Follow Friday 2-20-26: Active Communities on Dreamwidth Winter 2025-2026 A-I

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These are active communities in Dreamwidth from Winter 2025-2026. They include things I've posted, but only the active ones; the thematic posts also list dormant communities of interest. This list includes some communities that I've found and saved but haven't made it into thematic posts yet. This post covers A-I.

See my Follow Friday Master Post for more topics.

Highly active with multiple posts per day, daily posts, or too many to count easily
Active with (one, multiple, many) posts in (current or recent month)
Somewhat active (latest post within current year, not in last month or few)
Low traffic (latest post in previous year)
Dormant (latest post before previous year, but could be revived because membership is open and posting is open to all members or anyone)
Dead (not listed because there are no recent posts, plus membership and/or posting are moderated)
Note that some communities are only active during a limited time, or only have gather posts on a certain schedule.


Themes
Follow Friday 12-12-25: Labyrinth
Follow Friday 12-19-25: Languages and Linguistics
Follow Friday 12-26-25: Learning
Follow Friday 1-2-26: Most Useful Communities
Follow Friday 1-9-26: Led Zeppelin
Follow Friday 1-16-26: Leverage
Follow Friday 1-23-26: Libraries and Librarians
Follow Friday 1-30-26: Literature
Follow Friday 2-6-26: London
Follow Friday 2-13-26: Lord of the Rings


NEW Communities Started in Winter 2025-2026

flareonfury in comicsfanfiction
posted a list of comics themed communities.


comicsfanfiction
Created on 2025-12-06 20:46:06 (#4254772), last updated 2025-12-07 (6 hours ago)
The community for posting any fanfiction, ANY RATING IS ALLOWED, based on COMICS including webcomics or graphic novels. One main place to find all those stories that we all want. Comic fandoms that were originally from another medium (show, book, movie, etc) - for example Gargoyles, Star Wars or Star Trek - and has a comic series line (miniseries or not) are allowed here, but only if you focus on the comics-based information.

Looking to post other types of fanfiction?
tvfanfiction moviefanfiction bookfanfiction animatedfanfiction videogamefanfiction


farmhouseprints
Created on 2025-12-17 23:25:34 (#4256632), last updated 2025-12-18 (39 minutes ago)
Welcome. Decades ago, a hobby of mine [the 90s] was to read house plan country life magazines for my dreams to someday build/buy land & have my own house. I maybe older now but I still enjoy the floor plans of such houses. I find them a peaceful page turner. Enjoy your visit! :]


fanmix_monthly -- Fanmix Monthly
Created on 2025-12-21 00:15:00 (#4257155), last updated 2025-12-21 (3 hours ago)
Fanmixes with (optional) monthly prompts.
In addition to the monthly prompts, you can post any fanmix, any time.
"A fanmix is a compilation of songs inspired by a fannish source, such as a fandom, character, or ship."
[Found via matsushima]


infjer
Created on 2025-08-01 20:20:24 (#4238822), last updated 2026-01-08 (16 hours ago)
An introvert is a person who gains energy from solitude and quiet reflection, preferring less stimulating environments and focusing on internal thoughts, often feeling drained by excessive socializing.


pluralquestions -- Discussing plural existence
Created on 2026-01-09 02:28:06 (#4291876), last updated 2026-01-13 (2 hours ago)
Welcome to the Plural Questions community! A lot of existing plural communities on Dreamwidth are inactive. We all have a lot to gain from talking to each other, so Plural Questions was created to encourage community discussion around plural experiences. Interactions are encouraged- please comment, post to the community, etc! Get your voice out there! Discussion questions will be posted every now and then, but please feel free to add your own questions or post about your lived experiences.


artistalley
Created on 2026-02-19 19:55:40 (#4317864), last updated 2026-02-19 (8 hours ago)
A gathering place to share event news, ideas, feedback & critiques, manufacturers, and foster the convention artist community away from large corporate social media.


Bulletin Board / Newsletter Communities
bigbangindex -- Big Bang Index
Index of Big Bang-type challenges.
doctor_who_sonic -- Doctor Who Fandom Newsletter
A daily fandom newsletter focusing on Doctor Who-related topics and discussions appearing on Dreamwidth.
ds_noticeboard -- the Dues South Noticeboard is for announcing DS stories, sharing DS news, and making DS recs.
fandomcalendar -- The Fandom Calendar
Bulletin board for fests, big bangs, memes, cons and any other fan-related activity.
potterfests -- Potterfests
Promoting Harry Potter Fests, Communities, Challenges, Exchanges, Big Bangs, etc.
smallfandom_nb -- Small Fandoms Noticeboard
This is the place for announcing any and all fanworks created in small fandoms (fanfic, graphics, vids, etc), new communities, challenges, etc. In general, the goal of this community is to be a centralized bulletin board to point small fandom fans in the direction of things that might interest them.
su_herald -- Sunnydale Herald
This journal is a newsletter for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel fans to keep up with their fandom. We post links to what we find interesting in fandom, including: a small selection of the day's quality fics, icons or graphics, various meta posts, and news.
whenisitdue -- Challenge Deadline Directory
Fests, fanworks, deadlines.


Communities with Check-in or Gather Posts

allbingo -- All Bingo
Share your creative bingo activities and discussions here.
[Monthly check-in posts.]

awesomeers -- Own Your Awesome!
Defeat impostor syndrome by owning your awesome!
[Daily check-in posts.]

birdfeeding -- Birdfeeding: Friends of a Feather Flock Together
Birds, birdfeeding, and birdwatching.
[Monthly check-in posts.]

crowdfunding -- Crowdfunding: Connecting Creators and Patrons
Connecting creative people and patrons for fun and profit.
[Monthly check-in posts.]

ethical_society_of_satan -- The Freaks Club: Ethical Society Of Satan
[Monthly check-in posts.]

everykindofcraft -- Every Kind of Craft
For sharing information, advice and images about all sorts of crafts projects, old or new.
[Monthly check-in posts.]

fandom_checkin -- Fandom Check-in
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
[Daily check-in posts.]

first_nations_freaks -- The Freaks Club: First Nations Freaks
Indigenous culture.
[Monthly check-in posts.]

Fitness Fellowship 2025 by sylvanwitch
How has the past week been for you in terms of your fitness goals (or any others, for that matter)?
[Weekly check-in posts.]

followfriday -- Follow Friday
Recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth.
[Weekly gather posts.]

goals_on_dw -- New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals
Set New Year resolutions and other goals.
[Weekly check-in posts during January, then monthly check-in posts.]

justcreate -- Time to sit down and make it!
A place for creators of any variety to share their projects.
[Weekly check-in posts.]

tfc_musicianships -- The Freaks Club: Musicianships
This Community is for everyone who is involved in music in any way.
[Monthly check-in posts.]

thefreaksclub -- TFC // The Anti-Thesis Social Network
Everything related to darker alternative subcutlures. Discussion on books, the occult, music, & more.
[Monthly check-in posts.]


Foreign Language Communities

alterhumainfrance -- Alterhumains français: French alterhumans
Translation work for french alterhuman texts, and sometimes the other way around.


Memes

metropolising posts daily to weekly memes for fandoms that present scenarios to explore.


All Active Communities

1word1day -- Word of the Day!
A Word-A-Day community where an elite squadron of volunteer posters present tasty, daily morsels of old, new, forgotten and modern words to educate, enlighten, and amaze our readers.
[Follow Friday 12/19/25, 12/26/25, 1/30/26, highly active with daily posts in January.]

100words -- 100 Words
Weekly drabble prompts.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with one post in January.]

addme_fandom -- find friends who share your fannish obsessions.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, 2/13/26, active with multiple posts in December 2025.]

allbingo -- All Bingo
Share your creative bingo activities and discussions here.
Monthly check-in posts.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with one post in January.]

alterhumainfrance -- Alterhumains français: French alterhumans
Translation work for french alterhuman texts, and sometimes the other way around.
[Follow Friday 12/19/25, low traffic with last post in September 2024]

animatedfanfiction -- Animated Fanfiction (Cartoons, Anime, or Animated)
The community for posting any fanfiction, ANY RATING IS ALLOWED, based on ANIMATION including any type of cartoons, animated films/shows, or anime. One main place to find all those stories that we all want.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, with multiple posts in December 2025.]

anime_manga -- Anime & Manga
Anime & Manga fanworks and general discussion.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, highly active with daily posts in January.]

awesomeers -- Own Your Awesome!
Defeat impostor syndrome by owning your awesome!
Daily check-in posts.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, highly active with daily posts in January.]

betaplease -- A beta-reader, if you please!
Helping writers and beta-readers connect! Panfandom + original fic, all writing welcome!
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with one post in January.]

bigbangindex -- Big Bang Index
Index of Big Bang-type challenges.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, 1/16/26, active with one post in January.]

birdfeeding -- Birdfeeding: Friends of a Feather Flock Together
Birds, birdfeeding, and birdwatching.
Monthly check-in posts.
[Follow Friday 12/26/25, 1/2/26, highly active with daily posts in January.]

book_love -- Let's chat books!
A place for readers to hang out with other readers, and chat all things books! Reviews, lists, news, discussions, group reads, whatever, if it's about books, here's your place to share it!
[Follow Friday 12/26/25, 1/2/26, 1/23/26, 1/30/26, active with multiple posts in January.]

bookclub_dw -- Dreamwidth Book Club
This is a monthly book club where members of the community host book club discussions once a month.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, 1/23/26, 1/30/26, active with multiple posts in January.]

bookcrossing -- live to share, share to live
Bookcrossing.com: set books free!
[Follow Friday 1/30/26, active with one post in December 2025.]

books -- Stephen King: Books are uniquely portable magic.
Book recommendations, book reviews, and book critiques.
[Follow Friday 12/26/25, 1/2/26, 1/23/26, 1/30/26, active with multiple posts in January.]

chinesestudy -- Chinese Study
天天写作：daily writing prompts in Chinese.
[Follow Friday 12/19/25, highly active with daily posts in December.]

christianreader -- Christian Reader
Book lists, discussion, writing.
[Follow Friday 1/23/26, 1/30/26, active with one post in January.]

comicsfanfiction -- Comics Fanfiction
The community for posting any fanfiction, ANY RATING IS ALLOWED, based on COMICS including webcomics or graphic novels. One main place to find all those stories that we all want. Comic fandoms that were originally from another medium (show, book, movie, etc) - for example Gargoyles, Star Wars or Star Trek - and has a comic series line (miniseries or not) are allowed here, but only if you focus on the comics-based information.
[Follow Friday 12/12/25, 1/2/26, active with multiple posts in December.]

comment_fic -- Bite Sized Bits of Fic
Anyone can leave a prompt. Or two. Or five.
Anyone can write a prompt. Or two. Or twenty.
Make sure your comment is comment-sized. If a prompt inspires you to commit greater fic, feel free to link to that fic with an excerpt.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, 1/16/26, 1/30/26, highly active with daily posts in January.]

common_nature -- wonder and joy and mystery in everyday things
This community includes garden talk, wildlife, photos, all kinds of stuff.
[Follow Friday 12/26/25, 1/2/26, active with multiple posts in December 2025.]

conlang -- Constructed Languages
A place to talk conlanging, linguistics, and worldbuilding.
[Follow Friday 12/19/25, somewhat active with last post in August.]

crafty -- A community for craftsters
A community for showing off your work.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with last post in November 2025.]

creative_cooks -- Creative Cooks
Food, Recipes, Cooking.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with one post in January.]

crossovers -- Crossover fiction from across the universe!
Crossover fan fiction.
[Follow Friday 12/12/25, 1/16/26, active with multiple posts in November.]

crowdfunding -- Crowdfunding: Connecting Creators and Patrons
Connecting creative people and patrons for fun and profit.
Monthly check-in posts.
The Rose and Bay Awards for excellence in crowdfunding are currently running. Nominate your favorite projects and patrons!
[Follow Friday 12/19/25, 1/2/26, 1/30/26, active with multiple posts in January.]

dailyicons -- Daily Icons
A Daily Icon Prompt community.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, highly active with daily posts in January.]

datahoarders -- Data Hoarders
For Data Hoarders.
[Follow Friday 12/26/25, somewhat active with last post in September.]

dearest_disclaimer -- Dearest Disclaimer
Fanficton archive.
[Folllow Friday 1/30/26, somewhat active with last post in September 2025.]

desperatefans -- Desperate Fans: a literary roleplay!
An old and new Adulting-friendly literary roleplay.
[Folllow Friday 1/30/26, somewhat active with one post in November 2025.]

displacementdiaries -- Displacement Diaries
A reflective space for journaling life abroad, family complexity, grief, and personal growth.
Displacement Diaries is a reflective space for journaling life transitions, grief, family complexity, and experiences abroad. This community is for those who write about survival, emotional upheaval, and the slow work of rebuilding one’s life. Longform personal narratives, introspective essays, and memory-based storytelling are welcome.
[Follow Friday 12/19/25, active with one post in November.]

drabble_zone -- The Weekly Drabble Zone
A community for people who enjoy writing 100 word drabbles.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, highly active with daily posts in December 2026.]

drawesome -- A Multi-fandom Drawing community for FanArtists (both traditional and digital art).
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with one post in December.]

dreamcodes -- Dreamwidth codes
Profile codes, cr charts, muselists, and other codes for Dreamwidth.
[Follow Friday 12/26/25, 1/2/26, active with multiple posts in December 2025.]

dreamwidthlayouts -- Dreamwidth Layouts
Need a pre-made Dreamwidth-specific layout for your brand new Dreamwidth journal? Look no further!
[Follow Friday 12/26/25, somewhat active with last post in June.]

dw_community_promo -- community promotion
You have a new community and you want new members or are recruiting for an older community: you can post about it here. You want to find out about new communities as they are created.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with one post in January.]

endings -- the last words
Loved endings from books, songs, films, letters, diaries...
[Follow Friday 1/30/26, active with multiple posts in January.]

everykindofcraft -- Every Kind of Craft
For sharing information, advice and images about all sorts of crafts projects, old or new.
Monthly check-in posts.
[Follow Friday 12/26/25, 1/2/26, active with multiple posts in December 2025.]

fancake -- Have your fancake and eat it too.
Fancake is a thematic multifandom recommendation community. We welcome all new members and recs of all shapes and sizes in any fandom. Participation is easy, low-stress, and the degree to which you participate at any given round is completely up to you.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with multiple posts in January.]

fandomhistoryproject -- Fandom History Rescue Project
Current project: Preserving fandom history from LiveJournal.
[Follow Friday 1/23/26, somewhat active with last post in July 2025.]

fanmix_monthly -- Mixtapes & Fanmixes
A fanmix is a compilation of songs inspired by a fannish source.
[Follow Friday 1/9/26, active with multiple posts in January.]

fandom_checkin -- Fandom Check-in
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Daily check-in posts.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, highly active with daily posts in January.]

fandom_on_dw -- Fandom On Dreamwidth
Promoting Fandom Activity Hosted on Dreamwidth.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, highly active with daily posts in January.]

fandom_fanvids -- A Collection of Fanvids from different Fandoms
[Follow Friday 12/12/25, 2/13/26, active with one post in November.]

fandom_icons -- Icons for all your different fandom needs.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, 1/16/26, highly active with many posts in January.]

fandomcalendar -- The Fandom Calendar
Bulletin board for challenges, big bangs, exchanges, cons,... and any other fan-related activity!
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, highly active with daily posts in January.]

first_nations_freaks -- The Freaks Club: First Nations Freaks
Indigenous culture and languages.
[Follow Friday 12/19/25, active with multiple posts in December.]

followfriday -- Follow Friday
Recommend some people and/or communities to follow on Dreamwidth.
Weekly gather posts.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with one post in January.]

friending_memes -- Friending Memes
Here you will find a variety of different friending memes to participate in, because we all have seen our friends page go silent from time to time.
See the New Year Friendzy.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with one post in January.]

gaming -- Gaming of all sorts: card games, board games, video games, tabletop games, RPGs, etc.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with multiple posts in December 2025.]

gardening -- a place to talk about growing things
Welcome to Gardening on DW! This community welcomes all kinds of gardeners and garden fans: edibles and ornamentals, conventional and organic methods, from a single pot to a completely designed landscape. All experience levels are welcome: don't worry that you need to be a master gardener. I'm not, none of my gardening friends here or offline are, and all of us keep learning (not to mention enjoying it more!) by sharing our thoughts.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with multiple posts in December 2025.]

get_knitted -- Your Daily Crafting Community
Crafting, of all kinds.
Daily check-in posts.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, highly active with daily posts in January.]

getting_started -- Questions and answers for new or confused DW users
This comm is intended to help new Dreamwidth users find their way around during the beta stage. Links to helpful introductory posts, useful features of the site, and basic questions about where things are or how they work are all welcome here.
[Follow Friday 12/26/25, active with one post in December.]

getyourwordsout -- Get Your Words Out
A year-long writing challenge and support group; membership opens in December each year.
Pledging is open for 2026. Pledging for 2026 closes January 15, 2026.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with multiple posts in December 2025.]

goals_on_dw -- New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals
Set New Year resolutions and other goals.
Weekly check-in posts during January, then monthly check-in posts.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, highly active with daily posts in January.]

graphics -- Banners, Headers, Icons, Wallpapers & More!
All Purpose graphics community
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with multiple posts in December 2025.]

gs_silva -- Alien Romance
Webcomic often featuring French dialog.
[Follow Friday 12/19/25, active with multiple posts in December.]

hetalia -- Axis Powers Hetalia
An all-purpose Axis Powers Hetalia community.
[Follow Friday 2/6/22, active with one post in January.]

historium -- A central community for all historical fandoms
Historical fandom activities and promotions.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with one post in January.]

hourlyprompts -- Hourly Prompts
Writing and art prompts for every hour of the day
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with one post in December 2025.]

i_read_what -- I Read What?!
A Nostalgia Themed Book Review Blog.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with one post in January.]

icons -- The Original Icon Sharing Community.
Icons of Dreamwidth!
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with one post in January.]

iconthat -- Icon That
Icon making challenge community for all fandoms and everyone.
[Follow Friday 2/13/26, active with one post in February.]

icontutorial -- Icon Tutorials for Everyone
Icon tutorial and icon resources.
[Follow Friday 12/26/25, somewhat active with last post in January.]

inkingitout -- Inkingitout
Write 75000 words or more in 2026.
Sign ups will close at Noon UST on 3rd January 2026.
[Follow Friday 1/2/26, active with multiple posts in December 2025.]

innumerable_stars -- Innumerable Stars: a Tolkien fanworks exchange
Fanworks gift exchange for all works by or associated with Tolkien.
[Follow Friday 2/13/26, somewhat active with last post in October 2025.]