r/WritingPrompts
BorderlineWriting 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 other people's works. Let's help each other.
Members
18,855,281
as of February 2025
Last post
1 month ago
September 25, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2010
September 7, 2010
Total posts
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archived
Total comments
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archived
Is r/WritingPrompts dead? Activity is slowing.
No posts in 48 days. That's not long enough to be considered abandoned yet — communities usually need 60+ days of inactivity (and inactive moderators) before Reddit will hand them over.
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How many members does r/WritingPrompts have?
r/WritingPrompts had 18,855,281 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/WritingPrompts dead?
r/WritingPrompts looks quiet: its most recent post was 1 month ago (48 days). Post activity is a strong signal, but whether a subreddit can be claimed depends on its moderators being inactive across all of Reddit.
When was r/WritingPrompts created?
r/WritingPrompts was created on September 7, 2010.
Can I take over r/WritingPrompts?
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