About r/nosleep
In its own words:
PLEASE READ OUR GUIDELINES FIRST. Nosleep is a place for redditors to share their scary personal experiences.
The community was created on Mar 24, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 4,280 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/wholesomememes (#48) and ahead of r/television (#50) in our ranking.
What sets r/nosleep apart
Compared with other large communities, r/nosleep leans heavily on text posts (100% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%). Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 4.3× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/nosleep climbed from 18,225,590 to 18,241,639 subscribers (+16K, +0.09%). That is about 401 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/nosleep this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Oct 29, 2026).
- I went on a camping trip for five people. Then next morning, we had an extra person in our partyu/HorrorJunkie123 · Oct 24 · text post
- I'm a 911 dispatcher, and I'll never forget the call I took tonight. The worst part isn't what the caller told me—it's what the police found when they kicked the door down.u/DaddyJorgeMTZ · Oct 25 · text post
- My wife has never been a better wife than she is nowu/Albert_Bassili · Oct 23 · text post
- I was a solo park ranger for eleven years. People kept calling in about noises in the trees, but every time I checked, there was nothing there.u/Impressive-Level-971 · Oct 27 · text post
- My hometown police have a list of the most mysterious cases of all time. My brother’s vanishing is number one.u/Howtoscream · Oct 28 · text post
- My Family Has Been Sunbathing for 10 Hours Straight [Part 4 - Finale]u/Numerous_Bass_2069 · Oct 26 · text post
- I talk in my sleep. Someone has been asking me questions.u/um_marie_me · Oct 28 · text post
- Something inhuman has arrived in town and is pretending to be a cop. It knows I'm on to it.u/Pork-Shoulder · Oct 25 · text post
- There is an underground nightclub in Paris called Club Demor. Stay far, far away.u/UnpleasantNights · Oct 25 · text post
- After barely surviving a tornado, I was told I’d never see again. The truth was much, much worse.u/UnalloyedSaintTrina · Oct 26 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/nosleep, from 2014 to 2022, ranked by Reddit.
- My sugar daddy asks me for weird favorsu/EaPAtbp · Oct 16, 2019 · 43,169 points · 1,184 comments · text post
- My wife has been peeking at me from around corners and behind furniture. It's gone from weird to terrifyingu/Maliagirl1314 · Feb 18, 2022 · 41,363 points · 1,291 comments · text post
- Something walks whistling past my house every night at 3:03.u/Grand_Theft_Motto · Nov 19, 2019 · 26,365 points · 648 comments · text post
- She Sold Happiness in Glass Jarsu/flard · Mar 24, 2019 · 18,173 points · 435 comments · text post
- A Shattered Lifeu/M59Gar · Jan 30, 2018 · 10,763 points · 417 comments · text post
- My job is watching a woman trapped in a room.u/Verastahl · May 21, 2019 · 15,275 points · 407 comments · text post
- I'm a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tellu/searchandrescuewoods · Aug 26, 2015 · 7,091 points · 825 comments · text post
- The previous tenant of my new flat left a survival guide. I’m not sure I want to live here anymore.u/newtotownJAM · Jul 26, 2019 · 16,536 points · 451 comments · text post
- If you’re armed and at the Glenmont metro, please shoot meu/sarcasonomicon · Aug 10, 2019 · 11,305 points · 542 comments · text post
- Spacegirlu/HeadOfSpectre · Oct 7, 2019 · 19,224 points · 636 comments · text post
What r/nosleep talks about
Across 288 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “found”, “night”, “house”, “door” and “sleep”. Other frequent themes are man, ago, woods, friend, woke and halloween. Recurring phrases include “late hours”, “thursday morning”, “grandfather left” and “antique grandfather”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Series (55), Self Harm (7), Child Abuse (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/nosleep gets about 52 new posts a day. The public archive holds 477,605 posts and 4,056,368 comments in total, about 8.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (67 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (38). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/nosleep
The moderators of r/nosleep list 7 rules. In short:
- All posts must be scary personal experiences and must meet all Posting Guidelines.
- Users must stay "in-character" on r/nosleep.
- Posts must be original stories.
- Users are limited to ONE (1) post per 24 hours.
- Be civil/respectful. No trolling.
- Comments must follow all Commenting Guidelines.
- Contact NoSleep Mods through Modmail ONLY.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/nosleep 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/nosleep have?
r/nosleep has 18,241,639 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #49 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 16,049 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/nosleep?
r/nosleep was created on Mar 24, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years.
How active is r/nosleep?
Very active: r/nosleep gets about 52 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 477,605 posts and 4,056,368 comments. In a sample of 288 recent posts we counted 243 different authors.
When is r/nosleep most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 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/nosleep about?
The community describes itself as: “PLEASE READ OUR GUIDELINES FIRST. Nosleep is a place for redditors to share their scary personal experiences.” Recent post titles often mention found, night, house, door and sleep. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/nosleep safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/nosleep as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/nosleep?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/nosleep accepts text posts only. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “All posts must be scary personal experiences and must meet all Posting Guidelines.”; “Users must stay "in-character" on r/nosleep.”; “Posts must be original stories.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/nosleep?
Communities with similar topics include r/PersonalFinanceCanada (1.9M), r/personalfinance (21.9M), r/povertyfinance (2.9M), r/funny (67.6M) and r/beginnerfitness (3M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 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/nosleep.