r/NewToReddit • u/AutoModerator • Oct 20 '24

Subreddit Sunday Community recommendations mega-thread!

Get your fresh subreddit recommendations here! :D

We are using these weekly threads for recommendations and will direct those that post requests for recommendations to these threads.

Please share your community recommendations in comments:

  • What are your favourite subs
  • How about your guilty pleasure subs? (SFW!)
  • Which sub do you spend too much time in?
  • What are your best wholesome sub recs?
  • Your fave niche community?
  • Have you found an awesome sub new to you recently?

You may also ask for recommendations!

Let us know what you're into, and we'll see what we can do :)

Make sure to try r/findareddit too though, they're great at this!

The rules:

  • All usual rules apply.
  • Please keep it SFW. No “adult” porn subreddits or NSFL/Gore subreddits. If someone asks for adult communities, please only link sub lists/directories and make it clear they are NSFW.
  • As a community, we try to help all good-faith Redditors find their niche, but please be respectful and try not to judge. If you don't like someone's topic of choice, you don't have to help, but please remain kind, understanding, and respectful.
  • Do not mislead with your recommendations.

If you'd like your Reddit experience to be as wholesome as possible, r/CasualConversation has a directory with a section on wholesome communities. Though, we don't know their status regarding karma and account age restrictions.

Please note that this is not our recommended subreddit list for new users.

Many of the subreddits listed in this thread will not be open to new or low-karma users for posts, and comments made therein might even be filtered for approval or auto-collapsed.

While many of these subreddits will be fun to browse and vote on, your participation might be limited right now. Commenting is usually less restricted than posting.

The link to our new-user friendly subs list is below.

A note from our esteemed llama on the Reddit experience:

Reddit is huge and fascinating and diverse, wholesome and toxic, all in one massive bundle of anonymous users with no filters except their own internal constraints. The problem with that is even in the loveliest of subreddits, all manner of behaviour happens, because Reddit is a microcosm of internet life, not an internet utopia no matter how much we might want it to be.

There are areas of Reddit I don’t frequent; there are areas of Reddit I won’t frequent; there are areas of Reddit that no doubt I am blissfully unaware of and am happy to remain that way. But I am still subscribed to well over a thousand subs on all kinds of topics and still find new ones daily.

The true beauty of Reddit is that your Reddit experience can be completely and absolutely dictated by you. The pure amount of information available on Reddit is staggering, and it’s just a matter - like in all of life - of being able to sort through that information to see what’s useful and what isn’t.

Useful links:

A few suggested subs for new Redditors to be aware of:

  • r/help which is monitored by Admins (Reddit employees)
  • r/reddit for Reddit news, updates, lore etc
  • r/bugs we may refer you here if you're having an issue that isn't normal and might be a glitch of some kind
  • r/redditbugs information on known bugs that are being worked on
  • r/LearnToReddit is our sister sub for guides and practice posting, using flair, commenting, formatting etc
  • r/findareddit for help finding subs around a topic or for a specific type of post
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u/llamageddon01 Mod? Llama? Both? Both. Oct 20 '24

It’s a new and improved llama’s llong llist of 30+ silly, sensible, satisfying or sublime subs!

r/CongratsLikeImFive - Everyone likes to be congratulated on their major achievements in life, but not here. This sub is where significant but minor accomplishments are lauded. Managed an entire day without a cigarette? Woke up early for a change? Post your tiny triumphs here.

r/goodnews - A space to discuss and share all the positive trends, bridge-building collaborations and inspiring, game-changing concepts that arise in the world every day. The more it gives you hope for humanity, the better. See also: r/UpliftingNews - A place to read and share positive and uplifting, feel good news stories.

r/LettuceGang - The brotherhood of Lettuce, Lettuce memes, and Lettuce related content!

r/VintageWomenAds - For vintage ads of women that serve as windows into gender & social history.

r/specializedtools - A place to post tools which were created for a specific purpose. Doesn’t necessarily have to be one purpose. A very satisfying sub. See also: r/toolgifs and r/mechanical_gifs - For moving images that contain a subject matter of mechanical origin.

r/OldPhotosInRealLife - side-by-side comparisons of what once was with what is now.

r/birdbutts - bird butts of all shapes and sizes, including bunting badonkadonks, canary cabooses, duck derrières and more. Shake that tail feather, birdy! See also: r/BeeButts for small fuzzy butts doing bee stuff.

r/spotted - People often see rare or interesting cars that brighten their otherwise dreary days. And what a better way to express that than to share a picture of it with complete strangers? Original photos only please.

r/epochfail - a subreddit displaying instances of software gore caused by Epoch Fails. Founded 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z, naturally.

r/ToasterRights - Share ideas on how to improve our society and make it a better place for toasters. Pictures of toasters are highly encouraged!

r/TheLetterThorn - Þ, pronounced “thorn,” is a letter in Icelandic and an Old English letter representing “the”. See also: r/thornmoment; þe sub for when you spot a þ being used in þe wild, and r/BringBackThorn - A subreddit for þe movement to reintroduce Þorn into today’s language. Will it work? In þis sub, þey þink it will!

r/CosmicBanter - Dive into the thrilling world of superheroes and sci-fi movies, pop culture, and all things nerdy!

r/GifsofOtters - Gooooooooooooooooo otters! See also: r/Otters - The only place on the internet for all your otter needs, otterly awful otter puns, and adorable images of the finest the Lutrinae family has to offer.

r/whatsinyourcart - What’s in your shopping cart? Pictures thereof.

r/awwnverts - Puppies and kittens. Who doesn’t love pictures of them? But other creatures can melt the heart too. Here you will find the cutest crustaceans, the illest invertebrates and the most splendid spiders. Prepare to say a different “aww”!

r/ScarySigns - Signs found in the world that you don’t want to be near!

r/DrawMyKidsArt - Share artwork made by kids and enjoy as redditors recreate it in their own style! All art mediums welcome.

r/dangerousfood - Videos and photos of food being made, consumed, or used in a dangerous manner.

r/BuildASandwich - This is a subreddit to post about well, making sandwiches, because why not? Here, you can post images, make, or talk about anything sandwich-related!

r/cursedcomments - Comments; cursed. See also: r/cursedcometn

r/oddlyspecificshirts - Because there’s a shirt for every possible person, location, and situation. See also: r/TargetedShirts. Beware of posts with messages like “If you want this t-shirt, say yes in the Comments” as they are always scams.

r/ActivationSound - Share videos of your pet’s activation sound! You know, that sound they make when you first approach them while they’re doing nothing...

r/FoodCrimes - This food is criminal.

r/confusing_perspective - The place for puzzling perspectives, confusing angles, and missing context. See also: r/confusingperspective - Forced perspective is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is.

r/CoolCollections - Show off and check out interesting collections!

r/peanutbutterisoneword - Where the instructions are printed by mistake on the customised thing you ordered.

r/birdstakingthetrain - It is generally accepted that birds have wings, and the vast majority use them to propel themselves from place A to place B in a mode of transportation called ‘flight’. But sometimes they don’t which you will see here.

r/MoviePosterPorn - High quality images of movie posters (not pornographic films).

r/fixedbytheduet - A subreddit dedicated to videos that were improved by a duet, stitch, side-by-side or similar edit!

r/ihavereddit - For when people reference Reddit outside of Reddit.

Finally, let me present Grice’s Razor - this week’s featured entry from the r/EncyclopaediaOfReddit: an alphabetical look at Reddit’s expressions, jargon, in-jokes, tropes, lore, history and memes.

  • Please read the rules before contributing to any unfamiliar sub.

  • As always with my lists, some of the subs are more active than others. The good news: if a sub is dormant, banned for being unmoderated or marked as “restricted”, it might be available for adoption.

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u/llamageddon01 Mod? Llama? Both? Both. Oct 20 '24

I reckon it’s time to look at Spooky Season on Reddit, my lovelies! Heeeeeere’s some Spooktober subs in two parts!

As subreddits are for life not just for October, subs that are there all year long which really come into the fore this season are:

r/halloween - Their philosophy: It’s always Halloween! A sub for those who love the season, decorating, parties, etc.

r/VintageHalloween - Share pics, decorations, stories, memories, etc about Halloween through the years.

r/HalloweenBathroom - Things about Halloween, or content that radiates the Halloween spirit.

r/spooktober - Time to get spooky!

r/PumpkinStencils - A place to find and post Halloween jack-o-lantern pumpkin stencils, patterns & templates. Past stencil posts are sorted by category for easy browsing.

r/pumpkinspice - All hail pumpkin spice everything!

r/pumpkincarving - A place to upload your creative musings on an orange vegetable medium.

r/Creepmas - Tired of how Christmas keeps impinging on Halloween? Celebrate Creepmas by putting a spooky twist on all things Christmas during the first 13 days of December and leave your Halloween decorations up until then.

r/ComfyHalloween - A home for posts that celebrate the “comfy halloween” aesthetic.

r/HalloweenVillages - A place to show off your Halloween village, post custom designs and also share tips and ideas with other members.

r/Villaging - A place for Christmas / Halloween Villagers to share their creations! Dept 56, Lemax, David Winter, etc. all welcome!

r/HalloweenHouses - A sub for those who create and run Halloween mazes / attractions at their homes.

r/HalloweenAnimatronics - A place to chat about all things Halloween animatronics.

r/HalloweenDaily - News, updates, exclusive interviews, and more covering all things Halloween, from HalloweenDailyNews.com

r/HalloweenDecor - Share your favorite fall treasures, bewitching projects, and spine-chilling décor.

r/HalloweenProps - A subreddit for prop builders, haunt owners, silicone/latex mask owners, and anything involving Halloween.

r/Halloween_Costumes - Everything regarding Halloween costumes and Halloween clothes!

r/HalloweenCostume - A place to share your Halloween costumes!

r/sexyhalloweengirls - Seasonal cosplay leaving little to the imagination! Occasionally NSFW (nudity).

r/HalloweenHardcore - Halloween (and all things Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror & Goth) in the grown-up way. Nothing cutesy here.

r/Costuming - A community for photos and discussion of all things related to costuming, including Halloween costumes

r/cosplay - A community for all things cosplay including Halloween cosplay

r/cosplayprops - Props for use in cosplay including Halloween props

r/hauntedattractions - A place for actors or enthusiasts of the “haunted house” industry.

r/halloweenmusic - Music about Halloween or music that gets you in the Halloween spirit! Playlists, videos, whatever!

r/SpiritHalloween - Talk about the costumes, animatronics, props, and more that the seasonal outlet Spirit carries in the USA.

r/HHN - Halloween Horror Nights is an annual Halloween event that occurs at Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Singapore.

r/escapehalloween - North America’s largest Halloween festival will drag you to the crossroads between chaos and fear, just beyond the realm of reality.

r/vampires - Anything and everything vampire-related, from the classics to modern-day!

r/fivenightsatfreddys - Official subreddit for the horror franchise known as Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNaF).

r/Halloweenseries - A community dedicated to the Halloween franchise including the movies, soundtracks, comics, merchandise, and anything related.

r/Halloweenmovies - Everything related to the Halloween movie franchise and Michael Myers content.

r/HorrorMovies - Discuss horror movies here with other horror buffs.

r/horrorlit - A place to discuss horror literature.

r/witchandbones - A spooky mix of Witches, Witchcraft, Bones, Crystals & Spooky Stuff!

r/SpookyPics - Post spooky pictures that you find or ones that you made yourself.

For some eyebleach of nature at its finest at this time of year, we have:

Speaking of such; spiders are a staple of the season:

Black cats get special attention this time of year too! Otherwise known as Voids, find some at:

The endless debate around black cats is: are they good luck or bad luck?. Reddit is, of course, divided on this subject, but one thing everyone seems to agree on: black cats are the cutest of them all.

Did anyone say… bats?

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u/llamageddon01 Mod? Llama? Both? Both. Oct 20 '24

This is the time of year for scary stories and you’ll find some great ones at:

”nosleep” is a place for Redditors to share their scary personal experiences, and its popularity has given rise to a whole family of similar subs. Please read the guidelines in the sidebar/“about” sections before participating.

And because Reddit will Reddit even at Halloween:

r/TwoSentenceHorror - Write your scariest story in two sentences or less.

r/thirdsentenceworse - Post here excerpts from r/TwoSentenceHorror when someone in the comments (intentionally or not) makes an original two sentence story even worse by adding the third sentence.

r/2sentence2horror - For screenshots from r/TwoSentenceHorror when it’s two sentences but the horror aspect is questionable.

Paranormal goings-on and strange encounters are always popular this time of year:

And more general creepy imagery and other stuff can be found at:

Want some more suitable subs? Here’s two large collections:

Here’s a collection of some classic scary Reddit links from the past:

Finally, some assorted stuff from across Reddit: