About r/WeightLossAdvice
In its own words:
For healthy living.
The community was created on Apr 9, 2014, which makes it 12 years old. Among the 9 communities on our weight loss list it is number 2 by size.
What sets r/WeightLossAdvice apart
Compared with other large communities, r/WeightLossAdvice leans heavily on text posts (100% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%). r/WeightLossAdvice is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 6.5 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 16.2. For its size it is unusually busy: about 107.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 100% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (23:00 UTC) sees about 3.1× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
What r/WeightLossAdvice talks about
We read the titles of 327 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “weight”, “loss”, “lose”, “advice” and “help”. Other frequent themes are losing, calorie, eating, fat, deficit and lost. Recurring phrases include “weight loss”, “lose weight”, “losing weight” and “calorie deficit”. By format, 100% are text posts and 0% are links.
Popular post flairs: Advice: Seeking ❓ (263), Discussion/Support 💬 (26), Advice: Giving 💡 (14), Mental Health 🧠 (8), Meal / Recipe 🍽️ (7), Check-in / Accountability 🗓️ (5).
Activity and best time to post
r/WeightLossAdvice gets about 51 new posts a day. The public archive holds 246,774 posts and 1,605,600 comments in total, about 6.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (57 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (34). Posting peaks around 23:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/WeightLossAdvice
The moderators of r/WeightLossAdvice list 5 rules. In short:
- No advertisements, promotions, or surveys
- Legitimate advice
- Only friendly advice
- Healthy advice
- Posts must contain a question or advice
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/WeightLossAdvice 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 members does r/WeightLossAdvice have?
r/WeightLossAdvice has 472,054 subscribers.
When was r/WeightLossAdvice created?
r/WeightLossAdvice was created on Apr 9, 2014, so it has been around for 12 years.
Is r/WeightLossAdvice still active?
Yes. r/WeightLossAdvice gets about 51 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 246,774 posts and 1,605,600 comments. In a sample of 327 recent posts we counted 302 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/WeightLossAdvice?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 23:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/WeightLossAdvice?
The community describes itself as: “For healthy living.” Recent post titles often mention weight, loss, lose, advice and help. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/WeightLossAdvice SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/WeightLossAdvice as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/WeightLossAdvice?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/WeightLossAdvice accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “No advertisements, promotions, or surveys”; “Legitimate advice”; “Only friendly advice”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/WeightLossAdvice?
Communities with similar topics include r/Fitness (12.6M), r/EatCheapAndHealthy (11.5M), r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M), r/pcmasterrace (16.4M) and r/travel (14.5M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 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/WeightLossAdvice.