About r/beauty
In its own words:
A place for beauty-related discussions, questions, and advice.
Community guide
r/beauty (#593, about 1.9 million subscribers) — A place for beauty-related discussions, questions, and advice. A recent sample averaged 21 posts a day (~61% text, ~22% gallery, ~16% image). Its public rules include: High quality on-topic posts ONLY.; NO SPAM.; Self posts, pictures, and videos are allowed as long as they're your own content.; NO PORN.; Harassment of other users and mods can get you banned. Permanently. It is listed under “Lifestyles”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and advertising are tightly limited—read those rules before linking your own channel, shop, or site. Civility and anti-harassment rules are explicit; personal attacks get you removed regardless of how right you think you are.
How it differs from lookalikes
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: Seeking Advice, Haircare, Discussion, Makeup.
The community was created on Aug 19, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 663 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/MemeEconomy (#592) and ahead of r/chess (#594) in our ranking.
What sets r/beauty apart
r/beauty is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.0 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.0. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (15:00 UTC) sees about 12.0× as many posts as the quietest (09:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/beauty grew from 1,855,420 to 1,860,451 subscribers (+5K, +0.27%). That is about 99 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/beauty this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Proud of my application recentlyu/Common-Midnight-4788 · Nov 6 · image
- Is there a similar shade to this or more eyeshadows like this?u/RideRevolutionary417 · Nov 7 · gallery
- Best moisturizing hair mask for dry bleached hair? Any holy grail product recs for bleached hair?u/CardiologistStill697 · Nov 2 · gallery
- Permanent hair removal and cause of skin issuesu/lollollolly11 · Nov 3 · gallery
- How can I fix my complexionu/roxygirlrox4 · Nov 5 · gallery
- Has anyone with *long term* bikini line razor burn fixed it?u/wearentalldudes · Nov 1 · text post
- Suggest some remedies for chapped lips ?u/Luna-_-Luna · Nov 2 · text post
- Does anyone have this similar issue?u/Archie__reddit · Nov 4 · text post
- hair color advice pls!u/CapableEmphasis3594 · Nov 3 · gallery
- What’s a random makeup combo you discovered that actually works really well?u/Miserable-Success151 · Nov 5 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/beauty, from 2022 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- How do Ariana Grandes eyebrows move without wrinkling her face?u/Am-I-There-Yet-19 · Dec 1, 2024 · image
- The Best & Worst Skincare Products (review)u/Valuable-Moment973 · Feb 3, 2025 · gallery
- Am I the only one who's been creeped out by how beauty standards evolve over time?u/sincere_seeker · Jan 18, 2025 · text post
- Are my outfits inappropriate and attention seeking ?u/Valuable-Kitchen9395 · Dec 31, 2024 · gallery
- How do you deal with hating your own creation?u/Important_Lie9994 · Mar 26, 2025 · gallery
- how in gods name do some women look SO polished and clean?u/Signal-Diver3513 · May 11, 2025 · image
- A warning about tanning, a reality checku/PewManFuStudios · Jul 3, 2025 · image
- Let me deinfluence you (from a former lip balm hoarder)u/deeerlea · Jul 1, 2025 · image
- What do I need to do to reek of vanillaDec 18, 2024 · text post
- Pregnancy absolutely destroyed my tummy, This is 3 years after giving birth. Anything I can do to improve it 😭😭u/Opposite-Calendar · Aug 29, 2024 · image
What r/beauty talks about
We read the titles of 134 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “hair”, “help”, “skin”, “lash” and “body”. Other frequent themes are face, makeup, lip, serum, dry and looking. Recurring phrases include “lash serum”, “blue contacts”, “face fat” and “eyelash lift”. By format, 61% are text posts, 22% are galleries and 16% are images.
Popular post flairs: Seeking Advice (50), Haircare (11), Discussion (10), Makeup (8), Random (4), Fragrance (3).
Activity and best time to post
r/beauty gets about 21 new posts a day. The public archive holds 396,422 posts and 1,996,379 comments in total, about 5.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (26 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (13). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 09:00 UTC.
Rules of r/beauty
The moderators of r/beauty list 6 rules. In short:
- High quality on-topic posts ONLY.
- NO SPAM.
- Self posts, pictures, and videos are allowed as long as they're your own content.
- NO PORN.
- Harassment of other users and mods can get you banned. Permanently.
- Moderator discretion.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/beauty 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/beauty have?
r/beauty has 1,860,451 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #593 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,031 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/beauty created?
r/beauty was created on Aug 19, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Aug 26, 2008.
Is r/beauty still active?
Yes. r/beauty gets about 21 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 396,422 posts and 1,996,379 comments. In a sample of 134 recent posts we counted 125 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/beauty?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 09:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/beauty?
The community describes itself as: “A place for beauty-related discussions, questions, and advice.” Recent post titles often mention hair, help, skin, lash and body. Most posts are text posts (61%).
Is r/beauty SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/beauty as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/beauty?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/beauty accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “High quality on-topic posts ONLY.”; “NO SPAM.”; “Self posts, pictures, and videos are allowed as long as they're your own content.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/beauty?
Communities with similar topics include r/AsianBeauty (3.8M), r/BeautyGuruChatter (3.1M), r/Advice (3.2M), r/Skincare_Addiction (2M) 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/beauty.