About r/GymMemes
Community guide
r/GymMemes (#531, about 2.1 million) is a SubMouse SFW Top-1000 community profile built from its public description, rules, and activity sample. Collected rules highlight No Self-promotion/Advertising; Vote Manipulation; No links to anything but these approved sites., among 6 listed. Activity mix in sample: image:28, video:8, gallery:4. Mo.
What belongs here
Posts should match the community’s curatorial bar for r/GymMemes. Hard filters include: No Self-promotion/Advertising; Vote Manipulation; No links to anything but these approved sites.; No posts showing Gym Injuries/NSFL content. Off-scope, spam, and low-effort dumps are the usual removal reasons when those rules are listed.
How it differs
The curatorial rules above are the real differentiator versus generic meme dumps—title constraints, content bans, and repost policies on file matter more than vibes.
Before you post
Recent sample composition: image:28, video:8, gallery:4. Mo. Format-sensitive rules to read first: No Self-promotion/Advertising; No links to anything but these approved sites.. Treat subscriber and posts-per-day figures as directory snapshots, not live Reddit counters.
SubMouse Editorial
It sits just behind r/virtualreality (#530) and ahead of r/hmmm (#532) in our ranking.
What sets r/GymMemes apart
r/GymMemes is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 70% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 19% across the Top 100. Growth has more or less levelled off (0.00% since Oct 29, 2026), which is common for very mature communities.
Subscriber growth
Between Oct 29, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/GymMemes stayed flat from 2,103,789 to 2,103,789 subscribers. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (2 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/GymMemes talks about
Looking at the titles of 40 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “gym”, “deadlift”, “workout”, “cardio” and “life”. By format, 70% are images, 20% are videos and 10% are galleries.
Activity and best time to post
r/GymMemes gets about 8.4 new posts a day. The public archive holds 53,398 posts and 713,612 comments in total, about 13.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (9 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (3). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/GymMemes
The moderators of r/GymMemes list 6 rules. In short:
- No Self-promotion/Advertising
- Vote Manipulation
- No links to anything but these approved sites.
- No posts showing Gym Injuries/NSFL content
- No low quality content
- Moderators Have the Final Word
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/GymMemes 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/GymMemes have?
r/GymMemes has 2,103,789 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #531 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking.
Is r/GymMemes still active?
Yes. r/GymMemes gets about 8.4 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 53,398 posts and 713,612 comments.
What is the best time to post in r/GymMemes?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/GymMemes?
r/GymMemes is a large Reddit community. Recent post titles often mention gym, deadlift, workout, cardio and life. Most posts are images (70%).
Is r/GymMemes SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/GymMemes as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/GymMemes?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/GymMemes accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “No Self-promotion/Advertising”; “Vote Manipulation”; “No links to anything but these approved sites.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/GymMemes?
Communities with similar topics include r/BikiniBottomTwitter (4.8M), r/RelationshipMemes (3.8M), r/meme (3M), r/marvelmemes (4.3M) and r/HistoryMemes (12.8M).
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/GymMemes.