Sword and Sorcery. Here we discuss the "sword and sorcery" tradition of fantasy literature, which includes Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, Michael Moorcock, Karl Edward Wagner, David C. Smith, Gary E. Gygax, and many more. “Sword and sorcery” emphasizes active protagonists, supernatural menaces, and preindustrial (mostly ancient and medieval) settings. Sword and sorcery continues to influence visual art, fantasy RPGs, CRPGs, film, comics, music, and much more. No AI art. Founded 2011 · 59.8K members
60K members. The best post we have captured here reached
7.8K upvotes, which works out to
130 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.
Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.
What is r/SwordandSorcery?
r/SwordandSorcery ("Sword and Sorcery") describes itself this way: Here we discuss the "sword and sorcery" tradition of fantasy literature, which includes Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, Michael Moorcock, Karl Edward Wagner, David C. Smith, Gary E. Gygax, and many more. “Sword and sorcery” emphasizes active protagonists, supernatural menaces, and preindustrial (mostly ancient and medieval) settings. Sword and sorcery continues to influence visual art, fantasy RPGs, CRPGs, film, comics, music, and much more. No AI art. It was founded in 2011 and has 59.8K members.
How many members does r/SwordandSorcery have?
r/SwordandSorcery has about 60K members. ViralHunt has tracked 393 of its posts; the biggest reached 7.8K upvotes, which is 130 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/SwordandSorcery?
"Teegra from Fire and Ice" reached 7.8K upvotes and 63 comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/SwordandSorcery.
What subreddits are similar to r/SwordandSorcery?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/greenland, r/Leakednews, r/LetsDiscussThis, r/stevehofstetter, r/StrikeAtPsyche, r/InvictaSolaris.
What kind of posts do best on r/SwordandSorcery?
Of the posts we hold, 50% are image posts and 26% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/SwordandSorcery?
Across 393 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 14:00 UTC (2K avg upvotes), Monday at 13:00 UTC (1.4K avg upvotes), Friday at 17:00 UTC (1.2K 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/SwordandSorcery?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/SwordandSorcery has 1.6K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 74 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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