NoSleep

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About

NoSleep is a Reddit forum in which users share original horror stories.

History

On March 24th, 2010, Redditor asmith1243 launched /r/NoSleep subreddit.^[1] They describe the subreddit as "a community for original horror stories." These "stories may be true or not (but they are almost never true). While our stories are fiction, we treat all stories like true, real life experiences, because the best scares come when you are immersed in the story. If it helps, don’t think of it as reading a story. Think of it as witnessing an event."^[3]

On June 13th, 2011, the first episode of the NoSleep podcast launched. On the podcast, stories from the Reddit are read "audiobook style."^[5]

The following year, in October 2011 the subreddit launched its first ebook.^[2] Its contents were made up of stories voted on by subscribers.

On January 24th, 2014, the subreddit launched the nosleepcommunity Facebook ^[4] account.

Highlights

On March 24th, 2019, Redditor^[6] flard shared the subreddit's most popular entry, as of October 2019. The post "She Sold Happiness in Glass Jars" received more than 26,000 points (99% upvoted) and 530 comments.

As of October 31st, 2019, the subreddit has more garnered more than 13 million readers. That day, The Washington Post^[7] published an article on the subreddit.