r/cosplay

363K archived posts · Jul 2008 – Sep 2026

/r/cosplay: is for cosplayers or their photographers to post their work.

r/cosplay

/r/cosplay: is a community where Cosplayers of all ages, and talent levels can post their work. Read the community rules in full here: https://www.reddit.com/r/cosplay/wiki/rules/ before posting. No NSFW content (our definition, not yours), no advertising, or pay sites of any kind. Violation of the rules typically result in being banned.

Created Jul 27, 2008

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363KArchived posts

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####Featured Cosplayer of the week: u/jpwep - [Link to Instagram] (https://www.instagram.com/BrandonJamesCosplay/)

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#Introduction /r/cosplay: for photos, how-tos, tutorials, cosplay news, etc. Cosplayers and fans, amateur and professional: welcome.

The intent of this subreddit is to provide a safe and accepting community for all cosplayers. This includes minors, so posts or comments steeped in sexualization are not tolerated.

#####Rules, hover over them, or click here to view full text

Treat everybody with respect. Being creepy, vulgar, invasive, or abusive is not permitted. * a. Do not be rude. Personal attacks, name-calling, degrading, and shaming of any form are not permitted. * b. Do not be invasive. Your opinion on someone's body, presentation, or gender is not permitted. This includes sexism and objectification.
Posts must be correctly titled. All posts must be correctly titled. Titles should be free of emojis and social media account information, and include character name and/or event.
Spamming of every kind is prohibited.
- a. This is not a marketplace. Don't promote stuff for sale, contests, upvotes, likes, pay sites like patreon or kickstarters here. See https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion.
- b. Spamming will not be tolerated. Keep all posts to no more than one post every 24 hours.
- c. Pictures of the same cosplay or event should be combined into a single post.
- d. The subreddit uses qualityvote bot to help remove low effort cosplay
Memes, image macros and bots are prohibited.
NSFW content is prohibited
- This includes pornographic and lewd content that is generally inappropriate for minors. See this reference image for additional guidance on the minimum coverage to be considered r/cosplay appropriate. Images that violate this rule should be reported.
Fraudulent Posts or posts seeking to ID a cosplayer are prohibited.
- a. Posts that claims another’s work as their own is considered fraudulent and are not permitted. Examples are posts that claim to be the photographer, or the creator of the cosplay when they are not.
- b. Posts asking the identity, or social media of a cosplayer are prohibited.

Please message the mods or report submissions and comments that don't follow these guidelines.

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