r/DarkRomance

Founded December 2019 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Oct 4

This is a community for fans of romance books with dark & mature themes.

Members

134,532

135K

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

12.5

from the last 100 posts, spanning 7.9 days

Comments per post

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no sample yet

Growth · 7d

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not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

+3.8%

+4.9K members · ≈28d

Promo tolerance

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not assessed yet

Last post

Oct 4

sampled Oct 4

Distinct posters

83%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Aug 22 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.

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r/DarkRomance — frequently asked

How many members does r/DarkRomance have?

r/DarkRomance has 134,532 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 4. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.

Is r/DarkRomance growing?

Over the last ≈28 days r/DarkRomance changed by +3.8% — a gain of 4.9K members. We compare against the nearest snapshot we actually hold and state the real span rather than rounding it to a clean "30 days".

How active is r/DarkRomance?

Around 12.5 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 7.9 days. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.

When was r/DarkRomance created?

r/DarkRomance was founded in December 2019 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.

Who posts in r/DarkRomance?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 83% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 4. A low share means a feed dominated by a handful of accounts (bots, mods, or one prolific poster) rather than a community.

Can I promote my product in r/DarkRomance?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/DarkRomance yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.

How do I monitor r/DarkRomance for mentions?

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Can my AI agent read r/DarkRomance's stats?

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r/DarkRomance Subreddit Stats — 135K members, 12.5 posts/day