About r/toptalent
In its own words:
Check out today’s top talent (hint: sort by new 😉)
Community guide
r/toptalent (#349, about 3.1 million) showcases today’s top talent (sort-by-new hint in the blurb). Rules require quality titles/posts, only the best talents/skills, and ban fake CGI/Autotune deception. Video (~2.4 ppd).
Peak skill demos
Post genuinely impressive talent—not middling clips padded by title hype.
No fake CGI/Autotune passes
Don’t pass CGI or Autotune fakery as live skill.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Nov 9, 2017, which makes it 8 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 673 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/MachineLearning (#348) and ahead of r/lotrmemes (#350) in our ranking.
What sets r/toptalent apart
r/toptalent is far more video-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are videos, against a median of 4% across the Top 100. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.8 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/toptalent climbed from 3,075,214 to 3,079,988 subscribers (+4.8K, +0.16%). That is about 109 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/toptalent talks about
We read the titles of 22 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “source”, “link”, “description”, “paper” and “musician”. Recurring phrases include “source link”. By format, 100% are videos.
Activity and best time to post
r/toptalent gets about 2.4 new posts a day. The public archive holds 69,223 posts and 1,620,944 comments in total, about 23.4 comments per post.
Rules of r/toptalent
The moderators of r/toptalent list 3 rules. In short:
- Title & post must be quality content
- Only post the best talents and skills
- Posts can't fake CGI, Autotune, etc
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/toptalent 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/toptalent have?
r/toptalent has 3,079,988 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #349 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,774 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/toptalent?
r/toptalent was created on Nov 9, 2017, so it has been around for 8 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Nov 12, 2017.
How active is r/toptalent?
Moderately: r/toptalent gets about 2.4 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 69,223 posts and 1,620,944 comments.
What is r/toptalent about?
The community describes itself as: “Check out today’s top talent (hint: sort by new 😉)” Recent post titles often mention source, link, description, paper and musician. Most posts are videos (100%).
Is r/toptalent safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/toptalent as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/toptalent?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/toptalent accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “Title & post must be quality content”; “Only post the best talents and skills”; “Posts can't fake CGI, Autotune, etc”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/toptalent?
Communities with similar topics include r/tifu (19M), r/learntodraw (3.2M), r/personalfinance (21.9M), r/todayilearned (41.7M) and r/rarepuppers (8.1M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). 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/toptalent.