r/oddlysatisfying on SubMouse

About r/oddlysatisfying

In its own words:

For those little things that are inexplicably satisfying.

The community was created on May 15, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 9,617 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/HistoryMemes (#65) and ahead of r/MadeMeSmile (#67) in our ranking.

What sets r/oddlysatisfying apart

Compared with other large communities, r/oddlysatisfying leans heavily on videos (72% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 7%). It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.35% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 89% of the Top 100.

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/oddlysatisfying went up from 12,708,599 to 12,753,424 subscribers (+44.8K, +0.35%). That is about 1,121 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/oddlysatisfying, from 2019 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

Adding gold foil to this thread I came acrossu/tfoust10 · Jan 26, 2022 · 292,465 points · 2,453 comments · video
Me winning a free beer by stopping the timer at exactly 10 secondsu/coolbean36 · May 28, 2022 · 202,041 points · 2,584 comments · video
A turtle giving itself a scrubu/bigbusta · May 17, 2026 · video
Reloading random objects by @kommanderkarlDec 14, 2021 · 180,750 points · 2,078 comments · video
I was asked to remove the ex wife as this was the only nice photo they had with their grandparentsu/bloody_good_photos · Sep 30, 2021 · 159,447 points · 1,796 comments · video
Bird takes off in styleu/SnackSamurai · Jun 13, 2026 · video
A dolphin playfully riding the bow wave of a shipu/SinjiOnO · Apr 15, 2023 · 157,643 points · 2,457 comments · video
Terry Crews drawing Sofía Vergarau/danielminds · Sep 3, 2026 · video
This cat's peculiar jumping style.u/Boojibs · Jul 3, 2019 · 134,312 points · 1,381 comments · video
Painting from day to nightu/breakfromreality525 · Jan 23, 2021 · video

What r/oddlysatisfying talks about

Across 235 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “satisfying”, “water”, “perfectly”, “cleaning” and “perfect”. Other frequent themes are art, wall, bubbles, hot, oil and making. Recurring phrases include “hot oil”, “oddly satisfying”, “pastry takes” and “takes shape”. By format, 72% are videos, 20% are images and 7% are galleries.

satisfying 12
water 8
perfectly 8
cleaning 6
perfect 6
art 5
wall 5
bubbles 4
hot 4
oil 4
making 4
ice 4
pumpkin 4
cutting 4
good 4
wood 4
trimming 3
pastry 3

Activity and best time to post

r/oddlysatisfying gets roughly 30 new posts a day. The public archive holds 697,313 posts and 13,154,478 comments in total, about 18.9 comments per post.

Videos 72%Images 20%Galleries 7%

Rules of r/oddlysatisfying

The moderators of r/oddlysatisfying list 8 rules. In short:

No number posts, memes, violence, compilations, products, or YouTube links
No NSFW/NSFL content
No reposts of last 2 months or highly upvoted
Mods reserve the right to remove content or restrict users' posting privileges as necessary
Title must represent the content
No claiming non-OC as your own content
No spam
Be civil and kind

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying 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/oddlysatisfying have?

r/oddlysatisfying has 12,753,424 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #66 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 44,825 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.

When was r/oddlysatisfying created?

r/oddlysatisfying was created on May 15, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years.

Is r/oddlysatisfying still active?

Yes. r/oddlysatisfying gets roughly 30 new posts a day (estimate from a sample of recent posts). Over its lifetime the archive counts 697,313 posts and 13,154,478 comments. In a sample of 235 recent posts we counted 182 different authors.

What kind of posts are on r/oddlysatisfying?

The community describes itself as: “For those little things that are inexplicably satisfying.” Recent post titles often mention satisfying, water, perfectly, cleaning and perfect. Most posts are videos (72%).

Is r/oddlysatisfying SFW?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/oddlysatisfying 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/oddlysatisfying?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/oddlysatisfying accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “No number posts, memes, violence, compilations, products, or YouTube links”; “No NSFW/NSFL content”; “No reposts of last 2 months or highly upvoted”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

What subreddits are similar to r/oddlysatisfying?

Communities with similar topics include r/books (27.3M), r/rarepuppers (8.1M), r/soccercirclejerk (1.5M), r/gifs (21.5M) and r/DIY (27.5M).

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/oddlysatisfying.

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