r/Showerthoughts is a subreddit with 34.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and ideas, and the community frequently discusses looking for, annoying, looking, hard time, and relationship, and they frequently recommend/review breakfast food and deodorants.
A subreddit for sharing those miniature epiphanies that make the mundane more amazing.
Popular Themes in r/Showerthoughts
#1
Pain & Anger
: "I think as a society we’ve taken the whole “sex sells” thing way too far. It’s hard to tell if anyone is looking for genuine connection anymore or if they’re just trying to sell you something."
1 post
#2
Ideas
: "What if superhero movies suck now not because audiences have superhero fatigue, but because the filmmakers being forced to make them do? Maybe the creators are more tired of the genre than the fans."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Showerthoughts
#1
Looking For
27 posts
#2
Annoying
19 posts
#3
Looking
14 posts
#4
Hard Time
6 posts
#5
Relationship
6 posts
#6
Frustrating
5 posts
#7
Job
4 posts
#8
Music
3 posts
#9
Worst Day
3 posts
#10
Pictures
: "Have you ever wondered how many random peoples Pictures you’re in throughout your life?"
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/Showerthoughts
Breakfast Food
1 review
#1
IHop
5.0★ from 1 review
Deodorants
1 review
#1
Bum Bliss
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Showerthoughts
#1
Removed
: "Fancy ringtones didn't need cellphones to exist, theoretically they could have been added to landlines at least by the 80s, if not earlier."
72 posts
#2
Casual Thought - Pending
: "I can usually tell if a fart will be smelly by the way it feels, but sometimes I'm wrong."
6 posts
#3
Showerthought - Pending
: "I heard it thunder but when I looked outside for the storm, the sun was shining. I decided sun-thunder sounded much cooler than thun."
3 posts
#4
Common Error - Removed
: "Earth is a generational space colony ship"
3 posts
#5
User Deleted
: "[ Removed by moderator ]"
2 posts
#6
Speculation - Pending
: "Right now, most people are worried about the future. We need to stop ostracizing these folks and admit we're worried too. We need to fix this."
2 posts
#7
Musing - Pending
: "There have been earthworms that have died in plane crashes."
1 post
#8
Forbidden Topic – Removed
: "The phrase ‘bite the bullet’ would also work if you misspelled it as ‘bite the billet’."
1 post
Member Growth in r/Showerthoughts
Yearly
+86k members(0.3%)
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Last updated: July 7, 2026