About r/beards
In its own words:
Beardsmen! Welcome! We're here to celebrate and show off our glorious beards, in which we dedicate ourselves to the discipline and fine art of engineering.
Community guide
r/beards (#827, about 1.3 million subscribers) — Beardsmen! Welcome! We're here to celebrate and show off our glorious beards, in which we dedicate ourselves to the discipline and fine art of engineering. A recent sample averaged 42 posts a day (~62% image, ~31% gallery, ~5% text). Its public rules include: Follow Reddiquette, Be Civil:; All Individuals Must Be Fully Clothed:; Don’t Post Personal Info:; "Keep or Shave?" Posts Limited to Weekends:; No NSFW Posts and/or Comments:. It is listed under “Lifestyles”.
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. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed.
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. Common flairs include::grinning_face: Casual Post,:thinking_face: Asking for Advice,:gray_grinning_face: Sharing Wisdom,:shushing-face: No DMs, please.
The community was created on Sep 29, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 551 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/Minecraftbuilds (#826) and ahead of r/pasta (#828) in our ranking.
What sets r/beards apart
r/beards is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 62% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 22% across the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (19:00 UTC) sees about 9.0× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/beards climbed from 1,279,391 to 1,283,517 subscribers (+4.1K, +0.32%). That is about 81 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/beards this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- When you build the costume around the beardu/travisdoesmath · Nov 3 · image
- Refreshed beardu/Silver-Whereas-7527 · Nov 5 · gallery
- 38 post workout beardu/Judgernaut_88 · Nov 3 · image
- Fancy beard todayu/AdAnxious2996 · Nov 6 · image
- Happy No Shave November!u/DanCbearded · Nov 3 · image
- Buzz cut and bearded has entered the chat 💪u/DanCbearded · Nov 5 · image
- Fluffy.u/nickc-2299 · Nov 3 · image
- Enjoy the Boat Trip, but not the Salt Wateru/Unlikely_Purple_9767 · Nov 1 · image
- Go short or leave medium length? Maybe grow it longer? Idk 🤦🏻♂️u/Bluecollar_muscle · Nov 7 · image
- Growing back strongu/rorrorrors · Nov 5 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/beards, from 2016 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- I was told that I could be a honorary member since my real beard fell out due to the chemotherapyu/RJB1337 · Mar 27, 2017 · 21,321 points · 533 comments · link
- Upvote this as proof to wife scissors do not belong near my beardu/InfamousJoeG · Sep 6, 2017 · 17,703 points · 529 comments · image
- My bearded dude and I got married today. No cake got on the beards.u/mrguillo · Sep 23, 2017 · 15,622 points · 576 comments · image
- Long Time Looker, First Time Poster.u/Mark-McCool · Jan 5, 2018 · 14,550 points · 376 comments · image
- Me too, thanksu/MeatballzNmarinara · Jun 24, 2017 · 12,763 points · 114 comments · image
- Some people say I've got a pretty Sikh beardu/kulmeetster · Apr 24, 2017 · 12,689 points · 263 comments · image
- Sun shining on my black beard.u/phillybeardo · Mar 16, 2017 · 12,710 points · 460 comments · link
- Noticed a lack of black beards, so here you gou/Mocha_Shakakhan · Dec 20, 2017 · 12,607 points · 217 comments · image
- Celebrating my 3rd yeard with a selfie.u/torklugnutz · Sep 9, 2017 · 11,223 points · 187 comments · link
- It speaks for itself.u/I-AM-Canadian-Eh · Jan 23, 2017 · 11,428 points · 328 comments · link
What r/beards talks about
Looking at the titles of 275 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “beard”, “happy”, “shave”, “halloween” and “grow”. Other frequent themes are advice, good, months, trim, november and selfie. Recurring phrases include “shave november”, “facial hair”, “good morning” and “patchy beard”. By format, 62% are images, 31% are galleries and 5% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: :grinning_face: Casual Post (139), :thinking_face: Asking for Advice (83), :gray_grinning_face: Sharing Wisdom (6), :shushing-face: No DMs, please (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/beards gets about 42 new posts a day. The public archive holds 316,878 posts and 2,544,670 comments in total, about 8.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (44 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (32). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/beards
The moderators of r/beards list 11 rules. In short:
- Follow Reddiquette, Be Civil:
- All Individuals Must Be Fully Clothed:
- Don’t Post Personal Info:
- "Keep or Shave?" Posts Limited to Weekends:
- No NSFW Posts and/or Comments:
- Photos Must Be of Yourselves:
- No Selling Without Being an APPROVED VENDOR:
- No Hate Speech, Religion, or Politics:
- No Trolling, Spamming, or Excessive Self-Promotion:
- Moderators Have Final Discretion:
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/beards 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/beards have?
r/beards has 1,283,517 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #827 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,126 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/beards?
r/beards was created on Sep 29, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/beards?
Very active: r/beards gets about 42 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 316,878 posts and 2,544,670 comments. In a sample of 275 recent posts we counted 222 different authors.
When is r/beards most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/beards about?
The community describes itself as: “Beardsmen! Welcome! We're here to celebrate and show off our glorious beards, in which we dedicate ourselves to the discipline and fine art of engineering.” Recent post titles often mention beard, happy, shave, halloween and grow. Most posts are images (62%).
Is r/beards safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/beards as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/beards?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/beards accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “Follow Reddiquette, Be Civil:”; “All Individuals Must Be Fully Clothed:”; “Don’t Post Personal Info:”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/beards?
Communities with similar topics include r/OffMyChestPH (1.1M).
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/beards.