r/curlyhair on SubMouse

About r/curlyhair

In its own words:

For all natural curlies, coilies, and wavies! All hair is good hair. Find help with your hair: product recommendations, technique advice...anything to help embrace your natural texture!

Community guide

r/curlyhair (#746, about 1.4 million subscribers) — For all natural curlies, coilies, and wavies! All hair is good hair. Find help with your hair: product recommendations, technique advice..anything to help embrace your natural texture! A recent sample averaged 42 posts a day (~45% gallery, ~28% text, ~25% image). Its public rules include: Routine required for photo posts (within 1 hour); Content must relate to curly hair; Reddiquette; No sexual/creepy/harassing comments; Include everybody. 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 channel or shop. Civility/anti-harassment rules apply; 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. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.

Practical pointers

Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Help!, Hair Victory!, Discussion, Before & After.

The community was created on Dec 9, 2011, which makes it 14 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 630 subscribers (+0.04%). Among the 11 communities on our haircare list it is number 2 by size. It sits just behind r/SingleParents (#745) and ahead of r/PraiseTheCameraMan (#747) in our ranking.

What sets r/curlyhair apart

Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (21:00 UTC) sees about 6.3× as many posts as the quietest (03:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/curlyhair went up from 1,418,267 to 1,423,109 subscribers (+4.8K, +0.34%). That is about 95 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/curlyhair, from 2017 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.

Some child with cancer is about to have a FABULOUS head of curly hair!May 23, 2020 · image
I've been wearing my hair like the photo on the left for the majority of my life. I recently met someone who has encouraged me to embrace my inner curly girl!u/carameldrizzle_ · Apr 8, 2019 · 27,593 points · 508 comments · image
Goodbye for now, Curly Hair Reddit! My hair started falling out due to chemo treatment for lymphoma so I decided to shave it! I'll see you in a few months when it starts growing back, possibly curlie…u/hellsquid1 · Jan 18, 2020 · 27,354 points · 673 comments · image
3 years of hair growth later (plus some other changes 😉)u/EricaGrace · Mar 16, 2020 · 26,359 points · 1,499 comments · image
Been wanting short hair for years now but was told it wouldn’t suit my hair type or face shape...10 inches gone & I absolutely love it!u/hunnimoon · Sep 14, 2018 · 23,080 points · 868 comments · image
Post-chemo curly hair growth!u/_lukewarm_milk · Jul 10, 2020 · image
I Shaved my head bald 9 months ago after having chemically relaxed hair for 15 years! At 20 years old I’m experiencing my natural hair type for the first time. Im experiencing a whole new part of me …u/lexi1pax · Oct 20, 2017 · 22,175 points · 929 comments · image
A year and a half after my cancer treatment, I finally have my curls back!u/curvymonkeygirl · Feb 21, 2020 · 20,674 points · 188 comments · image
My 10 year curly glow up - from not even knowing I had curls to finding myself.u/Dial-A-Song · Nov 25, 2019 · 20,582 points · 727 comments · image
Guys my wedding curls were freaking popping! Was so nervous cause I did it myself but loved it.u/NaturalQueer · Jul 29, 2019 · 20,144 points · 492 comments · image

What r/curlyhair talks about

Looking at the titles of 262 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “hair”, “help”, “curls”, “curly” and “routine”. Other frequent themes are products, curl, dry, good, advice and haircut. Recurring phrases include “curly hair”, “low porosity”, “hair routine” and “fine hair”. By format, 45% are galleries, 28% are text posts and 25% are images.

hair 100
help 54
curls 38
curly 37
routine 26
products 19
curl 18
dry 15
good 12
advice 10
haircut 9
frizz 9
finally 9
tips 8
gel 8
looking 8
tried 8
suggestions 8

Popular post flairs: Help! (199), Hair Victory! (23), Discussion (21), Before & After (8), ISO (6), Update! (3).

Activity and best time to post

r/curlyhair gets about 42 new posts a day. The public archive holds 346,809 posts and 2,590,853 comments in total, about 7.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (54 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (27). Posting peaks around 21:00 UTC and is lowest around 03:00 UTC.

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026

Galleries 45%Text posts 28%Images 25%Videos 2%

Rules of r/curlyhair

The moderators of r/curlyhair list 8 rules. In short:

Routine required for photo posts (within 1 hour)
Content must relate to curly hair
Reddiquette
No sexual/creepy/harassing comments
Include everybody
Respect cultural terms
No self-promotion/for-profit activity
Do not privately message users

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/curlyhair 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 big is r/curlyhair?

r/curlyhair has 1,423,109 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #746 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,842 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

When was r/curlyhair created?

r/curlyhair was created on Dec 9, 2011, so it has been around for 14 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 19, 2012.

Is r/curlyhair still active?

Yes. r/curlyhair gets about 42 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 346,809 posts and 2,590,853 comments. In a sample of 262 recent posts we counted 216 different authors.

What is the best time to post in r/curlyhair?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 21:00 UTC, with the fewest around 03:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What kind of posts are on r/curlyhair?

The community describes itself as: “For all natural curlies, coilies, and wavies! All hair is good hair. Find help with your hair: product recommendations, technique advice...anything to help embrace your natural texture!” Recent post titles often mention hair, help, curls, curly and routine. Most posts are galleries (45%).

Is r/curlyhair SFW?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/curlyhair as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

What are the rules of r/curlyhair?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/curlyhair accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Routine required for photo posts (within 1 hour)”; “Content must relate to curly hair”; “Reddiquette”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

What subreddits are similar to r/curlyhair?

Communities with similar topics include r/Hair (4.5M).

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/curlyhair.

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