotr as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/lotr?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/lotr accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Post Flairs”; “No Abusive Language”; “No Buying, Selling, or Advertising”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/lotr?
Communities with similar topics include r/lotrmemes (3.1M).
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/lotr.