Top 15 Survival Forums, Discussion and Message Boards
Survival Forums
1. Reddit » Survival
San Francisco, California, US
This sub reddit defines Wilderness Survival as the philosophies, knowledge, techniques, and actions applied in a Wilderness environment, in a short-te...rm survival scenario, which serve to increase the likelihood of survival of the individual or group.more
reddit.com/r/Survival
1.7M 1.2M 1 post / day View Recent Threads
2. Survivalist Forum
Survivalist forum is a community dedicated to survivalists and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about Farming, Gardening & Homesteading, share yo...ur DIY projects, show off your collections, hobbies, and much more.more
survivalistboards.com
207 11 posts / day View Recent Threads
3. Prepper Forum
Prepper Forums is a community dedicated to Prepping for Survivalists, Doomsday Preppers, and even Campers. Talk here about your survival journey, tell... about survival gear, and food storage, give & get prepper tips & lists, and more.more
prepperforums.net
8 posts / day View Recent Threads
4. My Survival Forum
Welcome to My Survival Forum, the Fastest Growing Survivalist Community where like-minded people learn from each other and prepare for surviving witho...ut modern conveniences, by exchanging information on a variety of survivalist skills, information, stories, and ideas.more
mysurvivalforum.com
5 posts / week View Recent Threads
5. Survival Magazine Forum
Read discussions on survival from one of the best survival forums. Find conversations on survival, preparedness, preppers, survival food, survival kit...s, SHTF, homesteading, and more. Discuss Survival TV Shows & movies, read related news & books, and talk about primitive skills related to surviving in the wild.more
survivalforum.surv..
232.5K 8.9K 7 posts / week View Recent Threads
6. Survival Monkey Forums
Check-in and introduce yourself here in modern survival and preparedness forums. Talk here about survival medicines, discuss Survival and Primitive Te...chnology, share Survival Books, PDFs, & Literature, and exchange information on wilderness and urban preppers during uncertain times.more
survivalmonkey.com
3.2K 3.1K 3 posts / day View Recent Threads
7. Survival UK Forums
UK
The forum is about providing people with the knowledge they need to live frugally and survive any civil unrest, natural disasters, or the breakdown of... society as a whole. Have discussions on threats and risks that could affect humans, and find suggestions on kits to do with all aspects of survival and prepping.more
forum.survivaluk.net
1 post / quarter View Recent Threads
8. Survival & Self Reliance Forum
Survival & Self Reliance Forum welcomes people of all beliefs, races, religions, nationalities, political orientations, and lifestyles to discuss surv...ival. Get news, updates, information, and discussion about Survival, ask questions on different ways of survival and get them answered by the experts.more
forum.theorganicpr..
2 posts / week View Recent Threads
9. Doomsday Prepper Forum
Join Prepper & survival forum, a community to chat about survivalists. Discuss all the man-made & natural disasters, talk about the financial collapse..., and exchange ideas on food storage, farming, & growing crops for survival & prepping.more
doomsdayprepperfor..
7 posts / week View Recent Threads
10. Prepared Society Forum
Prepared Society Forum is completely dedicated to preppers, survivalists, and enthusiasts. Introduce yourself to the community and share your new goal...s and previous experiences, and read the various discussions about collections, gear, DIY projects.more
preparedsociety.co..
5 posts / month View Recent Threads
11. Northeast Shooters Forum » Survival
This section of the forum is dedicated to discussing tips and tricks about when you have to take matters into your own hands. Tell everyone about your... survival journey, and survival skills, ask questions on different ways of survival, and more.more
northeastshooters...
1 post / week View Recent Threads
12. Living Survival Forum
This Living Survival forum is for the survival and prepper community. Ask questions, find answers, and spark discussions about Survival. Also, get to ...know about a variety of resources and events to help enhance your experience.more
livingsurvival.tv
4 posts / quarter View Recent Threads
Additional Forumsⓘ
- WhenSHTF Forum » Survival Wonder how others would handle a possible scenario? Have a survival story? This is the place for it, its an area for discussing survival information. Talk about equipment you may find useful in emergency situations, and show your latest DIY projects here.
- MrsSurvival Forums Welcome to MrsSurvival, this is a special place where you can share your survival memories, or read others, give educational information on herbal formulas, post your stories, and learn to survive more gracefully and effectively.
- Survival and Preparedness Forum Discuss here everything relating to homesteading, weapons & gear of all kinds, night vision & thermal technology, share survival short stories, your favorite DIY projects or recipes, and get lots of how-to information.
Survival Subforums
| Forum Name | Subforum Name | Subforum Description | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survivalist Boards | Disaster Preparedness General Discussion | Anything Disaster Preparedness or Survival Related | |
| Manmade and Natural Disasters | Drought, Diseases, Earthquakes, Riots, Wars | ||
| Food and water | Discussion on food and water storage, water purification and related topics. | Food Forums | |
| Recipes | Recipe Forums | ||
| Wilderness Survival, Hiking and Camping Forum | Hiking Forums, Camping Forums | ||
| Farming, Gardening & Homesteading | Country lifestyle, homesteading, blacksmithing and living off the grid. | Farming Forums, Gardening Forums, Homesteading Forums | |
| Off-Grid Alternative & Emergency Power/Energy | Discuss alternative power. | ||
| Vehicles, Transportation, & Overlanding | Discuss Vehicles, Transportation, Overlanding & Boondocking | Overlanding Forums | |
| Boating and Fishing | Fishing Forums | ||
| Financial Forum | Economics and Precious Metals | Personal Finance Forums | |
| DIY - Do It Yourself | DIY Forums | ||
| Ladies Section | The Girlvivalists Hangout Area. | Women Forums | |
| Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Survival | |||
| Books, Movies & Stories | |||
| Book Reviews | Book Forums | ||
| Health, Fitness and First Aid | Fitness Forums | ||
| Firearms General Discussion | Rifles, pistols, shotguns, scopes, grips and everything in between. | Gun Forums | |
| Black powder | |||
| Pistol and Revolver Forum | |||
| Rifle Forum | |||
| Shotgun Forum | Mossberg, Winchester, Remington, Benelli.... | ||
| Military Weapons Forum | AR15, AK47, SKS, H&K, Galil, CETME, FN/FAL, Tanks, Ships, Jets, Helicopters.... | ||
| Knives, Swords & Axes | Survival knives, multi-tools, gerber, buck, cold steel, leather man..... | Knife Forums, Sword Forums | |
| Primitive Weapons, Bows and Crossbows | Crossbow Forums | ||
| Non-Lethal Weapons & Self Defense | |||
| Hunting and Trapping General Discussion | Hunting Forums | ||
| Prepper Forum | General Prepper and Survival Talk | Ask any question in regards to prepping or survival. Don't worry if its been asked before, we like new comers concerns. | |
| First Aid and Medical Preparedness | Discussion forum for First Aid and other Medical Preparedness issues. | First Aid Forums | |
| Food, Health and Fitness Survival | Food Forums, Fitness Forums | ||
| Urban and Rural Survival | |||
| Prepper Tools | A collection of survival and prepper tools for your usage | ||
| Featured Topics | Featured prepper and survivalist articles and topics in the community. | ||
| Alternative Energy (Wind, Solar, Hydro etc) | Wind, Hydro, Solar prepping and other alternative energy ressources threads | ||
| Recycling, Composting, Reducing, Reuse,... | Utilizing topic methods to reuse and recycle others "Junk". "One mans junk is another mans treasure" | Recycling Forums | |
| Survival Food Procurement | Hunting, Fishing, Gardening for Survivalist | ||
| HandGuns, Pistols and Revolvers, Long Rifles,... | Survival Guns, Military Guns, Civilian Guns and anything related. | Gun Forums | |
| Knives, Swords, Blades, Axes, Spears, Daggers,... | All Bladed weapons | Knife Forums, Sword Forums | |
| Hand to Hand Combat and Self Defense | Self Defense Forums | ||
| Personal Protection, Gear, Mods, Accessories | |||
| Books, Videos, Media, Podcasts | Books, Videos, Media, Podcasts for survivalists and preppers | ||
| Economic, Precious Metals, Investing, Finance | Economic, Precious Metals, Investing, and Financial forum for survivalists and preppers. | Economics Forums | |
| DIY | Do It Yourself All things you can do without outside help | DIY Forums | |
| Survival Gear Reviews and Questions | Post your favorite survival gear photos, rate your survival gear for pros and cons here. | ||
| Survival Monkey | Survival Topic of the Month | Discussions on our TOTM here | |
| General Survival and Preparedness | |||
| Back to Basics | Homesteading - Simple Survivalism for Self Reliance | ||
| Survival of the Fittest | Nutrition, Health and Fitness | ||
| The Green Patch | The Growing area to show and share the greener side of food | ||
| Survival Reading Room | Survival Books, PDFs and Literature | ||
| Off Grid Living | Alternative energy, solar, wind power, batteries - general gultching advice | ||
| Survival Communications | |||
| Functional Gear & Equipment | Reviews, advice and field testing | ||
| Survival Medicine | First Aid, Field Medicine - Alternative and Natural Remedies | ||
| Financial Cents | Economics and Investments - Silver, Gold and barter | ||
| Bushcraft | Survival and Primitive Technology | Bushcraft Forums | |
| Firearms | Gun Forums | ||
| Blades | Knives, tools and edged weapons for survival, self defense and utility | ||
| Turf and Surf Hunting and Fishing | Hunt, catch or trap | Hunting Forums, Fishing Forums | |
| Humor - Jokes - Games and Diversions | Tasteful Please! | ||
| My Survival Forum | Survival Stories | Tell your story here. | |
| The Hangout | Members can come here and just hangout. Can talk about any topic and just get to know each other. Non Survivalist topics allowed. | ||
| Reference Material | A place for experts to come and share their best reference material. Especially important to share good offline resources . | ||
| Financial Planning | Discuss ways to save money, how much survivalist gear costs, and anything else pertaining to money. | ||
| News, Current Events, and Politics | A place to discuss things currently in the news, world events, and politics. | ||
| Ladies Section | A place for female specific topics. | Women Forums | |
| First Aid and Medicine | Will help you survive and function with injuries. Knowing how to do first aid in the wilderness or other away from civilization scenarios can save your life. | First Aid Forums | |
| Natural, Temporary, and Permanent Shelter | A shelter can be a made made object such as a house or tent or a natural place to find refuge such as a cave or fallen tree. | ||
| Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Food | Finding edible food that we can digest is a must. Remember ever plant isn't edible. Some will kill you. Learn your basics. All food resources can go here. | Food Forums | |
| Animal Husbandry | The management of animals for our use in either farming or for meat. | ||
| Herbalism - Medicinal, Practical, and other Uses | Using plants and herbs for medicine and other uses. | ||
| Gardening, Plant Propegation, & Farming | Creating new plants for a variety of sources such as seeds, cuttings, bulbs and other. Everything to do with gardening. | Gardening Forums, Farming Forums, Gardening Forums | |
| Food Storage - Canning/Freezing/Butchering/Prep | In here we discuss different ways to prep and prepare our food, how to make it last as long as possible, and unique ideas on long term storage. | ||
| Mental Preparedness | Being mentally prepared for the survivalist lifestyle is one that most often gets overlooked. What are some scenarios that could happen? How do you handle being alone? How do you keep your family... | ||
| Hunting / Fishing / Trapping | Everything from primitive hunting to modern day strategies and uses for weapons. | Fishing Forums, Hunting Forums | |
| Cooking and Cooking Utensils | Cooking outdoors, equipment preparation, making utensils and equipment. Modern and primitive. | Cooking Forums | |
| Guns, Knives, Tools, Etc. | Essential weapons, high end guns and knives, home made tools, and anything else related. | Gun Forums, Knife Forums | |
| Essential Items | What are the absolute most important things you need? | ||
| Earthquake | Earthquake survival preparedness. | ||
| The Apocalypse | If society happened to end, what would it take to survive? | ||
| Other Not Listed Situations | Any other survival situation not listed, popular topics will move to the front page. | ||
| Urban Survival | If disaster strikes in the city, how would you survive? | ||
| Survival Kits | General information about what kinds of things people are putting in kits and reviews for premade kits. | ||
| Survival Forum | Media & Current Events | Survival TV Shows, Movies, News, Videos, Books, etc | Bushcraft Forums |
| Bushcraft | Bushcraft Forum Talk about primitive wilderness skills related to surviving in the wild | ||
| Camping & Hiking | Recreational & Survival camping | ||
| Hunting - Trapping - Fishing | |||
| Wilderness Food | Discussion of foraging & wild edibles | ||
| EDC - Every Day Carry | NEW SECTION! Discuss your every day carry | EDC Forums | |
| Finances | It's part of being Prepared - Learn how to Save money, Make Money, Manage Taxes and more | ||
| General Preparation Chat | Everything else related to disaster and survival preparation Moderators: Big_Saw |
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| Contingency Planning | |||
| Communications | Discuss Radio, Telephone, and other communications equipment and means | ||
| Firearms | Gun Forums | ||
| Food & Water | Food Storage, Deals, Gardening, Water Storage & Water Purification, etc | Food Forums | |
| GEAR | One of the most important things next to knowledge | ||
| Knive & Blades | Talk about Anything Bladed | Knife Forums | |
| Off Grid | Off Grid & Full Self Sufficient Living | ||
| D.I.Y. - Resources & Guides | Post your Resources, Manuals, Guides, How To's here | DIY Forums | |
| Scenarios | Survival Scenarios - What would you do, offer, or have? | ||
| Vehicles & Transportation | Vehicle & Transportation talk from Mods, Spare Parts, Technical Help etc | ||
| Alternative Energy | |||
| Misc Off Topic & Fun | |||
| TV, Movies, & Music | |||
| Survival UK | Board News | ||
| News | |||
| Threats and Risks | |||
| Scenarios | |||
| Bushcraft | Bushcraft Forums | ||
| Food | Food Forums | ||
| Hunting | Hunting Forums | ||
| Homestead | Homesteading Forums | ||
| Medical | |||
| Organisation | |||
| Rebuilding Society | |||
| The Organic Prepper | DIYs | DIY Forums | |
| Food | Food Forums | ||
| Survival | |||
| Movies, Books & Stories | |||
| News & Current Events | |||
| Dooms Day Prepper | Camping | Where to go, and what to bring! | Camping Forums |
| Natural Disasters | |||
| Economic Collapse | |||
| Man Made Disasters | |||
| Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) | |||
| Pandemic | |||
| General Prepper Talk | |||
| Farming & Food | Discussion of food storage, farming and growing crops for survival and prepping. | Farming Forums | |
| Energy (Solar, Wind, Hydro) | How do you plan to power items in a grid down scenario? | ||
| First Aid, Medicine & Healthcare | First Aid Forums | ||
| Amateur (Ham) Radio & Communication | |||
| Edged Weapons | |||
| Prepared Society | General Preparedness Discussion | General topics on the subject of being prepared. | |
| General Survival Discussion | General discussion for survival in wilderness and urban settings. Includes what to do in case of government requested evacuation. | ||
| Equipment & Survival Kits | Forum to talk about tools and emergency survival kits. | ||
| Hunting & Fishing | Hunting for your wild meat and fishing the streams, rivers and lakes. | Hunting Forums | |
| General Food and Foraging Discussion | Topics related to food and foraging including and edible plant discussion. Wild plant identification, mushrooming, etc. | ||
| Recipe Share | Share your favorite recipes or family heirloom recipes | Recipe Forums | |
| Health & Medicine | Medicine storage and handling. First aid kit discussion. | ||
| Vehicle & Transportation | Design and implement your fuel powered BugOutVehicle (BOV), ButOutMotorcycle (BOM), BugOutTrailer (BOT), BugOutBoat (Sailboat, yacht, ship) and the... | ||
| Farm Machinery and Construction Equipment | |||
| Communications | CB radio, VHF, UHF, ShortWave, HAM radio communications as well as old-fashioned cryptic communications discussed. | ||
| Money, Investing & Precious Metals | Be prepared for financial problems. Discuss how to keep your money safe. | Investment Forums | |
| Product Reviews | Book, Products and Location reviews | ||
| Fiction & Non-Fiction Stories | Your research papers and your stories can be posted here. Please read the rules for posting in this section | ||
| Wood Working | Share your wood working projects, table making, cabinet making, shelf-building or ask questions to get help with some of your projects. | Carpentry and Woodworking Forums | |
| Knit and Crochet | Caps, socks, sweaters, blankets, afghans, table cloths, doilies and anything else that you can make with thread and one or two needles. | Knitting Forums | |
| General Homesteading & Building | Small home projects, built-in storage-systems, HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, AirConditioning), construction and emergency shelter building. | Homesteading Forums | |
| Energy & Electricity | Gas, diesel, propane, NG fuel storage solutions, solar and wind power generating, gas generators, other alternative energy sources, batteries and similar... | ||
| Gardening and Agriculture | Forum for raising and cultivation of food at your home. Herbs, root vegitables, berries, legumes, fungus (mushrooms) and anything else that you can grow in... | ||
| Livestock | Backyards to small farms to large ranches (fish, chicken, rabbits, pig, cow, bee-keeping, eggs, honey, etc). | ||
| Living Survival | Knives, Axes & Other Tools | Knife Forums | |
| Survival Gear, EDC & Bugout Bags | EDC Forums | ||
| Survival Training/Education | |||
| Gardening | Gardening Forums | ||
| Survival And Preparedness Forum | The Basics | Food and water storage, the basics of "stocking up", gardening for self-sufficiency, canning, dehydrating, freeze-drying, noted food shortage information, maintaining stocked items | |
| Economic Forum | Macro, Micro and your house, Investing, saving, getting out of debt, planning, precious metals, stock market, inflation | ||
| Night Vision and technology | A place to discuss Night vision and thermal technology, including the latest products | ||
| The Armory | A place to discuss weapons and gear of all kinds | ||
| Homestead and Retreat | Everything relating to Homesteading, retreat/BOL setup, organization, wells, firewood and fuels, generators, solar power, septic systems, old-time skills, etc. | Homesteading Forums | |
| The gear locker | The place to discuss gear. From Alice gear to Kifaru... Gear, knives, night vision, armor, etc. | ||
| Training Forum | If you're not training regularly, YOU'RE WRONG | ||
| Survival Medicine | When going to the doctor, hospital, dentist, or veterinarian might not be an option.... | ||
| Survival Shorts and book reviews | Fiction short stories and book reviews relating to survival, TSHTF, etc. | ||
| Transportation | Cars, trucks, cycles, horses, mules, Llamas - fuel storage and treatments, types of vehicles, Hybrid, Electric, or Diesel? | ||
| JRH Enterprises | JRH Enterprises merchant subforum - your #1 source for NVG, thermal imagers, weapon sights | ||
| Prayer room | Place to share prayer requests and praise! | ||
| The Campfire | A place to introduce yourself, post gatherings and get togethers | ||
| Recipes and Projects | Share your favorite DIY projects or recipes - lots of how-to information | Recipe Forums | |
| Conservative Political Forum | Survival Tips | A great resource for survival questions or discussions, such as living off the grid and how to store food. |
