r/movies

Movie News and Discussion

Founded January 2008 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Oct 12

/r/movies is the world's largest online film community, with over 37,000,000 members. Come on in and talk about movies with us!

Members

37,693,948

37.7M

Online now

—

not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

68.3

from the last 100 posts, spanning 34.8h

Comments per post

—

no sample yet

Growth · 7d

+0.0%

+9.8K members · ≈7d

Growth · 30d

+0.2%

+80K members · ≈30d

Promo tolerance

—

not assessed yet

Last post

Oct 12

sampled Oct 12

Distinct posters

86%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Aug 23 · 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.

Member growth

Watch these subreddits

Rankings go stale. Prowlo watches these subreddits daily and pings you the moment someone describes the problem you solve.

Free trial · No card

Similar by content

Communities that discuss what r/movies discusses.

r/Cinema305K members

Welcome to r/Cinema. A place for movie news and discussion. And other related topics.

94% content match
r/boxoffice1.2M members

A place to talk about the box office and the movie business, both domestically and internationally.

91% content match
r/HorrorMovies203K members

Discuss horror movies here with other horror buffs.

91% content match
M
r/moviecritic979K members

A subreddit for movie reviews and discussions

91% content match
r/Letterboxd561K members

A companion to letterboxd.com, for discussing all things in the world of film and Letterboxd, with fellow Letterboxd members! Managed by fans with the blessing of Letterboxd HQ.

91% content match

See the full lists on similar subreddits.

r/movies — frequently asked

How many members does r/movies have?

r/movies has 37,693,948 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 12. 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/movies growing?

Over the last ≈30 days r/movies changed by +0.2% — a gain of 80K 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/movies?

Around 68.3 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 34.8h. 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/movies created?

r/movies was founded in January 2008 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/movies?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 86% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 12. 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/movies?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/movies 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/movies for mentions?

Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/movies into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.

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

Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/movies's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.

Watch these subreddits

Rankings go stale. Prowlo watches these subreddits daily and pings you the moment someone describes the problem you solve.

r/SaaS · 4m ago

“Our analytics bill tripled overnight. Actively shopping for an alternative this week — what’s good?”

Match · 86%Buying signal

Read-only · Human-in-the-loop
Prowlo never posts for you

r/movies Subreddit Stats — 37.7M members, 68.3 posts/day