How the writing communities compare
Membership is concentrated: the three largest communities hold 89% of all members on this list, so most of the writing conversation happens in a handful of places. Size and activity don't line up perfectly: r/WritingPrompts has the most members, but r/writers gets the most new posts (about 121 a day, against 54 in r/WritingPrompts). Per member, the liveliest is r/writingadvice: 43 posts a day from 60.2K members — a smaller crowd, but an engaged one. Among the communities we track weekly, r/writing grew fastest recently (+0.08%, +2.9K members since Oct 19). The oldest is r/writing, founded in 2008, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.
The 14 biggest writing subreddits
r/WritingPrompts 18,878,010 members · ~54 posts/day · +957 since Oct 19 · since 2010Writing Prompts. You're a writer and you just want to flex those muscles? You've come to the right place! If you see a prompt you like, simply write a short story based on it. Get comments from others, and leave commentary for ot…
r/writing 3,442,950 members · ~16 posts/day · +2.9K since Oct 19 · since 2008Discussions about the writing craft.
r/Screenwriting 1,779,379 members · ~19 posts/day · +908 since Oct 19 · since 2009Join our community of over 1,700,000 Screenwriters! From emerging to professional writers, we come together to teach, learn, and share everything about screenwriting for film and television. Please view our rules and wikis before…
- Sr/Songwriting ↗ 923,116 members · ~48 posts/day · since 2008
/r/Songwriting is the home for songwriters on Reddit. Engage with other people who write songs, show your work in progress, ask for feedback, or discuss the art of making music!
- Fr/fantasywriters ↗ 896,459 members · ~28 posts/day · since 2011
This subreddit is dedicated to those of us who are writing in the fantasy genre.
- Wr/writers ↗ 269,615 members · ~121 posts/day · since 2009
All are welcome at r/writers: fiction writers, nonfiction writers, bloggers and more! Get critique on your work, share resources, ask questions and help fellow writers.
- Kr/KeepWriting ↗ 236,615 members · ~29 posts/day · since 2012
Welcome to KeepWriting. We are a community dedicated to motivating writers to stay consistent and constantly grow their craft. Whether you're looking to get feedback on an idea, hear a critique, or get unstuck in a story, this is…
- Sr/selfpublish ↗ 165,032 members · ~17 posts/day · since 2011
A place to discuss just about everything in the world of indie books. *Not* a place for self-promotion.
- Fr/freelanceWriters ↗ 162,444 members · ~0.9 posts/day · since 2011
A place by and for freelance writers of all kinds to discuss and share every facet of freelance writing.
- Wr/writingcirclejerk ↗ 135,257 members · ~13 posts/day · since 2012
A parody of writing communities. Don't post your writing here.
- Wr/writingadvice ↗ 60,195 members · ~43 posts/day · since 2014
Get writing advice, share writing for critique, and talk about writing. Everyone is welcome. Join our discord: https://discord.gg/nn7cUSKxn3
- Wr/WritingHub ↗ 47,609 members · since 2012
If you’re looking for a critique partner or writing group, have a writing-related question, or would like to share some advice of your own, you’re in the right place! Join us on Discord for more!
- Wr/WritersGroup ↗ 45,176 members · ~1.9 posts/day · since 2010
An online writer's group dedicated to the sharing and constructive peer-review of each other's written work. If you aren't sharing your writing, it doesn't belong here.
- Tr/technicalwriting ↗ 35,847 members · ~4.1 posts/day · since 2012
For people who take the unbelievably complicated things that scientists and engineers devise and make it understandable for non-technical people.
Choosing where to post
If you have a question, start in r/writingadvice: it is set up for exactly that, and with about 43 new posts a day there are plenty of people around to answer. Competition for attention differs a lot: r/WritingPrompts has 18.9M members but only about 54 new posts a day — roughly one new post for every 350.9K members — while r/writers gets about 121 a day, one for every 2.2K. A strong, well-made post therefore has more room to be seen in r/WritingPrompts; r/writers is better when you want quick replies. Jokes and memes have their own home in r/writingcirclejerk; the serious communities tend to remove them, so keep the two apart. Rule sets vary: of the communities we have rules for, r/Screenwriting lists 12, against 6 in r/writing, so a post that is fine in one can be removed in another.
A simple rule of thumb: ask questions in the specialised communities and share your best finds in the big ones, where they can reach the most people. Always read the rules in the sidebar first — each community is run by its own volunteer moderators. Our guide to searching Reddit explains how to dig through any of these communities, and the subreddit info tool gives you the stats of one we don't list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the biggest writing subreddit?
r/WritingPrompts is the largest, with 18,878,010 members, followed by r/writing (3.4M) and r/Screenwriting (1.8M).
Which writing subreddit is the most active?
By new posts per day, r/writers leads with about 121, ahead of r/WritingPrompts (54). Counts are averages over the last seven days.
Where should a beginner ask about writing on Reddit?
r/writingadvice is the one built around questions and advice, with about 43 new posts a day. Check its rules and search it first — common questions have usually been answered.
How many writing subreddits are there?
We list 14 active, safe-for-work writing communities with at least 25,000 members each, 27.1M members in total (people can be in several). Reddit has many smaller ones too; our guide on searching Reddit shows how to find them.
What is the oldest writing subreddit?
r/writing, created on Jan 25, 2008.
Are these writing subreddits safe for work?
Yes. Every community on this page is public and not marked 18+ by Reddit, and we filter out communities whose name or description points to adult content.
Data: Reddit's public subreddit search and the Arctic Shift archive (Oct 30, 2026), growth from SubMouse's weekly snapshots. Member counts of communities outside our Top 1000 come from the archive and can lag a little. Not affiliated with Reddit.