About r/wow
In its own words:
World of Warcraft on Reddit!
Community guide
r/wow (#327, about 3.2 million) is World of Warcraft on Reddit. Rules ban trolling/personal attacks, ToS violations, real-world politics, call-outs, unmarked spoilers, porn/NSFW, buying/selling/LFG, wrong flair, unsourced art, missing transmog item lists, hate speech; posts must be about WoW or its community. Text/Image (~186.4 ppd).
WoW and community only
Stay on WoW; real-world politics and call-out posts are removed.
Spoilers, art credit, transmog lists
Mark spoilers; source art properly; transmog posts need item lists.
Practical pointers
High text/image/link volume; Question/Discussion/Art flairs.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 10, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,618 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/Advice (#326) and ahead of r/Android (#329) in our ranking.
What sets r/wow apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 58.1 new posts a day per million members, more than 95% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.55% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 87% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (22:00 UTC) sees about 5.6× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/wow went up from 3,191,506 to 3,208,934 subscribers (+17.4K, +0.55%). That is about 396 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/wow talks about
We read the titles of 700 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “forever”, “retail”, “play”, “player” and “blizzard”. Other frequent themes are code, world, game, pvp, looking and help. Recurring phrases include “forever code”, “talent tree”, “headless horseman” and “holy priest”. By format, 52% are text posts, 27% are images and 17% are links.
Popular post flairs: :forever: WoW: Forever (218), :flairQuestion: Question (159), :flairDiscussion: Discussion (101), :flairArt: Art (31), Video (31), :flairHumor: Humor / Meme (30).
Activity and best time to post
r/wow gets about 190 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,558,119 posts and 32,717,295 comments in total, about 21.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (388 posts) and the quietest was Friday (147). Posting peaks around 22:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/wow
The moderators of r/wow list 12 rules. In short:
- Trolling / Personal Attacks
- ToS Violations
- Real-World Politics
- Call Outs
- Spoilers
- Posts Must Be About WoW or the WoW Community
- Porn / NSFW Content
- Buying / Selling / LFG
- Wrong Flair
- Unsourced / Improperly Sourced Art
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/wow 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/wow have?
r/wow has 3,208,934 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #327 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 17,428 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/wow?
r/wow was created on Jun 10, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Aug 1, 2008.
How active is r/wow?
Very active: r/wow gets about 190 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,558,119 posts and 32,717,295 comments. In a sample of 700 recent posts we counted 626 different authors.
When is r/wow most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 22:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/wow about?
The community describes itself as: “World of Warcraft on Reddit!” Recent post titles often mention forever, retail, play, player and blizzard. Most posts are text posts (52%).
Is r/wow safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/wow as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/wow?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/wow accepts both text and link posts, with images enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Trolling / Personal Attacks”; “ToS Violations”; “Real-World Politics”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/wow?
Communities with similar topics include r/DnD (4.3M), r/Overwatch (6.2M), r/boardgames (5.5M), r/DestinyTheGame (3.4M) and r/leagueoflegends (8.5M).
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/wow.