With more than 8,000 active communities now congregating on Reddit, it can be a bit daunting for new users to build their front page past the default subreddits.

We're here to help.

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Amid plenty of controversy surrounding communities sharing hacked nude photographs, hundreds of amazing subreddits were created in 2014. From the organized sharing of deeply rooted beliefs to curating pictures of grilled cheese, the site is a unique experience for every user.

Through some internal polling from both Mashable and the Reddit administration team itself, we've found 15 of the most interesting, irreverent, weird and gripping subreddits of the year.