Reddit's Dark Fantasy Arts and Literature Subreddit. Dark fantasy is a sub-genre art style of fantasy and sci-fi (science fiction) which can refer to literary, artistic expression, cinematic, film, games, movies, music works that incorporates darker mystery horror thriller and frightening themes of fantasy. The term can be used broadly to refer to fantastical works that have a gloomy, dark (or grimdark) atmosphere, or a sense of horror elements and dread. The Art of Horror, Fairy, Gloom, Goth, Heavy Metal, Magic, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Thriller Genre. Founded 2012 · 72.7K members
72.6K members. The best post we have captured here reached
8.3K upvotes, which works out to
115 per 1,000 members.
The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.
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Image 53%Gallery 27%Video 12%Text 5%Question 2%
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What is r/DarkFantasy?
r/DarkFantasy ("Reddit's Dark Fantasy Arts and Literature Subreddit") describes itself this way: Dark fantasy is a sub-genre art style of fantasy and sci-fi (science fiction) which can refer to literary, artistic expression, cinematic, film, games, movies, music works that incorporates darker mystery horror thriller and frightening themes of fantasy. The term can be used broadly to refer to fantastical works that have a gloomy, dark (or grimdark) atmosphere, or a sense of horror elements and dread. The Art of Horror, Fairy, Gloom, Goth, Heavy Metal, Magic, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Thriller Genre. It was founded in 2012 and has 72.7K members.
How many members does r/DarkFantasy have?
r/DarkFantasy has about 72.6K members. ViralHunt has tracked 300 of its posts; the biggest reached 8.3K upvotes, which is 115 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/DarkFantasy?
"Working on the Landscape for my 80's Dark Fantasy game" reached 8.3K upvotes and 463 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/DarkFantasy.
What subreddits are similar to r/DarkFantasy?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/greenland, r/Leakednews, r/LetsDiscussThis, r/stevehofstetter, r/InvictaSolaris, r/StrikeAtPsyche.
What kind of posts do best on r/DarkFantasy?
Of the posts we hold, 53% are image posts and 27% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/DarkFantasy?
Across 300 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 18:00 UTC (2.8K avg upvotes), Saturday at 18:00 UTC (1.1K avg upvotes), Thursday at 17:00 UTC (565 avg upvotes). The busiest day is Monday. For Reddit as a whole, see the best time to post on Reddit page.
How many upvotes does a post need to reach the top of r/DarkFantasy?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/DarkFantasy has 370 upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 205 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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