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r/literature

literature

Welcome to /r/literature, a community for deeper discussions of plays, poetry, short stories, and novels. Discussions of literary criticism, literary history, literary theory, and critical theory are welcome. We are not /r/books: please do not use this sub to seek book recommendations or homework help.

Community Stats

Subscribers
2.2M
Content rating
SFW
Created
2008-04-01
Posts per day
4/day
Comments per day
200/day
Discussion style
Comment-heavy
Content mix
Text-focused (1% video)
Top post
1,900 upvotes
Top 100 median
260 upvotes
Competition
Low competition
Peak hour
7:00 AM UTC

r/literature is a SFW subreddit with 2.2 million subscribers, created in 2008. It's text-focused, with only 1% of top posts being images or video. Posts average about 4 per day with 204 comments per day, making it a comment-heavy community. Top posts this year scored up to 1.9K upvotes, with a typical top-100 post earning 258. It's a moderate community — the 100th-ranked top post of the past year is from 121 days ago. Browse 5 closely related communities below to find similar subreddits.

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