About r/crafts
In its own words:
r/crafts is for sharing crafts or questions on how to do something crafty. It is NOT for anything promotional. This includes but is not limited to the following: Asking where to buy something Selling something Asking for advise on growing a business or following Sharing social media Sharing commissions or work for clients You are welcome to share anything you have made, from simple beginner works to complex works that are only made possible from years of experience. Please read our rules. Thanks
Community guide
r/crafts (#383, about 2.9 million) is for sharing crafts or how-to craft questions—not shop links, commissions, or business growth advice. Rules push promo into a monthly shop thread, ban video-as-post and craft-fair posts, limit posting to once/24h, and confine memes to Meme Monday. Gallery-heavy (~47.7 ppd).
Made things and how-tos
Finished Craft / WIP / How-do-I flairs fit; “would you buy this?” and client-commission flexes do not.
Anti-promo defaults
Shop, social, and promo links belong in the monthly shop thread; blogs only if they’re free tutorials; no buy/sell.
Practical pointers
Flair appropriately (including sensitive/NSFW when needed); keep craft-adjacent chat in the weekly thread.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 28, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,372 subscribers (+0.05%). It sits just behind r/trashy (#382) and ahead of r/humor (#384) in our ranking.
What sets r/crafts apart
r/crafts is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.8 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.6. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (19:00 UTC) sees about 8.0× as many posts as the quietest (07:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/crafts grew from 2,900,498 to 2,910,783 subscribers (+10.3K, +0.35%). That is about 234 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/crafts talks about
Across 326 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “halloween”, “ideas”, “paper”, “costume” and “help”. Other frequent themes are craft, painted, finished, pumpkin, handmade and making. Recurring phrases include “happy halloween”, “autumn leaves”, “stained glass” and “handmade wooden”. By format, 50% are galleries, 29% are images and 14% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Finished Craft I Made (182), Discussion (58), Holiday/Seasonal Craft (28), Work in Progress (22), How-do-I Tuesday (17), Gift Inspiration Please! (4).
Activity and best time to post
r/crafts gets about 48 new posts a day. The public archive holds 267,748 posts and 1,558,203 comments in total, about 5.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (59 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (40). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/crafts
The moderators of r/crafts list 13 rules. In short:
- Be kind and remember the human.
- Do not post shop, social media, or promotion info/links outside of the monthly shop thread.
- Blogs aren't allowed unless it's a free tutorial
- Limit posting to only once every 24 hours
- No Craft Fair Posts
- Video links are not allowed as their own post.
- Any poster that is considered "low effort" will be removed.
- Keep all craft adjacent chat in the 'Craft Adjacent Chat' weekly post.
- We are not a buy and sell subreddit
- Tag your post with the appropriate flair. Sensitive Content flairs must also be tagged NSFW.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/crafts 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/crafts have?
r/crafts has 2,910,783 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #383 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 10,285 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/crafts created?
r/crafts was created on Jun 28, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.
Is r/crafts still active?
Yes. r/crafts gets about 48 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 267,748 posts and 1,558,203 comments. In a sample of 326 recent posts we counted 303 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/crafts?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/crafts?
The community describes itself as: “r/crafts is for sharing crafts or questions on how to do something crafty. It is NOT for anything promotional. This includes but is not limited to the following: Asking where to buy something Selling something Asking fo…” Recent post titles often mention halloween, ideas, paper, costume and help. Most posts are galleries (50%).
Is r/crafts SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/crafts as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/crafts?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/crafts accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 13 posted rules, starting with: “Be kind and remember the human.”; “Do not post shop, social media, or promotion info/links outside of the monthly shop thread.”; “Blogs aren't allowed unless it's a free tutorial”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/crafts?
Communities with similar topics include r/writing (3.4M), r/ArtisanVideos (2.3M), r/somethingimade (3.1M), r/smallbusiness (2.6M) and r/business (2.6M).
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/crafts.