Which subreddits would you most like to see on Lemmy?

I'm surprised to find there are no adult subs popping up.

I hit up my brother in law who is involved in the adult industry and he is going to spin up an instance that's super ok with adult content in the next day or so.

Let's face it, without porn tumbler disappeared, and I think Reddit will too when it bans anything nsfw

This might be controversial, but I think the TwoX communities need space here. Don’t make them automatically appear on the front page, and hopefully their creators and moderators have the tools to keep them space but yeah, this site needs spaces like TwoXSex, TwoXChromosomes, TwoXPreppers, Beyondthebump, Mommit, Childfree, etc. I’m new here but didn’t find any of those on initial glance and like a great bar, you need women to show up and be seen/heard. Give them a safe space (see my comment on moderation tools) to transition to and I bet Lemmy would get lots of people to switch.

Also, to echo another person, we need a “master” list of communities, at least the umbrella ones. For instance /plants could be the umbrella for /botany, /trees, /gardening, etc.

Lastly, this site needs porn. Hear me out before you start judging. Nothing drives technology usage like porn. VHS and digital video are both huge because of porn driving widespread adoption. PornHub needs to spin up a server for its infinite catalog which ensures they get paid but also that minors aren’t being exploited.

Oh, feature Request, some kind of incognito mode in the mobile apps which lets people view NSFW media without it being in their history. Also the app should disable built-in messaging options while in that mode to ensure fewer bad decisions and bad outcomes from accidental texts of disabled midget porn to various contacts. Just an idea I had.

I think a light hearted /r/aww or /r/humansbeingbros would be quite nice to have.

Besides that, I have some specific game and tech subs I'd like to see.

My main focus on Lemmy, though, is to grow a Portuguese community, hence the instance :)

All the niche communities. I've been here for a couple months now but boy is that what we need.

r/selfhosted is an amazing community full of passionate people that live for this type of federated community.

The NSFW ones.

I should make a whole instance dedicated to that. Alas, I can't afford it and I lack the knowledge.

TIFU Amitheasshole Conspiracy is always a fun read on Reddit - I feel like that requires a ton of nut jobs to really shine though.

Some music subs I like to peruse like r/Headphones, HeadphoneAdvice, BudgetAudiophile, Vinyl etc. If anyone has some alts to suggest, let me know!

Android but without the fascist moderation

I support anything creative, unfortunately I'm not seeing a lot of that yet. I build models, dioramas, scratch build buildings, etc.

I was tempted to start a general making community where all disciplines of making are supported, but as far as I can see on the app that isn't an option.

I'm going by the hobbyist subreddits, but I think mechanical keyboards, headphones, cars, and pens might be popular here, I'm not too sure if all of these communities currently exist on Lemmy

r/Programmerhumor, r/Linux, r/Piracy, r/Apple, r/Playstation, r/me_irl

games, mechanicalkeyboards, fountainpens, boardgames, music, indiemusic, audio, audiophile, headphones, ....

so many!

edit: photography (how’d I forget that one?)

Here are the ones I'd most like to see:

• AskScience
• AskWomenOver30
• auntienetwork
• CozyPlaces
• crowbro
• EarthPorn
• FinancialIndependence
• fitness30plus
• GenX
• greyhounds and longboyes
• Guitar, JustinGuitar, LearnGuitar, and guitarporn
• hyenas
• menopause
• oldhagfashion
• personalfinance
• PetiteFashionAdvice
• Philadelphia
• rance
• retrofuturism
• RStudio
• ShitAmericansSay
• SimpleLiving
• space
• tattoos
• TeenMomOGandTeenMom2 because I love my stupid guilty pleasure trash TV lol
• TheGirlSurvivalGuide
• xxfitness
• And every single animal subreddit

I would love to see some of the specialized TTRPG subreddits (Pathfinder2e, Pathfinder2eCreations in particular for me, but I wouldn't say no to D&D5e, D&D3.5e, as well). I saw there was a Pathfinder2e instance but with absolutely no activity whatsoever.

Ask Historians, Animals Being Derps, Astrophotography, the * Interesting subs, all the game specific, and band specific subs

If you want to see a specific community that doesn't exist, then set it up and post some content! If you want the type of places to hang out that you had on Reddit, you need to create it, nurture it, and grow it. There's no guarantee that Lemmy will be the place to land during the Reddit exodus, but it is a place to land, and a damn fine one at that. Putting my money where my mouth is, if you ever want to talk about calculators head on over to !calculators@midwest.social

D&D/TTRPG subs like r/DMAcademy, r/3d6, r/Pathfinder2e, r/dndnext, r/dndbehindthescreen, r/dnd, r/dndmaps, etc.

Subs related to specific games I enjoy like r/Stellaris, r/Rimworld, r/crusaderkings, r/citiesskylines, r/slaythespire

Subs where design and cool information that interests me can be shared like r/vexillology, r/history, r/mapporn, r/dataisbeautiful, r/etymology, r/todayilearned, etc.

Neurodivergence spaces like r/Aspergers, r/AutisticWithADHD, and r/autism

Subs built around a certain kind of joke or humour like r/sbubby, r/expanddong, r/Polandball, r/highqualitygifs, etc.

I need to see some of the circlejerk subreddits here r/vinyljerk is my one true passion

internet is beautiful

It just won't be complete until there's TalesFromTechSupport. But that's OK, I will enjoy it anyway :-)

SPORTS! The sports subreddits for specific leagues or teams were some of my most visited. I always hated r/NFL though because the mods only really allowed twitter links rather than legit discussion. I'm going to try and be as active as I can in the NFL and NBA communities here, and I might open some for my favorite teams.

This is actually a great opportunity to organically develop communities like r/NBAdiscussion but for other leagues. I always found reddit to be lacking a real football discussion subreddit, and r/NFL had such strict rules you couldn't even talk about relevant topics, such as EA and the NFL exclusive license (any Madden-related post would be auto-removed and told to post on r/Madden), and you also couldn't advertise an NFL discussion based sub anywhere either.

There's got to be an overlap between Lemmy users and sports fans! I can't be the only tech nerd who is interested in the fediverse and also loves American sports!

Definitely kindle/ereader community

r/ProgrammingLanguages as it helps me alot while developing my own programming language and there are often really interesting discussions in my opinion.

I have made a Computers subreddit after not seeing one. It's inspired into the subreddit of the same name.

But I'd like to see /r/BanVideoGames and r/pcmasterrace too

So many, but I understand this is a tiny community in comparison. But content about all areas of 3dprinting, clay modelling, android, cycling, UK based groups, digital art and traditional art, food, football or soccer as some call it, Liverpool FC, much more humour and comedy, gaming from retro to modern, gardening, fungi and mosses, music, photography, retro computing, all aspects of science, UK wildlife and conservation, writing and poetry, etc... I could go on and on ..... I understand some of these are represented here, but they need a boost.

I would love for r/synthDIY, r/AskElectronics and r/redneckengineering to move over to lemmy.

I think they would all do quite well here.

Today I tried looking for tv show suggestions and so I would like to have r/television, r/movies, r/televisionsuggestions.

Personally, webdev, wordpress and photography

Ukraine, really miss the content from that subreddit. Pretty much the only thing I really miss.

I def would like more activity on !rust@lemmy.ml , !uncle_bens@lemmy.ml, and !startrek@lemmy.ml.

porn subreddit

Cop-out answer, but I hope all of them will eventually succeed here. I strongly believe open source projects are the future.

Lemmy has an incredibly solid base to build from, and with the directions many other platforms are headed, it's likely to continue growing.

For me personally, I'd love to see more out-there communities form, like r/2panelgarfield. I love the experience of discovering an awesome community for something you never knew existed.

Trade pro and ask [trade] subs like plumbing, electrical and mechanic advice. Oh and /justrolledintotheshop. That one occasionally makes the front page.

r/PCMasterRace r/GameDeals r/Fitness r/BuildAPC

Subs that have good guides and community info

I created subs for League of Legends, Magic the Gathering, The Netherlands and EDM. Hopefully will be able to grow them if I post sometimes myself.

I want a sub that's more tailored to gaming news like r/games than just general gaming discussion.

r/piano r/Ukraine r/linux r/linuxphones r/philosophy r/geopolitics

I actually have a list of them so just to jot down a few.

r/CozyPlaces r/coreboot r/rabbits r/VoidBunnies r/RoomPorn r/WritingPrompts r/ MirrorsEdgeAesthetics r/ Otterable r/OnlinePreservation r/lagoloaf r/GoldenAgeMinecraft r/FarmsofStardewValley r/EarthPorn EDIT: ~~oh and r/UsabilityPorn https://old.reddit.com/r/UsabilityPorn/~~

That's about it for one's I know of at least, that aren't either hyper specific obscure or else some degree of NSFW, aside from SnakesWithHats but I actually got that started here. https://lemmy.ml/c/snakeswithhats

EDIT: I actually started a handful of these now, since I wanted to see em here so here's some now.

VoidBunnies GoldenAgeMinecraft UsabilityPorn FarmsofStardewValley Lagoloaf RoomPorn

EDIT 2: Also a Coreboot page since I didn't see anyone make that surprisingly.

Coreboot

I'd love to have an equivalent to r/Composting.

Easily 50% of my time on Reddit was spent on either /r/Worldbuilding or /r/GoodWorldbuilding and I'd love to see a community like that here on Lemmy. My favorite part was always the prompts and discussions which helped me further build my world and read cool details about other people's ones.

I want to see all the niche game specific subs, or at least how they used to be. Reddit started going downhill recently, with lots of good discussion moving to discord, and subreddits just being flooded with memes. I hate searching for anything on Discord...

Philosophy, Liturature and Science subs (there are numerous).

Bit of a self promo but since this thread is getting traction and people coming here might be looking for subreddits alternatives...
If you're bi or like bisexual memes, it'd be great if you joined us over at !bi_irl@lemmy.ml :)

Art, art related. Watercolour. Oils. Sketching. Urban sketching. Etc

Offmychest and advice

!privacyguides@lemmy.one also exists!

Grimdank. I don't play it but I love the Warhammer universe.

I'm a bit overwhelmed by the response this has gotten. This thread could serve as a great source of inspiration for people who want to create subs (or is instances the right phrase now?) around topics they're passionate about. Forgive me the cliche but, be the change you want to see! If it doesn't exist, make it.

Reddit had a few awesome book communities like r/fantasy and r/printsf. Which I see a bit of here, but they still need to build up.

I think an exodus to a new site allows an interesting opportunity to break from the restriction of traditions and create new communities. There's no reason the 196 clones have to be called '196'! (or worse, '197')

There are some subs that I'd rather see dead, and some that are just amazing, just based on their moderation and communities. r/fantasy is a shining beacon of light in an otherwise dark world, and with it a lot of the sister communities like WoT, Stormlight_archive and similar. They all have a positive feel, including and fair with just enough moderation without becoming heavy handed.

So in a sense it's not so much the content, but rather the community itself that I'd love to see persisting beyond reddit.

Self hosting

Most of my time on Reddit was spent on r/Rimworld, r/Huntshowdown and r/books. So, those. I'll probably engage on any graphic design and art adjacent subs too, when they pop up.

Edit: actually, I'd like to get something cleared up. Instances are akin to subreddits? Or are multiple boards inside one instance?

I need some more sports communities. NFL, CFB, football/soccer, NBA, MLB, Hockey, etc. A lot of the very niche ones like certain anime (r/onepiece, r/kingdom, r/hunterxhunter) or book (r/asoiaf, r/stormlight_archive) or game (r/deadbydaylight, r/stellaris, r/EU4) probably aren't going to get high enough populations to exist here so i don't expect it. But I need the sport specific ones

r/squaredcircle r/formuladank

I'd like to see PS5, NintendoSwitch and ITManagers communities. I would start them, but do not have the time to moderate. :/

Final Fantasy XIV. No, you have a problem!

r/liberalgunowners and r/homelab

Noncredibledefense. There's one already but it's not active at all

My big three (right now) are CFB (college football), Golf, and Warhammer 40k. I think warhammer 40k and golf could easily transition as they arent as confederated. However CFB is a pretty tight community with its own ranking polls and a ton of stuff built by the moderators and communities. That said I'm pretty sure a lot of those polls utilize reddit APIs for user verification. And that could be a real problem if Reddit messes with the APIs too much.

R/German, r/ich_iel, r/justrolledintotheshop, r/oneorangebraincell, r/CuratedTumblr would be cool to see!

I would love to see r/emo and r/mathrock here

Cat communities are definitely a rabbit hole that is fun to go down on Reddit. Sport ones like r/NBA and r/Formula1 are some of my most used subreddits.

I dont know if my niche will quite fit the site yet, but I've followed a lot of animal subs ( crestedgecko, aidke, partyparrot, the twenty thousand cat subs... catsbeingcats of course a favorite ) and also a lot of botany style subs ( botany is the obvious one, houseplants, houseplantcirclejerk, savagegarden, mycology ) and then the unusual to pique interest ( unusualvideos, atbge, designdesign, barbarawalters4scale, hmmmgifs )

Special call out to /todayilearned a /awwducational for giving me fun facts to share with my co workers.

I think if there were master communities it would help appeal to a broad crowd.

One for home theaters, and one for audiophiles.

I want a soccer discussion community. Hope Lemmy keeps becoming more popular.

r/nosleep is the only hobby subreddit on my favourites list on Apollo. I used to be a creepypasta fan and when I found r/nosleep, I never looked anywhere else for my dose of horror stories.

It will be good for it to be here but I suppose expecting all the authors to migrate over to Lemmy still seems farfetched.

/r/boardgames and /r/emacs for me. I can get some of my boardgame fix on Mastodon but the more the better. I see that there is a !tabletop@lemmy.ml but not very active so far and not sure if the mod is still around.

Edit, apparently both exist!

Games, Skyrim, Fallout, Dragon's Dogma, Elden Ring

more animal pic subs

On reddit there was /r/Serendipity, where a bot would would highlight a randomish post from a fringe subreddit with a little break down of age, number of subs, average comment length, reading level, then like a top of all time post, top of the month, and top of the week.

I would love something like this for instances and communities. Not like a direct copy necessarily, but a one stop place to share and cross pollinate communities. I feel like there's a ton of communities whose first hurdle will be userbase, and the easier it is for people to find and join, the richer the ecosystem will be.

For instance, I regularly used /r/hiphopheads on reddit, but it took me days to find !hiphopheads@sopuli.xyz (also, I don't know how to link communities/instances). I wonder how many of my most used subreddits have a lemmy analog that I don't know about because it's on an odd instance or something.

/r/DestinyTheGame and /r/FFXIV would be nice.

I would like to see r/simracing/

I'm really into Overwatch 2 now and I didn't see an active community for it, so I made !overwatch2@lemmy.ml . I hope it catches on because I'd like to see more ow2 content on here

Skylanders, Rats,Theleftcantmeme, jreG, banpitbulls

I created what I had over there, here. If there's something missing I suggest to search first then if you can't, create it.

I'm on fucker with bad sense of humor (and transbian tendencies) so I frequent these on Reddit (and thus would be nice to have them here) r/196 r/traaa r/GaySoundsShitposts r/AnarchyChess r/actuallesbians

Throw in some anarchist communities as a bonus.

Holup? Funny?

r/Psychonaut, r/awakened

Shitpost subs like wordington, 196, balkans_irl, 2visegrad4you, guacamole_penis and others.

weightlifting

the fitness & health comm isn't what I'm looking for

Games, Archery, Mushrooms, Growing, Synthesizers, Drugs

Loseit, maliciouscompliance, skincareaddiction, halloween, horror, ladyboners, Microdosing, workreform, truecrime, movies

trees

r/Spyro

r/trees

/r/VXJunkies

I would really like /c/incense to take off. I love the subreddit.

/r/retrobattlestations, /r/retrocomputing, /r/BBS... I'd be happy to mod one, but don't see how to create - I'm new so... I'd love for a BBS (Bulletin Board Systems) and other retro-computing subs. w00t w00t!!!

pAULIE42o

Archery is one of the main ones I'm missing. I'd create it myself if I could work out how 🤣

I'm hoping for more medical communities to pop up. So far I haven't found anything that is like r/medicine, r/residency, or any of the specialty of the research subs on reddit.

r/okbuddybaka and r/anime_irl are one of the few that i think are missing

!cattrain@lemmy.ml

SpicyPillows

It's too niche, but r/QueensOfLeague lol

Here are a bunch I'd be interested in. Can't create communities on the instance I'm on, but if anyone starts any of these I'd be happy to start participating!

• personalfinance
• getdisciplined
• watches
• watchexchange (this may be more complicated due to how new this platform is)
• plc
• scada

Just realized there are not many I'm that active in haha.

Kappa/Kappachino. This place doesn't feel like Reddit without the degenerates of the fighting game community.