General Information
As of February 8, 2024
r/longform
longform
en
Welcome to r/longform! We are a community that enjoys a good read. We appreciate longform journalism, narrative journalism, and creative nonfiction. We believe that a good content is worth taking the time to fully immerse yourself, often times in a comfy chair. A good "longform" piece will typically be over 2000 words, but could be as high as 20,000. The subject of the piece does not have to fit any specific guidelines as long as it is high quality writing.
The most interesting fiction and non-fiction articles on the web, those which can be best read away from your computer.
It's recommended to use Pocket, Readability, Instapaper, or [Read It Later](http://readitla...
15,444
April 14, 2008
public
N/A
Total Submissions
8,246
Total Comments
7,089
Earliest Submission
May 15, 2008
Earliest Comment
May 19, 2009
Metrics
Activity Over Time
Submission Flags
Comment Flags
Submission Score Distribution
Comment Score Distribution
Title Length
Submission Text Length
Comments per Submission
Most Distinctive Words
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 398 | 18,163 | 771.3 | 0.2 | 5092.43 | |
| #2 | 194 | 32,480 | 375.9 | 0.3 | 1388.08 | |
| #3 | 112 | 21,220 | 217.0 | 0.2 | 1226.60 | |
| #4 | 149 | 45,107 | 288.7 | 0.4 | 767.67 | |
| #5 | 116 | 48,691 | 224.8 | 0.4 | 553.65 | |
| #6 | 40 | 18,330 | 77.5 | 0.2 | 507.14 | |
| #7 | 189 | 94,610 | 366.3 | 0.8 | 464.25 | |
| #8 | 30 | 15,951 | 58.1 | 0.1 | 437.08 | |
| #9 | 63 | 40,625 | 122.1 | 0.3 | 360.39 | |
| #10 | 48 | 36,974 | 93.0 | 0.3 | 301.70 | |
| #11 | 42 | 38,287 | 81.4 | 0.3 | 254.93 | |
| #12 | 53 | 53,646 | 102.7 | 0.4 | 229.60 | |
| #13 | 307 | 362,447 | 594.9 | 3.0 | 196.84 | |
| #14 | 197 | 367,833 | 381.8 | 3.1 | 124.46 | |
| #15 | 62 | 148,601 | 120.1 | 1.2 | 96.96 | |
| #16 | 120 | 298,187 | 232.5 | 2.5 | 93.52 | |
| #17 | 373 | 1,055,521 | 722.8 | 8.8 | 82.12 | |
| #18 | 866 | 2,744,762 | 1678.2 | 22.9 | 73.32 | |
| #19 | 127 | 403,578 | 246.1 | 3.4 | 73.13 | |
| #20 | 136 | 446,809 | 263.5 | 3.7 | 70.74 | |
| #21 | 91 | 307,415 | 176.3 | 2.6 | 68.79 | |
| #22 | 85 | 310,118 | 164.7 | 2.6 | 63.70 | |
| #23 | 32 | 124,673 | 62.0 | 1.0 | 59.65 | |
| #24 | 33 | 139,833 | 63.9 | 1.2 | 54.84 | |
| #25 | 34 | 151,546 | 65.9 | 1.3 | 52.14 | |
| #26 | 40 | 193,926 | 77.5 | 1.6 | 47.94 | |
| #27 | 204 | 1,007,986 | 395.3 | 8.4 | 47.03 | |
| #28 | 40 | 210,484 | 77.5 | 1.8 | 44.16 | |
| #29 | 204 | 1,167,823 | 395.3 | 9.7 | 40.60 | |
| #30 | 40 | 229,614 | 77.5 | 1.9 | 40.48 | |
| #31 | 35 | 204,602 | 67.8 | 1.7 | 39.75 | |
| #32 | 228 | 1,440,979 | 441.8 | 12.0 | 36.77 | |
| #33 | 34 | 216,919 | 65.9 | 1.8 | 36.43 | |
| #34 | 49 | 318,344 | 95.0 | 2.7 | 35.77 | |
| #35 | 53 | 353,565 | 102.7 | 2.9 | 34.84 | |
| #36 | 53 | 365,978 | 102.7 | 3.1 | 33.66 | |
| #37 | 31 | 223,768 | 60.1 | 1.9 | 32.20 | |
| #38 | 1,167 | 8,980,453 | 2261.5 | 74.9 | 30.20 | |
| #39 | 88 | 726,221 | 170.5 | 6.1 | 28.16 | |
| #40 | 40 | 337,726 | 77.5 | 2.8 | 27.52 | |
| #41 | 32 | 277,636 | 62.0 | 2.3 | 26.79 | |
| #42 | 57 | 496,754 | 110.5 | 4.1 | 26.67 | |
| #43 | 53 | 466,521 | 102.7 | 3.9 | 26.40 | |
| #44 | 55 | 484,443 | 106.6 | 4.0 | 26.38 | |
| #45 | 179 | 1,652,022 | 346.9 | 13.8 | 25.18 | |
| #46 | 39 | 396,170 | 75.6 | 3.3 | 22.88 | |
| #47 | 30 | 313,105 | 58.1 | 2.6 | 22.27 | |
| #48 | 209 | 2,243,662 | 405.0 | 18.7 | 21.65 | |
| #49 | 97 | 1,049,930 | 188.0 | 8.8 | 21.47 | |
| #50 | 166 | 1,797,939 | 321.7 | 15.0 | 21.46 |