Videos/mealtimevideos was a big thing for me. They kept me entertained while I ate lunch, lol.

/r/curvy . I mean, uh, /r/gardening. Yeah that one..

I would love to see something like r/AskHistorians. It's my favorite sub by far, and something I have really seen anywhere else. It's heavily moderated (in a good way), and the answers are all high quality and sourced. It's pretty much why I held on to my reddit account as long as I have.

Off the top of my head communities like

r/3rprinting r/instantpot r/todayilearned r/therewasanattempt r/space r/changemyview r/unpopularopinion

Hmmm ...

Archery Motorcycles Old Photos in Real Life Spanish as a Second Language

I'm missing a lot of more specialised things, but these are pretty broad I think

I want equivalents for:

• r/Fantasy
• r/tipofmytongue (iirc that name - the one for helping people find shit they've forgotten)
• maybe r/52books (it produces too many simple posts to just go in r/books, not sure if the same would be true here)
• r/vegetarian

Edit: r/fantasy is the biggest one for me. In effect the subreddit is really more for SciFi and Fantasy, both - and other speculative fiction - and they have a yearly speculative fiction bingo card that's really fun to participate in. It's mostly books in practice but is not exclusively about books.

local geographic area. ought to be easy to create and find users. useful too!

/r/guitar, for those of use who struggle (and suck) at self-learning this amazing instrument.

r/Aquariums, r/PlantedTanks, r/Aquascape !

I'll miss somewhere to complain about dating. In the past it's been /r/OkCupid and more recently /r/Tinder

I'd really like to see a photography community pop up. Not necessarily a /fujifilm /leica community, but a general photography place for folks to share their snaps, and get advice about techniques and gear.

I miss r/actuallesbians, r/MTF, and some obscure gaming communties like r/titanfall, r/Metroid and r/Earthbound.

Oh and the brainrot known as r/okbuddychicanery and r/anarchychess.

I saw it sort of mentioned, but I think niche shitposting communities like the various okbuddy subs.

For me, the real magic of Reddit was in hyperspecific niche communities full of hobbyist experts -- or even professionals. Places like r/tolkienfans.

I’ve setup an instance focused on some niche topics and hobbies, there’s not much there yet but here they are if anyone wants!

FFXIV → https://possumpat.io/c/ffxiv

Bugs → https://possumpat.io/c/bugmenagerie

Esports → https://possumpat.io/c/esports

Gundam → https://possumpat.io/c/gundam

Star Trek → https://possumpat.io/c/startrek

r/ImSorryJon

Eldritch horror Garfield is essential to any online community.

Also wanted to add that a comics equivalent would be nice if there isn't one already. I doubt many of the longtime artists would migrate fully, but it would at least be another platform that could get them greater reach.

Any and all of the sports subreddits. Nothing brings more user engagement (positive and negative) than game threads for sporting events. The sooner we can get a thriving sports community going, the faster Lemmy or any social media app will grow.

I'd love to see communities about:

• crafting (fibre crafts like knitting and spinning in particular)
• classical music
• photography
• Latin
• history (r/askhistorians?)
• cats
• art
• cooking
• writing
• Star Trek
• menopause
• AuDHD
• birdwatching
• gardening
• reading

I'd like to see a book suggestion community with a decent number of requests. Something like r/booksuggestions or r/suggestmeabook. Most of what I did on Reddit was recommend books in response to requests.

I wouldn't mind seeing a New England community, either. Or Massachusetts one. I'd start one up, but I don't know if I could handle the moderation responsibilities!

"Indie Products"- a place for people to nerd out about stuff made by small independent makers and for indie makers to find support maybe? I'm not a maker myself but I really enjoy buying from small businesses and finding out about cool products.

I am a Dark Souls addict and when I quit Reddit for good on July 1st, those are the subs I'll really miss most. I'm also a history teacher and adjunct and really will suffer without /r/AskHistorians.