About r/SkincareAddicts
In its own words:
SkincareAddicts is a positive newbie-friendly sub for anything and everything related to skincare. Post about your favourite products, ask for advice about your routine, discuss the various things that affect your skincare, and above all else stay positive and considerate of your fellow community members! We're here to help!
Community guide
r/SkincareAddicts (#875, about 1.2 million subscribers) — SkincareAddicts is a positive newbie-friendly sub for anything and everything related to skincare. Post about your favourite products, ask for advice about your routine, discuss the various things that affect your… A recent sample averaged 94 posts a day (~35% text, ~30% gallery, ~22% image). Its public rules include: Be nice.; No spam or advertising.; No referral links.; Don't seek medical advice on the internet.; Include your routine when relevant.
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. Medical advice requests are out of scope.
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. Volume is high—clear titles help.
The community was created on Mar 28, 2015, which makes it 11 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,214 subscribers (+0.10%). Among the 19 communities on our skincare list it is number 5 by size. It sits just behind r/IdiotsFightingThings (#873) and ahead of r/AnimalTextGifs (#876) in our ranking.
What sets r/SkincareAddicts apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 6.4 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit. For its size it is unusually busy: about 77.6 new posts a day per million members, more than 93% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 3.8× as many posts as the quietest (07:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/SkincareAddicts went up from 1,208,119 to 1,217,023 subscribers (+8.9K, +0.74%). That is about 175 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/SkincareAddicts this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Large pores nothing helps.. Ideas?u/Fun-Treacle-82 · Nov 2 · gallery
- Do you guys ever notice how differently men and women are treated when it comes to aging?u/zoeyworks · Nov 6 · text post
- One week with azelaic acidu/Ecstatic_Ad1733 · Nov 7 · image
- Amazon Tret vs Indiamart Tretu/Bulky_Equivalent_521 · Nov 5 · gallery
- My moisturizer reviews – dry, sensitive skinu/planet_MMM · Nov 5 · image
- I think I found the cause of my adult body acneu/Accidentalmom · Nov 6 · text post
- TIRED of these closed comedones!u/Menkissing_22 · Nov 1 · gallery
- Always break out after shaping eyebrows.u/Longjumping-Ease8032 · Nov 6 · image
- Is there anything to help get rid of sun spots?u/Basic_Stable_1690 · Nov 4 · image
- Has anyone actually seen results from red light therapy for their skin?u/inkiered0604 · Nov 2 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/SkincareAddicts, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Updateu/Secret_Bedroom_978 · Feb 6, 2025 · gallery
- Confusedu/Secret_Bedroom_978 · Jan 29, 2025 · gallery
- Follow upu/Secret_Bedroom_978 · Jan 29, 2025 · gallery
- How to get glowy skin like this? Any tips?u/drl614 · Dec 10, 2024 · image
- HUGE updateu/jocelynnjewett · Feb 28, 2025 · gallery
- updateu/jocelynnjewett · Mar 5, 2025 · gallery
- Huge updateu/Secret_Bedroom_978 · Jan 30, 2025 · gallery
- Update?u/jocelynnjewett · Mar 14, 2025 · gallery
- Before, during, after accutaneu/timbitmonster · Dec 19, 2024 · gallery
- Before and after (sorry that 2nd pic is cringy, I think was happy bc my skin looked good)💀u/Fine_Sand1714 · Dec 18, 2024 · gallery
What r/SkincareAddicts talks about
We read the titles of 516 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “skin”, “help”, “skincare”, “acne” and “routine”. Other frequent themes are acid, face, advice, dark, azelaic and oily. Recurring phrases include “routine help”, “azelaic acid”, “oily skin” and “skincare routine”. By format, 35% are text posts, 30% are galleries and 22% are images.
Activity and best time to post
r/SkincareAddicts gets about 95 new posts a day. The public archive holds 164,822 posts and 1,053,736 comments in total, about 6.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (110 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (66). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/SkincareAddicts
The moderators of r/SkincareAddicts list 6 rules. In short:
- Be nice.
- No spam or advertising.
- No referral links.
- Don't seek medical advice on the internet.
- Include your routine when relevant.
- There are no stupid questions.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/SkincareAddicts 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/SkincareAddicts have?
r/SkincareAddicts has 1,217,023 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #874 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 8,904 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/SkincareAddicts created?
r/SkincareAddicts was created on Mar 28, 2015, so it has been around for 11 years.
Is r/SkincareAddicts still active?
Yes. r/SkincareAddicts gets about 95 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 164,822 posts and 1,053,736 comments. In a sample of 516 recent posts we counted 479 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/SkincareAddicts?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 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/SkincareAddicts?
The community describes itself as: “SkincareAddicts is a positive newbie-friendly sub for anything and everything related to skincare. Post about your favourite products, ask for advice about your routine, discuss the various things that affect your skinc…” Recent post titles often mention skin, help, skincare, acne and routine. Most posts are text posts (35%).
Is r/SkincareAddicts SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/SkincareAddicts as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/SkincareAddicts?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/SkincareAddicts accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Be nice.”; “No spam or advertising.”; “No referral links.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/SkincareAddicts?
Communities with similar topics include r/SkincareAddiction (5M), r/Skincare_Addiction (2M), r/AsianBeauty (3.8M) and r/30PlusSkinCare (2.5M).
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/SkincareAddicts.