diff --git a/configs/recommended.js b/configs/recommended.js
index 3985e9232a..0b9bd2e48c 100644
--- a/configs/recommended.js
+++ b/configs/recommended.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		'unicorn/no-array-reduce': 'error',
 		'unicorn/no-console-spaces': 'error',
 		'unicorn/no-document-cookie': 'error',
+		'unicorn/no-empty-file': 'error',
 		'unicorn/no-for-loop': 'error',
 		'unicorn/no-hex-escape': 'error',
 		'unicorn/no-instanceof-array': 'error',
diff --git a/docs/rules/no-empty-file.md b/docs/rules/no-empty-file.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d391eecd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/rules/no-empty-file.md
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# Disallow empty files
+
+Meaningless files clutter a codebase.
+
+Disallow any files only containing the following:
+
+- Whitespace
+- Comments
+- Directives
+- Empty statements
+- Empty block statements
+- Hashbang
+
+## Fail
+
+```js
+
+```
+
+```js
+// Comment
+```
+
+```js
+/* Comment */
+```
+
+```js
+'use strict';
+```
+
+```js
+;
+```
+
+```js
+{
+}
+```
+
+```js
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+```
+
+## Pass
+
+```js
+const x = 0;
+```
+
+```js
+'use strict';
+const x = 0;
+```
+
+```js
+;;
+const x = 0;
+```
+
+```js
+{
+	const x = 0;
+}
+```
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 9ab5ce97e5..a82874ccf0 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Configure it in `package.json`.
 			"unicorn/no-array-reduce": "error",
 			"unicorn/no-console-spaces": "error",
 			"unicorn/no-document-cookie": "error",
+			"unicorn/no-empty-file": "error",
 			"unicorn/no-for-loop": "error",
 			"unicorn/no-hex-escape": "error",
 			"unicorn/no-instanceof-array": "error",
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ Each rule has emojis denoting:
 | [no-array-reduce](docs/rules/no-array-reduce.md) | Disallow `Array#reduce()` and `Array#reduceRight()`. | ✅ |  |  |
 | [no-console-spaces](docs/rules/no-console-spaces.md) | Do not use leading/trailing space between `console.log` parameters. | ✅ | 🔧 |  |
 | [no-document-cookie](docs/rules/no-document-cookie.md) | Do not use `document.cookie` directly. | ✅ |  |  |
+| [no-empty-file](docs/rules/no-empty-file.md) | Disallow empty files. | ✅ |  |  |
 | [no-for-loop](docs/rules/no-for-loop.md) | Do not use a `for` loop that can be replaced with a `for-of` loop. | ✅ | 🔧 |  |
 | [no-hex-escape](docs/rules/no-hex-escape.md) | Enforce the use of Unicode escapes instead of hexadecimal escapes. | ✅ | 🔧 |  |
 | [no-instanceof-array](docs/rules/no-instanceof-array.md) | Require `Array.isArray()` instead of `instanceof Array`. | ✅ | 🔧 |  |
diff --git a/rules/no-empty-file.js b/rules/no-empty-file.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db24d82f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/no-empty-file.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const MESSAGE_ID = 'no-empty-file';
+const messages = {
+	[MESSAGE_ID]: 'Empty files are not allowed.',
+};
+
+const isEmpty = node =>
+	(
+		(node.type === 'Program' || node.type === 'BlockStatement')
+		&& node.body.every(currentNode => isEmpty(currentNode))
+	)
+	|| node.type === 'EmptyStatement'
+	|| (node.type === 'ExpressionStatement' && 'directive' in node);
+
+const create = context => {
+	const filename = context.getPhysicalFilename().toLowerCase();
+
+	if (!/\.(?:js|mjs|cjs|ts|mts|cts)$/.test(filename)) {
+		return {};
+	}
+
+	return {
+		Program(node) {
+			if (!isEmpty(node)) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			return {
+				node,
+				messageId: MESSAGE_ID,
+			};
+		},
+	};
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+	create,
+	meta: {
+		type: 'suggestion',
+		docs: {
+			description: 'Disallow empty files.',
+		},
+		schema: [],
+		messages,
+	},
+};
diff --git a/test/no-empty-file.mjs b/test/no-empty-file.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1669056099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/no-empty-file.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import outdent from 'outdent';
+import {getTester} from './utils/test.mjs';
+
+const {test} = getTester(import.meta);
+
+test.snapshot({
+	valid: [
+		...[
+			'const x = 0;',
+			';; const x = 0;',
+			'{{{;;const x = 0;}}}',
+			outdent`
+				'use strict';
+				const x = 0;
+			`,
+			';;\'use strict\';',
+			'{\'use strict\';}',
+			'("use strict")',
+			'`use strict`',
+			'({})',
+			outdent`
+				#!/usr/bin/env node
+				console.log('done');
+			`,
+			'false',
+			'("")',
+			'NaN',
+			'undefined',
+			'null',
+			'[]',
+			'(() => {})()',
+		].map(code => ({code, filename: 'example.js'})),
+		'',
+		...[
+			'md',
+			'vue',
+			'svelte',
+			'tsx',
+		].map(extension => ({code: '', filename: `example.${extension}`})),
+	],
+	invalid: [
+		...[
+			'',
+			'\uFEFF',
+			' ',
+			'\t',
+			'\n',
+			'\r',
+			'\r\n',
+			outdent`
+
+			`,
+			'// comment',
+			'/* comment */',
+			'#!/usr/bin/env node',
+			'\'use asm\';',
+			'\'use strict\';',
+			'"use strict"',
+			'""',
+			';',
+			';;',
+			'{}',
+			'{;;}',
+			'{{}}',
+		].map(code => ({code, filename: 'example.js'})),
+		...[
+			'mjs',
+			'cjs',
+			'ts',
+			'mts',
+			'cts',
+		].map(extension => ({code: '{}', filename: `example.${extension}`})),
+	],
+});
diff --git a/test/snapshots/no-empty-file.mjs.md b/test/snapshots/no-empty-file.mjs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bbc8f1f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/snapshots/no-empty-file.mjs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,414 @@
+# Snapshot report for `test/no-empty-file.mjs`
+
+The actual snapshot is saved in `no-empty-file.mjs.snap`.
+
+Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
+
+## Invalid #1
+      1 |
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 |␊
+        | ^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #2
+      1 | 
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | ␊
+        | ^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #3
+      1 |  
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 |  ␊
+        | ^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #4
+      1 | 	
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | 	␊
+        | ^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #5
+      1 |
+      2 |
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 |␊
+        | ^␊
+    > 2 |␊
+        | ^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #6
+      1 |
+      2 |
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 |␊
+        | ^␊
+    > 2 |␊
+        | ^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #7
+      1 |
+      2 |
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 |␊
+        | ^␊
+    > 2 |␊
+        | ^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #8
+      1 |
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 |␊
+        | ^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #9
+      1 | // comment
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | // comment␊
+        | ^^^^^^^^^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #10
+      1 | /* comment */
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | /* comment */␊
+        | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #11
+      1 | #!/usr/bin/env node
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | #!/usr/bin/env node␊
+        | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #12
+      1 | 'use asm';
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | 'use asm';␊
+        | ^^^^^^^^^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #13
+      1 | 'use strict';
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | 'use strict';␊
+        | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #14
+      1 | "use strict"
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | "use strict"␊
+        | ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #15
+      1 | ""
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | ""␊
+        | ^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #16
+      1 | ;
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | ;␊
+        | ^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #17
+      1 | ;;
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | ;;␊
+        | ^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #18
+      1 | {}
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | {}␊
+        | ^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #19
+      1 | {;;}
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | {;;}␊
+        | ^^^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #20
+      1 | {{}}
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.js␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | {{}}␊
+        | ^^^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #21
+      1 | {}
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.mjs␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | {}␊
+        | ^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #22
+      1 | {}
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.cjs␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | {}␊
+        | ^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #23
+      1 | {}
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.ts␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | {}␊
+        | ^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #24
+      1 | {}
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.mts␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | {}␊
+        | ^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
+
+## Invalid #25
+      1 | {}
+
+> Filename
+
+    `␊
+    example.cts␊
+    `
+
+> Error 1/1
+
+    `␊
+    > 1 | {}␊
+        | ^^ Empty files are not allowed.␊
+    `
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