r/dungeonmasters
This subreddit is a dedicated space for Dungeon Masters and Game Masters to come together and share their expertise, experiences, and…
How to think about r/dungeonmasters
The community serves as a collaborative hub for Dungeon Masters and Game Masters, focusing on sharing knowledge, resources, and experiences related to tabletop role-playing games. Members engage in discussions about campaign creation, improvisation, and various game mechanics, with a particular emphasis on enhancing the overall gaming experience. The community's long-standing presence reflects its commitment to fostering a supportive environment for both novice and experienced DMs.
Confidence 4/5
Audience
Participants are primarily tabletop RPG enthusiasts, including both seasoned Dungeon Masters and those new to the role. The demographic skews towards adults, often in their 20s to 40s, who are passionate about storytelling and game design. Members typically seek advice, share resources, and connect with others who share their interests, contributing to a friendly and collaborative vibe.
Posting culture
Content that thrives includes detailed guides, creative campaign ideas, and personal experiences that offer insights into the DM role. Posts that are overly promotional or lack substantive content tend to receive downvotes. The community encourages regular participation, with members often sharing their own game experiences, seeking feedback, or asking for help with specific challenges they face in their campaigns.
Brand engagement notes
Brands looking to engage with this community should focus on providing value rather than overt promotion. Sharing useful tools, resources, or insights related to game mastering can resonate well. Collaborations with community members, such as hosting Q&A sessions or offering exclusive content, can foster goodwill. However, brands should avoid aggressive marketing tactics, as members are generally resistant to blatant self-promotion and prefer authentic engagement.
Top keywords
What r/dungeonmasters talks about
Weighted by how often each term appears in posts and comments, relative to baseline frequency. The largest words are the strongest signals of community focus.
External signals
Where the community looks
Top external domains linked from posts and comments — a quick read on the sources of truth this audience trusts.
Top contributors
Who shapes the conversation
The most active and most-upvoted posters and commenters in this community. Useful when planning outreach or studying a community's tastemakers.
Top posters
By post count
- u/Ainsley_
- u/rustymaps
- u/mik_wewa
- u/TheDungeonArchive
- u/SilverCompassMaps
- u/AngelaTheDruid
- u/Bearworks
- u/alexdrummond
- u/Scottybhoy1977
- u/ImagiNationPatreon
- u/CustomMiniatureMaker
- u/GoAdventureMapsEx
- u/DanielHasenbos
- u/Khazrym
- u/MysticMap
- u/tolkienistghost
- u/Animated-Battle-Maps
- u/printable_rpg
- u/DongSkeetBoi
- u/RhasmusDND
- u/OriAi
- u/TDMaps
- u/Inocyde
- u/NerdyMaps
- u/PBMaps
- u/MammothFactory
- u/KingKlown13
- u/dansky_rpg
- u/nmacaroni
- u/Dancun_
- u/Eledryll
- u/BattleMats
- u/nlitherl
- u/Hangman_Matt
- u/DMDavor
- u/Elderbrain_com
- u/pigeon_advocate
- u/BlackDumpling57
- u/Earlefambuilds
- u/The_Corpse_Exquisite
- u/10001_Games
- u/PaintingFantasms
- u/the_mad_cartographer
- u/oricami
- u/[deleted]
- u/Steam_Sun_Games
- u/RedHeadMedia07
- u/Druish_Prince
- u/tobito-
- u/Kogeta
- u/dmdadbod
- u/TheErenChronicles
- u/Blobfish19818
- u/Eccentric-Unicorn
- u/MarkDrummondJ
- u/fantasy_atlas
- u/Quill_Of_Damocles
- u/Kobold-Helper
- u/bendy1g
- u/toaoe
- u/xXAdventXx
- u/Pale_Sun8898
- u/GMMacleods
- u/Moseley85jr
- u/TheBardsCollege
- u/RealMeltdownman
- u/InfernalMinisPrint
- u/golemtrout
- u/UNS_Magnus_Bane
- u/Henryfred86
- u/BoardNewsGeek
- u/rewbis
- u/lawrencetokill
- u/Pillow_fort_guard
- u/GuffMagicDragon
- u/SantLukeArts
- u/greydesert
- u/zoologygirl16
- u/CoolUnderstanding481
- u/Snaks_cool
- u/xxCabrixx
- u/benbuesser1
- u/NobilisReed
- u/agustinael
- u/givehappychemicals
- u/Pops556
- u/BattleScarMaps
- u/AriadneStringweaver
- u/GeppaTriceps
- u/MikeTheHedgeMage
- u/TheMagicTavern
- u/skuntpelter
- u/xerushmerchant
- u/MoonlightMaps
- u/VCPenguin
- u/The-DungeonMaster
- u/CGI_noOne
- u/Spidey16
- u/silashtyler
- u/dndadventurearchive
By votes
- u/CustomMiniatureMaker
- u/rustymaps
- u/Ainsley_
- u/SilverCompassMaps
- u/mik_wewa
- u/TheDungeonArchive
- u/alexdrummond
- u/ImagiNationPatreon
- u/Scottybhoy1977
- u/Bearworks
- u/AngelaTheDruid
- u/GoAdventureMapsEx
- u/MysticMap
- u/DanielHasenbos
- u/Dancun_
- u/DongSkeetBoi
- u/Khazrym
- u/Inocyde
- u/DMDavor
- u/Kogeta
- u/tolkienistghost
- u/Earlefambuilds
- u/Elderbrain_com
- u/NerdyMaps
- u/printable_rpg
- u/BrozzyBoi
- u/MammothFactory
- u/The_Corpse_Exquisite
- u/10001_Games
- u/BlackDumpling57
- u/JLOPZ05
- u/Cpt_GP
- u/OriAi
- u/RhasmusDND
- u/Eledryll
- u/RobotHandsome
- u/draggar
- u/InfernalMinisPrint
- u/TDMaps
- u/KingKlown13
- u/sebastiankussowski
- u/golemtrout
- u/CatKobe
- u/CerealMan027
- u/Broadside02195
- u/RealMeltdownman
- u/kessler_explosions
- u/dmdadbod
- u/jenningscreate
- u/UNS_Magnus_Bane
- u/Ladygothic5621
- u/The_Professor_xz
- u/LoneMapper
- u/BoardNewsGeek
- u/BattleMats
- u/blungeonmistress
- u/LittleGrimReaper1822
- u/rewbis
- u/Henryfred86
- u/dergowl
- u/lifelong_DM
- u/Michael_Mayday
- u/PaintingFantasms
- u/PBMaps
- u/Helpful_NPC_Thom
- u/Sp3c1alS4uc3
- u/Leafydude_333
- u/TheAlpineDM
- u/Okiemax
- u/GuffMagicDragon
- u/lichb
- u/ZephyrenPhobos
- u/MarkDrummondJ
- u/Lovitticus
- u/Velocidodo
- u/dansky_rpg
- u/Pillow_fort_guard
- u/pavilionaire2022
- u/fantasy_atlas
- u/SophiaKai
- u/greydesert
- u/saucless
- u/SantLukeArts
- u/lawrencetokill
- u/h_almayyas
- u/pigeon_advocate
- u/BeardedWeirdo22
- u/wishiwerefae
- u/TheErenChronicles
- u/madwarlock13
- u/Guzz_Art
- u/Apocryph761
- u/NobilisReed
- u/eichwald86
- u/Maleficent-Bed-403
- u/Interesting-Ad-570
- u/Snaks_cool
- u/Kobold-Helper
- u/thiccfrogss
- u/Tantalizing_Apricity
Top commenters
By comment count
- u/[deleted]
- u/silver2k5
- u/CustomMiniatureMaker
- u/GuffMagicDragon
- u/Rampasta
- u/GrandmageBob
- u/Lxi_Nuuja
- u/ThorNBerryguy
- u/RamonDozol
- u/THGilmore
- u/nateno80
- u/Asheira6
- u/JudgeHoltman
- u/Totemlyrad
- u/No_Talk_4836
- u/Hankhoff
- u/_Arkod_
- u/Obsessedwithzelda47
- u/TheDungeonArchive
- u/Comfortable_Bag_7373
- u/Artanthos
- u/MothMothDuck
- u/nmacaroni
- u/GoldCreekThomas
- u/Lovitticus
- u/Typoopie
- u/gloom_spewer
- u/Optic_primel
- u/Whatwehavewekeep
- u/Snakeskinking
- u/Slow-Ad2584
- u/FireInHisBlood
- u/ShadowFelk1n13
- u/Lumpy-Quantity-8151
- u/caw_the_crow
- u/Ded-W8
- u/Ferninja
- u/FoxyFox0203
- u/AwakeAtNights
- u/pavilionaire2022
- u/ClockworkBlade
- u/Professional_Prune11
- u/No_Ship2353
- u/Smooth_Monkey69420
- u/Dazocnodnarb
- u/anon39933993
- u/ZephyrKnight18
- u/ThePartyLeader
- u/FrostyTheSnowPickle
- u/ForMyHat
- u/Roboworgen
- u/mrbgdn
- u/Jerney23
- u/Ancient_Ad5336
- u/AlwaysHasAthought
- u/alwaysfuntime69
- u/Responsible_Silver43
- u/Kai_Boshh
- u/ramco60
- u/Electronic_Eagle2121
- u/HMR219
- u/Cephiuss
- u/Travelling-Cat
- u/WTFisUnderwear
- u/Foxy__101
- u/Memeseeker_Frampt
- u/TrhwWaya
- u/Backspace888
- u/Lollie2392
- u/jenningscreate
- u/The_Professor_xz
- u/Dancun_
- u/Elderbrain_com
- u/Rababaja
- u/alexdrummond
- u/WeavasaurusRex0902
- u/stardust_hippi
- u/SecretDMAccount_Shh
- u/Gone247365
- u/EldridgeHorror
- u/Kogeta
- u/Tr33MuggeR
- u/Dcskater13
- u/jbsfk
- u/Tokestra420
- u/MightyAntiquarian
- u/NovaCoyote
- u/Cptsparrowcl
- u/Ezdagor
- u/Real_Worldliness_296
- u/Flashping
- u/FathirianHund
- u/YourOldPalDP24
- u/EchoStarz1
- u/Hunchsly
- u/Iam_DayMan
- u/AlternateWitness
- u/thatonefergie
- u/DrBatman0
- u/FF_Ninja
By votes
- u/_Arkod_
- u/stardust_hippi
- u/[deleted]
- u/MothMothDuck
- u/AlwaysHasAthought
- u/ThePartyLeader
- u/AwakeAtNights
- u/boonbrown
- u/jmartinez729
- u/Jimmicky
- u/srsag45
- u/RubikTetris
- u/Quill_Of_Damocles
- u/soysaucesausage
- u/redrenegade13
- u/Frost_wolf666
- u/Nahtanoj532
- u/RamonDozol
- u/LightsaberLewis
- u/2ToTheCubithPower
- u/Superbalz77
- u/Northman67
- u/CustomMiniatureMaker
- u/SecretDMAccount_Shh
- u/Lxi_Nuuja
- u/Rukasu17
- u/CuriousButNotAMonkey
- u/GuffMagicDragon
- u/Cptsparrowcl
- u/lousydungeonmaster
- u/draggar
- u/alwaysfuntime69
- u/alexdrummond
- u/MrHyde_Is_Awake
- u/Sprinkles0
- u/WTFisUnderwear
- u/chdeal713
- u/lithigos
- u/TheDungeonArchive
- u/Ryenem
- u/FrostyTheSnowPickle
- u/Ancient_Ad5336
- u/bossmt_2
- u/silver2k5
- u/CoolUnderstanding481
- u/TheRagingElf01
- u/JacenSolo_SWGOH
- u/Fall-Thin
- u/GrandmageBob
- u/No_Talk_4836
- u/thildorie
- u/Hankhoff
- u/kessler_explosions
- u/Lightseeker501
- u/Elderbrain_com
- u/BlueXenon7
- u/Tomnnn
- u/mukmuc
- u/rat-simp
- u/jenningscreate
- u/Larnievc
- u/The_Draconic_Lemon
- u/SirJamesMonster
- u/Rampasta
- u/nateno80
- u/Bored_Lesbian_01
- u/robots_love_tacos
- u/bangorma1n3
- u/Chocoa_the_Bunny
- u/j0a3k
- u/Gone247365
- u/Ezdagor
- u/AdResponsible2271
- u/Tcloud
- u/city-dave
- u/sumelar
- u/EldridgeHorror
- u/No_Ship2353
- u/ProfessorLovely
- u/Sam-Nales
- u/Responsible_Silver43
- u/abramthrust
- u/The_Professor_xz
- u/Sim_Mayor
- u/Golferguy757
- u/skinnypinguino
- u/pavilionaire2022
- u/Asheira6
- u/HMR219
- u/JetpackJustin
- u/CaptainCosmodrome
- u/Dancun_
- u/bionicjoey
- u/WhoInvitedMike
- u/Tilly_ontheWald
- u/Comfortable_Bag_7373
- u/IncensedThurible
- u/LoneQuietus81
- u/ThorNBerryguy
- u/Lovitticus
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FAQ
r/dungeonmasters — frequently asked questions
Quick facts about this subreddit's size, history, focus, and related communities.
How many subscribers does r/dungeonmasters have?
r/dungeonmasters has approximately 130,735 subscribers as of May 27, 2026.
When was r/dungeonmasters created?
r/dungeonmasters was created on February 12, 2013 (13 years ago).
What is r/dungeonmasters about?
The community serves as a collaborative hub for Dungeon Masters and Game Masters, focusing on sharing knowledge, resources, and experiences related to tabletop role-playing games. Members engage in discussions about campaign creation, improvisation, and various game mechanics, with a particular emphasis on enhancing the overall gaming experience. The community's long-standin…
What subreddits are similar to r/dungeonmasters?
Communities similar to r/dungeonmasters include r/dnd5e, r/dungeons_and_dragons, r/dndmaps, r/battlemaps, r/dungeonsanddragons.
Who are the most active posters on r/dungeonmasters?
The most frequent posters on r/dungeonmasters include u/Ainsley_, u/rustymaps, u/mik_wewa.
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