About r/ThriftStoreHauls
In its own words:
A forum dedicated to sharing your thrift finds. Garage sales, flea markets, pawn shops, and more are all allowed. Come join our community and share your passion for the hunt with like-minded people!
Community guide
r/ThriftStoreHauls (#227, about 4.2 million) is for sharing thrift finds—garage sales, flea markets, pawn shops, and more. Rules cover haul types, image/text guidelines, ban faces, buying/selling, eBay/marketplace/social links, promotion of items/services/socials, rapid multi-posting, and toxic behavior. Gallery/Image (~55.4 ppd).
Show the haul, not a storefront
No buying/selling and no eBay/marketplace/social-media links. Follow image posting guidelines; no faces.
Hunt stories over promo
Promotion of items/services/socials is barred. Don’t flood with multiple posts in a short timespan.
Practical pointers
Title/info rules also cover pricing/authentication asks—read on-sub before posting IDs.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Aug 5, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,385 subscribers (+0.03%). It sits just behind r/MovieDetails (#226) and ahead of r/StockMarket (#229) in our ranking.
What sets r/ThriftStoreHauls apart
Compared with other large communities, r/ThriftStoreHauls leans heavily on images (41% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%). Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 32.0× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/ThriftStoreHauls grew from 4,146,937 to 4,155,385 subscribers (+8.4K, +0.20%). That is about 192 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/ThriftStoreHauls talks about
Across 351 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “found”, “vintage”, “finds”, “thrift” and “haul”. Other frequent themes are catch, release, picked, cool, jacket and store. Recurring phrases include “thrift store”, “estate sale”, “vintage toledo” and “flea market”. By format, 55% are galleries, 41% are images and 3% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Clothing&Accessories (106), HomeDecor (57), Miscellaneous (34), Art (28), Kitchen (25), Catch&Release (21).
Activity and best time to post
r/ThriftStoreHauls gets about 55 new posts a day. The public archive holds 339,911 posts and 3,384,000 comments in total, about 10.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (67 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (40). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/ThriftStoreHauls
The moderators of r/ThriftStoreHauls list 10 rules. In short:
- Post titles/Information seeking/pricing/authentication
- What type of haul is okay to post?
- Image posting guidelines
- No faces
- No buying/selling
- Text posting guidelines
- no eBay / marketplace / social media links
- No promotion of items / services / social media
- Do not make multiple posts in a short timespan
- Toxic behavior will not be tolerated
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/ThriftStoreHauls 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/ThriftStoreHauls have?
r/ThriftStoreHauls has 4,155,385 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #227 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 8,448 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/ThriftStoreHauls?
r/ThriftStoreHauls was created on Aug 5, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/ThriftStoreHauls?
Very active: r/ThriftStoreHauls gets about 55 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 339,911 posts and 3,384,000 comments. In a sample of 351 recent posts we counted 294 different authors.
When is r/ThriftStoreHauls most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/ThriftStoreHauls about?
The community describes itself as: “A forum dedicated to sharing your thrift finds. Garage sales, flea markets, pawn shops, and more are all allowed. Come join our community and share your passion for the hunt with like-minded people!” Recent post titles often mention found, vintage, finds, thrift and haul. Most posts are galleries (55%).
Is r/ThriftStoreHauls safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/ThriftStoreHauls as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/ThriftStoreHauls?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/ThriftStoreHauls accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Post titles/Information seeking/pricing/authentication”; “What type of haul is okay to post?”; “Image posting guidelines”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/ThriftStoreHauls?
Communities with similar topics include r/frugalmalefashion (3.2M), r/tifu (19M), r/todayilearned (41.7M), r/rareinsults (3.1M) and r/Futurology (21.7M).
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/ThriftStoreHauls.