About r/residentevil
In its own words:
A community for fans of the Capcom series, Resident Evil, (aka Biohazard in Japan).
Community guide
r/residentevil (#932, about 1.2 million) gathers Capcom’s Resident Evil / Biohazard fans—high daily volume with spoiler flairs, credit rules and memes limited to Mondays.
What belongs
RE series talk and media (about 141 posts/day). Rules: civility; flair + spoilers; blog/stream titling; credit fan labour in titles; gameplay/trophy posts need a comment; sourced rumor threads; no porn; memes on Mondays only.
Versus general horror gaming
Broad horror-game rooms dilute lore. residentevil is Capcom’s series lane with Meme Monday discipline.
Practical pointers
Credit cosplay/art in the title; save memes for Monday.
The community was created on Aug 10, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 2,560 subscribers (+0.22%). It sits just behind r/evangelion (#930) and ahead of r/steak (#932) in our ranking.
What sets r/residentevil apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 123.6 new posts a day per million members, more than 97% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 2.05% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 98% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/residentevil went up from 1,120,348 to 1,143,271 subscribers (+22.9K, +2.05%). That is about 449 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/residentevil this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- [OC] President must have insane amounts of faith in Leon...u/SirYe · Nov 2 · image
- Happy 26th Birthday to Canadian model, Jordan Mcewen! 🥳🎂🇨🇦🎮🧟♀️🏍️u/TimTim_HO · Nov 4 · image
- OC went as Jill last night!u/yesicanfindx · Nov 1 · gallery
- Made my own Resident Evil (2026) VHS because why not? (OC)u/Commercial_Pause_674 · Nov 6 · gallery
- jill costume for halloweenu/meeuh · Nov 5 · gallery
- My RE8 Chris cosplay for Halloween!🐺u/Low_Rider999 · Nov 1 · image
- Umbrella corp cosplay I didu/yaboy1604 · Nov 7 · gallery
- Found in the wild (grandma's medicine cabinet)u/Masusenpai · Nov 5 · image
- Ashley Graham 1/6 scale action figure Handmade by meu/Ok_Possibility_6659 · Nov 2 · gallery
- What's up with this guy?u/Dav_1542 · Nov 7 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/residentevil, from 2024 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- RE4 Leon Cosplay I did last monthu/ChocolateTacoFilms · Oct 25, 2026 · gallery
- This Tik Tok from a movie theater promoting the Resident Evil movie is hilarious and so well done (Their account is @marcustheaters)u/el_solari · Sep 18, 2026 · video
- Cosplayed Sheva Alomaru/kikuai_ · May 29, 2025 · gallery
- Deja Vu (OC)u/NekkidZilla · Mar 4, 2026 · image
- Leon Kennedy Cosplay by meu/Richbox_INC · Nov 1, 2026 · gallery
- I work in a hospital. This seems kinda sus.u/Legend_of_the_Wind · Apr 27, 2026 · image
- Did a cosplay of my fave RE character, Ada Wongu/Tanukiicos · Oct 1, 2024 · image
- Getting 6 releases within a 9-year window when games take forever to be made is actually insane when you think about it.u/unproductive_nerd · Mar 6, 2026 · image
- my rebecca chambers cosplay <3u/norafawn · Mar 7, 2026 · image
- My Leon Kennedy RE:Requiem Cosplay.u/ZaraCosplay · May 20, 2026 · gallery
What r/residentevil talks about
Looking at the titles of 695 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “resident”, “evil”, “leon”, “halloween” and “cosplay”. Other frequent themes are remake, game, bryan, kennedy, re4 and costume. Recurring phrases include “resident evil”, “leon kennedy”, “ada wong” and “halloween costume”. By format, 31% are text posts, 28% are images and 26% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: General (285), Fan labor/Art/Cosplay (223), Gameplay question (59), Forum question (45), Meme Monday (24), Lore question (18).
Activity and best time to post
r/residentevil gets about 140 new posts a day. The public archive holds 414,564 posts and 6,065,778 comments in total, about 14.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (189 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (114). Posting peaks around 00:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/residentevil
The moderators of r/residentevil list 9 rules. In short:
- Maintain civility & Reddiquette
- Use post flairs & mark spoilers
- Blogs & streams must be links and titled with the content name and the creator’s or platform name.
- Fan art/cosplay/labour must be credited in the post title
- Gameplay, streams, results, trophies, purchases, collections & tier lists must include a comment
- Rumor/leak discussions must be sourced and stay in posts dedicated to the topic & clearly indicated
- Adhere to prohibited posts and comments list
- No pornographic content
- Memes only on Mondays
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/residentevil 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/residentevil have?
r/residentevil has 1,143,271 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #931 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 22,923 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/residentevil?
r/residentevil was created on Aug 10, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Mar 16, 2011.
How active is r/residentevil?
Very active: r/residentevil gets about 140 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 414,564 posts and 6,065,778 comments. In a sample of 695 recent posts we counted 603 different authors.
When is r/residentevil most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday 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/residentevil about?
The community describes itself as: “A community for fans of the Capcom series, Resident Evil, (aka Biohazard in Japan).” Recent post titles often mention resident, evil, leon, halloween and cosplay. Most posts are text posts (31%).
Is r/residentevil safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/residentevil as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/residentevil?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/residentevil accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Maintain civility & Reddiquette”; “Use post flairs & mark spoilers”; “Blogs & streams must be links and titled with the content name and the creator’s or platform name.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/residentevil?
Communities with similar topics include r/Fallout (2M), r/japan (1.8M), r/zelda (3.3M), r/hearthstone (2M) and r/thelastofus (2.3M).
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/residentevil.