r/FrugalFemaleFashion on SubMouse

About r/FrugalFemaleFashion

In its own words:

A community to help you stay stylish without wearing out your wallet!

Community guide

r/FrugalFemaleFashion (#809, about 1.3 million subscribers) — A community to help you stay stylish without wearing out your wallet! A recent sample averaged 1.9 posts a day (~71% text, ~14% link, ~14% gallery). Its public rules include: No Swag Brag Posts!; Item Requests and coupon giveaways/requests belong in the megathreads (see stickied post!); No Referral Codes/Affiliate Links; No posts linking to Aliexpress, SHEIN, etc.; No complaining about frugality.

What belongs here

Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Match posts to: No Swag Brag Posts!; Item Requests and coupon giveaways/requests belong in the megathreads (see stickied post!); No Referral Codes/Affiliate Links; No posts linking to Aliexpress, SHEIN, etc.

How it differs from lookalikes

Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.

Practical pointers

Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Sale/Deal, Discussion, Announcement, Item Request.

The community was created on Mar 2, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 225 subscribers (+0.02%). Among the 20 communities on our fashion list it is number 7 by size. Among the 8 communities on our frugal living list it is number 3 by size. It sits just behind r/Nicegirls (#808) and ahead of r/lgbt (#810) in our ranking.

What sets r/FrugalFemaleFashion apart

People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 5.3 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 1.4 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/FrugalFemaleFashion climbed from 1,309,283 to 1,310,787 subscribers (+1.5K, +0.11%). That is about 29 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/FrugalFemaleFashion, from 2018 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

Me with my gap order from a month and a half ago.u/tequila-shot-no-lime · May 26, 2020 · image
$8 J crew sale feels illegal!u/mccobrien · Jan 17, 2025 · gallery
SKIMS - Lightweight Thong - 30 for $39 ($1.30/ea) - LIKELY MISPRICINGu/Speekgeech · Aug 8, 2026 · image
Unpopular Opinion-This sub is consistently missing the point and the mark.u/gogogodzilla86 · May 30, 2019 · 1,366 points · 48 comments · text post
Me, after raiding the clearance section at Nordstromu/Whitedogcharlie · May 2, 2020 · image
Took this sweater from pilled and unwearable to like new in a matter of minutes with a $10 fabric shaver. It works wonders on old and thrifted clothing.u/paigeelizabeth3660 · May 2, 2020 · image
Short list of sites to avoidu/disposable20201110 · Nov 10, 2020 · text post
🗣️ PSA: How To Tell If A Store Is A Dropship Siteu/collegeshenanigans · Jul 7, 2020 · text post
Savage X Fenty Review: not worth itu/forthe_loveof · Feb 4, 2021 · text post
The yo-yo pricing this time of year is so exhausting.u/BanannaKarenina · Nov 30, 2025 · text post

What r/FrugalFemaleFashion talks about

Across 14 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 3), the words that come up most are “weekly”, “discussion”, “buy”, “megathread” and “november”. Other frequent themes are discounted, nike, sneakers, online, calvin and klein. Recurring phrases include “buy discounted”, “discounted nike”, “nike sneakers” and “sneakers online”.

weekly 3
discussion 3
buy 3
megathread 2
november 2
discounted 2
nike 2
sneakers 2
online 2
calvin 2
klein 2

Popular post flairs: Sale/Deal (7), Discussion (4), Announcement (2), Item Request (1).

Activity and best time to post

r/FrugalFemaleFashion gets about 1.9 new posts a day. The public archive holds 35,717 posts and 189,373 comments in total, about 5.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (6 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (0).

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026

Rules of r/FrugalFemaleFashion

The moderators of r/FrugalFemaleFashion list 7 rules. In short:

No Swag Brag Posts!
Item Requests and coupon giveaways/requests belong in the megathreads (see stickied post!)
No Referral Codes/Affiliate Links
No posts linking to Aliexpress, SHEIN, etc.
No complaining about frugality
No Astroturfing/Self-Promotion
No Vote Manipulation/Doxxing/Personal Attacks

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/FrugalFemaleFashion 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 big is r/FrugalFemaleFashion?

r/FrugalFemaleFashion has 1,310,787 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #809 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,504 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

How old is r/FrugalFemaleFashion?

r/FrugalFemaleFashion was created on Mar 2, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.

How active is r/FrugalFemaleFashion?

Moderately: r/FrugalFemaleFashion gets about 1.9 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 35,717 posts and 189,373 comments.

When is r/FrugalFemaleFashion most active?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Wednesday. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What is r/FrugalFemaleFashion about?

The community describes itself as: “A community to help you stay stylish without wearing out your wallet!” Recent post titles often mention weekly, discussion, buy, megathread and november.

Is r/FrugalFemaleFashion safe for work?

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

How do I post on r/FrugalFemaleFashion?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/FrugalFemaleFashion accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “No Swag Brag Posts!”; “Item Requests and coupon giveaways/requests belong in the megathreads (see stickied post!)”; “No Referral Codes/Affiliate Links”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/FrugalFemaleFashion?

Communities with similar topics include r/frugalmalefashion (3.2M), r/femalefashionadvice (5.8M), r/Frugal (6.9M), r/VintageFashion (1.7M) and r/streetwear (5.1M).

Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 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/FrugalFemaleFashion.

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