r/instant_regret
Active"What have I done..."
Instant Regret (in'-stint rē-gret') n. a subreddit dedicated to deliberate actions that unexpectedly lead to undesirable consequences and horrible results; things which may cause someone to say, "oh man, did I just screw the pooch!"
Members
4,477,731
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 27, 2026
Posts (30 days)
96
Created
2014
June 30, 2014
Total posts
64.3K
archived
Total comments
3.4M
archived
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How many members does r/instant_regret have?
r/instant_regret had 4,477,731 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/instant_regret dead?
No. r/instant_regret is active — the most recent post was today, with 96 posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/instant_regret created?
r/instant_regret was created on June 30, 2014.
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