About r/AskWomen
In its own words:
AskWomen: A subreddit dedicated to asking women questions about their thoughts, lives, and experiences; providing a place where all women can comfortably and candidly share their responses in a non-judgmental space. As part of our commitment to that mission, the AskWomen subreddit is curated to promote respectful and on-topic discussions, and not serve as a debate subreddit.
Community guide
r/AskWomen (#146, about 5.8 million) is for asking women questions about their perspectives and experiences—an Ask-style community with a gendered respondent frame in its catalogue description.
Fit
Questions aimed at women’s answers. Text-heavy activity (~141.8 ppd). Rules on file (15): Minimum Participation Requirements; Basic Question Posting Requirements.; Authentic Engagement Only - Acting in Good Faith Required; Questions posted must be descriptive & open-ended.; No posts about specific individuals or situations; No specifying majority/excluding minority demographic; No invalidation of others’ experiences; No derailing.
Versus AskMen and AskReddit
AskMen mirrors the format for men’s experiences (with its own removal list). AskReddit is ungendered and broader. Use the sub whose respondent frame matches the question.
Practical pointers
Read live rules for removed question types (many Ask-subs restrict dating tactics, medical advice, or affirmation fishing).
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jul 17, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 3,705 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/Economics (#145) and ahead of r/pokemongo (#149) in our ranking.
What sets r/AskWomen apart
r/AskWomen is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 34% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 24.6 new posts a day per million members, more than 80% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 3.1× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/AskWomen grew from 5,754,771 to 5,774,161 subscribers (+19.4K, +0.34%). That is about 441 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/AskWomen talks about
Across 695 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “women”, “feel”, “partner”, “men” and “man”. Other frequent themes are life, relationship, woman, ladies, dating and girls. Recurring phrases include “red flag”, “female friends”, “women actually” and “age gap”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Content Warning (3), Top-level comments only (2), Read Sticky Before Commenting (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/AskWomen gets about 140 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,165,372 posts and 19,846,466 comments in total, about 17.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (162 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (128). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/AskWomen
The moderators of r/AskWomen list 15 rules. In short:
- Minimum Participation Requirements
- Basic Question Posting Requirements.
- Authentic Engagement Only - Acting in Good Faith Required
- Questions posted must be descriptive & open-ended.
- No posts about specific individuals or situations
- No specifying majority/excluding minority demographic
- No invalidation of others’ experiences
- No derailing
- No Graceless Generalizations
- No disrespectful or hateful commentary
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/AskWomen and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/AskWomen have?
r/AskWomen has 5,774,161 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #146 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 19,390 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/AskWomen?
r/AskWomen was created on Jul 17, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years.
How active is r/AskWomen?
Very active: r/AskWomen gets about 140 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,165,372 posts and 19,846,466 comments. In a sample of 695 recent posts we counted 613 different authors.
When is r/AskWomen most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/AskWomen about?
The community describes itself as: “AskWomen: A subreddit dedicated to asking women questions about their thoughts, lives, and experiences; providing a place where all women can comfortably and candidly share their responses in a non-judgmental space. As …” Recent post titles often mention women, feel, partner, men and man. Most posts are text posts (100%).
How do I post on r/AskWomen?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/AskWomen accepts text posts only. It has 15 posted rules, starting with: “Minimum Participation Requirements”; “Basic Question Posting Requirements.”; “Authentic Engagement Only - Acting in Good Faith Required”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/AskWomen?
Communities with similar topics include r/AskMen (7.4M), r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M), r/AskReddit (60M), r/dating (6.3M) and r/beginnerfitness (3M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/AskWomen.