About r/acne
In its own words:
A subreddit for discussing acne and how to best treat it.
Community guide
r/acne (#619, about 1.7 million subscribers) — A subreddit for discussing acne and how to best treat it. A recent sample averaged 41 posts a day (~41% gallery, ~37% text, ~22% image). Its public rules include: Please follow reddiquette.; All posts must be acne-related. All posts must be at least 48 hours apart.; Safety first. No suggestions or discussions of edible/consumable supplements, vitamins, herbs, etc.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps. This is not positioned as a tech-support desk; troubleshooting belongs in dedicated help communities. Medical advice requests are out of scope; seek qualified help rather than crowd diagnoses.
How it differs from lookalikes
If you need install/fix help, prefer a support-oriented sub; keep this room for news, opinion, and on-topic discussion flagged by its rules. The length of the public rule list is itself a signal: skim all of them once before assuming defaults from similar communities.
Practical pointers
Read the current sidebar/rules on Reddit before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Help - General, Routine Help, Product Question, Product Request.
The community was created on Jan 31, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 212 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/pregnant (#619) and ahead of r/thalassophobia (#621) in our ranking.
What sets r/acne apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 4.1 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 5.3× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/acne climbed from 1,745,668 to 1,747,482 subscribers (+1.8K, +0.10%). That is about 36 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/acne this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- How I finally got rid of my acneu/mlvvr · Nov 3 · gallery
- Awful breakouts ruining my mental health. Don’t even like to go outside or work anymore. It’s making life 10000x harderu/FlanCreative8365 · Nov 1 · gallery
- why does my acne look better like my face looks clear after going to a resort and getting sunburnedu/Vegetable-Rent6235 · Nov 6 · text post
- My acne the second I decide to indulge in a sugary sweet treatu/burntcravemax · Nov 5 · image
- Any advice I am strugling now for 2 yearsu/Apart-List8509 · Nov 4 · gallery
- Finally healed my Acneu/Sorry-Street-6374 · Nov 5 · gallery
- Hi!! I just wanna share my journey having acneu/corpse_ye · Nov 2 · gallery
- People who point out your acneu/Mission_Razzmatazz10 · Nov 1 · text post
- TRY PANOXYL IF YOU FEEL YOUVE GIVEN UP🙏u/ProfessionalOk8647 · Nov 6 · gallery
- i’ve been on accutane 3 times… idk what else to do.u/Alarming-Cicada6663 · Nov 5 · gallery
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/acne, from 2019 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- Some people asked for an update on my last post, so here's a comparison photo from 2018 and today. (25.10.2018 - 8.2.2020)u/MaxRoos · Feb 8, 2020 · 1,520 points · 141 comments · image
- Full Time Lapse Of 6 Month Accutane Treatment (20/40/40/40/40/40mg) Long And Difficult Journey, But Absolutely Worth It!u/Lukeyy1 · May 12, 2022 · 1,622 points · 90 comments · video
- Can I get an amen?u/TsundereMagikarp · Jan 29, 2021 · image
- Yesterday, I took my last pill of accutane ever.u/rileydorman · Jun 22, 2019 · 1,373 points · 90 comments · image
- 4 years ago I emailed myself pictures of my face, labelled "In case a transformation happens". And it happened. To those suffering as I did, there is light at the end of the tunnel.u/thesavagebean · Oct 23, 2022 · 1,317 points · 77 comments · gallery
- bilateralu/strd11 · Jun 26, 2020 · image
- after 6 months on Isotretinoinu/PrimeCreatives · Apr 3, 2021 · gallery
- End my suffering...u/lokikokii · Sep 1, 2020 · image
- March 2020 to December 2020!!! Be patient with your skin, healing will come!!u/emma21480 · Dec 1, 2020 · image
- Accurateu/e-davina · Jun 10, 2019 · 988 points · 11 comments · image
What r/acne talks about
Looking at the titles of 263 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “help”, “skin”, “rid”, “accutane” and “adapalene”. Other frequent themes are concerns, advice, differin, sudden, forehead and pimple. Recurring phrases include “textured skin”, “closed comedones”, “prescribed differin” and “feel insecure”. By format, 41% are galleries, 37% are text posts and 22% are images.
Popular post flairs: Help - General (185), Routine Help (20), Product Question (12), Product Request (9), Success Story (8), Rant (8).
Activity and best time to post
r/acne gets about 41 new posts a day. The public archive holds 204,792 posts and 845,697 comments in total, about 4.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (44 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (25). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/acne
The moderators of r/acne list 14 rules. In short:
- Please follow reddiquette.
- All posts must be acne-related. All posts must be at least 48 hours apart.
- Safety first. No suggestions or discussions of edible/consumable supplements, vitamins, herbs, etc.
- r/acne supports a scientific and evidence-based approach to treatment.
- No fearmongering, chemical bashing, DIY, natural/holistic remedies, folk remedies, etc.
- No links, promotions, blogs, affiliate links, videos, surveys, polls, etc.
- r/acne is not a substitute for a professional.
- Do not ask for diagnoses and do not provide diagnoses.
- Do not discuss DIY medical procedures.
- Safety first. Do not discuss how to obtain an Rx product without a prescription or doctor.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/acne 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/acne have?
r/acne has 1,747,482 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #620 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,814 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/acne?
r/acne was created on Jan 31, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Sep 6, 2009.
How active is r/acne?
Very active: r/acne gets about 41 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 204,792 posts and 845,697 comments. In a sample of 263 recent posts we counted 235 different authors.
When is r/acne most active?
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 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/acne about?
The community describes itself as: “A subreddit for discussing acne and how to best treat it.” Recent post titles often mention help, skin, rid, accutane and adapalene. Most posts are galleries (41%).
Is r/acne safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/acne as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/acne?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/acne accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 14 posted rules, starting with: “Please follow reddiquette.”; “All posts must be acne-related. All posts must be at least 48 hours apart.”; “Safety first. No suggestions or discussions of edible/consumable supplements, vitamins, herbs, etc.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/acne?
Communities with similar topics include r/Skincare_Addiction (2M), r/SkincareAddiction (5M), r/30PlusSkinCare (2.5M) and r/SkincareAddicts (1.2M).
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/acne.