About The Common Room

Welcome, witch, wizard, or exceptionally curious Muggle. The Common Room is a cozy corner of the internet built by lifelong fans of the Wizarding World — the kind of people who still check the mail around their eleventh birthday, just in case.

Here you can:

• Be sorted into your true Hogwarts house by our Sorting Hat experience (the site even re-themes itself to your house colours),
• Test your knowledge with trivia and personality quizzes — from first-year level to N.E.W.T.-grade difficulty,
• Find the perfect present in our magical gift guide, curated by occasion, age, and house,
• Keep up with the Potter world on the blog — guides, theories, and news.

The Serious Bit (Our Disclaimer)

The Common Room is an unofficial fan site and is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., J.K. Rowling, or Wizarding World Digital. "Harry Potter" and all related names, characters, and indicia are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

All artwork on this site (the hat, the crest icons, the floating candles) is original, stylised fan art created for this site. We do not host or reproduce copyrighted images, stills, or text from the books or films.

How This Site Keeps the Lights (Candles) On

The Common Room is supported by advertising and affiliate commissions. When you buy something through one of our links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. See our affiliate disclosure for details. It keeps the site free for everyone — think of it as dropping a Knut in the jar.