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r/Fitness

r/Fitness is one of the largest safe-for-work communities on Reddit, ranked #69 on SubMouse with 12,596,820 subscribers and about 27 new posts a day.

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Rank (SFW)#69
Subscribers12.6M
Growth since Oct 19+4.4K
Posts per day27
Posts all time1.1M
CreatedMay 2008
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About r/Fitness

In its own words:

A place for the pursuit of physical fitness goals. Please see the r/Fitness Wiki and FAQ at https://thefitness.wiki for help with common questions.

The community was created on May 7, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 4,434 subscribers (+0.04%). Among the 15 communities on our fitness list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/mildlyinfuriating (#68) and ahead of r/dadjokes (#70) in our ranking.

What sets r/Fitness apart

r/Fitness is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (19:00 UTC) sees about 4.3× as many posts as the quietest (00:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

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Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/Fitness climbed from 12,578,746 to 12,596,820 subscribers (+18.1K, +0.14%). That is about 452 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.

Top posts on r/Fitness this week

This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Oct 30, 2026).

  1. Gym Story Saturdayu/FGC_Valhalla · Oct 24 · text post
  2. Victory Sundayu/AutoModerator · Oct 25 · text post
  3. Physique Phridayu/AutoModerator · Oct 23 · text post
  4. Rant Wednesday - October 28, 2026u/AutoModerator · Oct 28 · text post
  5. Moronic Monday - Your weekly stupid questions threadu/cdingo · Oct 26 · text post
  6. Daily Simple Questions Thread - October 29, 2026u/AutoModerator · Oct 29 · text post
  7. Daily Simple Questions Thread - October 27, 2026u/AutoModerator · Oct 27 · text post
  8. Daily Simple Questions Thread - October 25, 2026u/AutoModerator · Oct 25 · text post
  9. Daily Simple Questions Thread - October 24, 2026u/AutoModerator · Oct 24 · text post
  10. Daily Simple Questions Thread - October 23, 2026u/AutoModerator · Oct 23 · text post

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/Fitness, from 2015 to 2023, ranked by Reddit.

  1. Things I Wish I Knew 8 Years Agou/iamaliftaholic · Jun 24, 2016 · 7,277 points · 646 comments · text post
  2. How to do PULL UPS properly and how to do your first pullup if you can't do any. 💪u/Antranik · Feb 18, 2018 · 12,777 points · 527 comments · text post
  3. We over at r/flexibility created a new full-body stretching routine. Takes 30 minutes and we've included a follow-along video, cheat sheets and pictures of each exercise. Try it out!u/tykato · Jul 27, 2018 · 12,155 points · 326 comments · text post
  4. Smoking increases risk of lung cancer 2,500%. Bacon increases risk of colon cancer 18%. (Followup to yesterday's meat/cancer WHO post.)u/duffstoic · Oct 27, 2015 · 5,495 points · 1,270 comments · text post
  5. Finally hit 213lbs lost, then got under 200lbs, then 244 square inches of skin was removed, 4 months of recovery. It's a year I won't ever forget.u/abraxsis · Jan 3, 2018 · 12,342 points · 548 comments · text post
  6. 1.5 years of lifting, never skipping a workout, barely drinking alcohol and eating a ton of food.u/jillesme · Mar 15, 2016 · 5,764 points · 211 comments · text post
  7. Transformation(M/22/SW:366lbs CW:190lbs) From morbid obesity to US Marine.Jul 8, 2015 · 5,006 points · 1,051 comments · text post
  8. The Absolute Beginner's Guide to the Gymu/freckledass · Jul 22, 2019 · 9,221 points · 413 comments · text post
  9. Made it to the 1,000lb club!! (Female @140lb bodyweight)u/Tovero · Nov 25, 2017 · 10,213 points · 482 comments · text post
  10. 8 long years of trial & error, sweat, grueling workouts, a near perfect diet, and a goal that finally got achievedu/BabiesGotTheBends · Jun 20, 2018 · 10,153 points · 619 comments · text post

What r/Fitness talks about

Across 156 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “gym”, “advice”, “weight”, “good” and “daily”. Other frequent themes are simple, questions, october, workout, muscle and routine. Recurring phrases include “daily simple”, “simple questions”, “weight loss” and “lose fat”. By format, 100% are text posts.

  • gym 12
  • advice 11
  • weight 11
  • good 10
  • daily 8
  • simple 8
  • questions 8
  • october 8
  • workout 8
  • muscle 8
  • routine 8
  • fat 7
  • bench 6
  • help 6
  • lose 5
  • training 5
  • loss 5
  • pain 4

Popular post flairs: Moronic Monday (1), Victory Sunday (1), Gym Story Saturday (1), Physique Phriday (1).

Activity and best time to post

r/Fitness gets about 27 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,132,828 posts and 15,029,359 comments in total, about 13.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (34 posts) and the quietest was Friday (18). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 00:00 UTC.

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Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 27, 2026
Text posts 100%

Rules of r/Fitness

The moderators of r/Fitness list 2 rules. In short:

  1. Read the Rules Before Posting
  2. Read the Wiki Before Posting

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/Fitness 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 subscribers does r/Fitness have?

r/Fitness has 12,596,820 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #69 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 18,074 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.

How old is r/Fitness?

r/Fitness was created on May 7, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.

How active is r/Fitness?

Very active: r/Fitness gets about 27 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,132,828 posts and 15,029,359 comments. In a sample of 156 recent posts we counted 137 different authors.

When is r/Fitness most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 00:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/Fitness about?

The community describes itself as: “A place for the pursuit of physical fitness goals. Please see the r/Fitness Wiki and FAQ at https://thefitness.wiki for help with common questions.” Recent post titles often mention gym, advice, weight, good and daily. Most posts are text posts (100%).

Is r/Fitness safe for work?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Fitness as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

How do I post on r/Fitness?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Fitness accepts text posts only. It has 2 posted rules, starting with: “Read the Rules Before Posting”; “Read the Wiki Before Posting”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/Fitness?

Communities with similar topics include r/beginnerfitness (3M), r/bodyweightfitness (4.8M), r/xxfitness (3.1M), r/lifehacks (14.6M) and r/ChatGPT (11.7M).

Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). 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/Fitness.

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