About r/hiking
In its own words:
The hikers' subreddit.
Community guide
r/hiking (#411, about 2.7 million) is the hikers' subreddit.. Collected rules cover Links to Blogs, articles, and/or surveys are not allowed; Pictures or video of must include the location of the hike; Any type of self-promotion is not allowed; Must be Original Content. Sample ~43.5 ppd (278 posts). Sample mix: gallery:116, text:92, image:37, video:26.
Fit
Hiking content with mandatory location on picture/video posts, OC only, no blog/article/survey links, no self-promo. Mixed galleries/text (43.5 ppd).
Versus CampingandHiking
CampingandHiking requires overnight backpacking combo; hiking is broader trail activity with a location-in-media rule.
Collected rules (titles)
Moderation themes on file: Links to Blogs, articles, and/or surveys are not allowed; Pictures or video of must include the location of the hike; Any type of self-promotion is not allowed; Must be Original Content. See Reddit for full text.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Oct 13, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,731 subscribers (+0.10%). It sits just behind r/VALORANT (#410) and ahead of r/PixelArt (#412) in our ranking.
What sets r/hiking apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 6.5 comments per post, against 13.6 for a typical large subreddit. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.77% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 92% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (12:00 UTC) sees about 4.5× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/hiking went up from 2,682,871 to 2,703,479 subscribers (+20.6K, +0.77%). That is about 468 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/hiking this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 2, 2026).
- Hiking the Mullerthal Trail in Luxembourg 🇱🇺u/lenalvsttrvl · Oct 30 · gallery
- October hikes in Pongau, Austria. Sun and snowu/viennaCo · Oct 27 · gallery
- Hiking in Oman - Jebel Shams & Wadi Shabu/goldy-000 · Oct 26 · gallery
- Saxon Switzerland Mountainsu/mlemcat11 · Oct 27 · gallery
- hike in Saxon Switzerland 🍂u/Illustrious-Fee-3525 · Oct 29 · gallery
- Bodies found of the two missing Colorado college students that went missing while hiking West Apostle Mountainu/3_pac · Oct 29 · link
- Autumn in Julian Alps 🍂🇸🇮u/Maki9 · Nov 1 · gallery
- Chamonix, France today - dreamy conditionsu/ledessert · Oct 31 · gallery
- Hiking Bryce Canyon and Zionu/cswann89 · Nov 1 · gallery
- Hiking in Zinal, Switzerlandu/Bright_Extension_189 · Oct 28 · gallery
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/hiking, from 2017 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- My cousin Ling attempted to hike Mount Whitney last Wednesday and has not been heard from since. Please help spread the word in case anyone anywhere saw him during his hike! Mount Whitney, Sequoia Na…u/Lazyregenesis · Jun 17, 2019 · 30,438 points · 409 comments · image
- So glad my mom convinced me to get outside and hike over a year ago now.u/Chumpcinco · Aug 17, 2018 · 25,100 points · 728 comments · image
- I walked from Mexico to Canada on the Continental Divide Trail, United StatesOct 13, 2024 · gallery
- Two years of hiking in California in nine picturesu/T3541 · Jun 28, 2026 · gallery
- This guy lugged up dry ice and boxes of ice cream sandwiches to give out to passing hikers. Huron Peak, Colorado, USAu/Callme-risley · Sep 1, 2025 · image
- 70th birthday hikeu/SarumanTheSauropod · Sep 20, 2026 · gallery
- Everywhere, United States.u/ayolevo · Aug 19, 2022 · 10,482 points · 103 comments · image
- First hike since I was a kid. Didn’t reach the top of the mountain but I’m gonna keep coming back til I do! (Kennesaw mountain, Georgia)u/Zxnchy · Sep 22, 2024 · gallery
- I build and modify equipment to allow me to hike on my hands. Here is my latest development: a butt pad to get me out of the mud and rocks, as well as forearm crutches to keep my joints aligned prope…u/FestoonedDubloon · Mar 31, 2021 · video
- Patagonia to sue Trump for shrinking national monumentsu/stupidstupidreddit · Dec 5, 2017 · 9,929 points · 536 comments · link
What r/hiking talks about
Looking at the titles of 278 recent posts (Oct 24–Oct 31), the words that come up most are “hike”, “trail”, “usa”, “trek” and “park”. Other frequent themes are lake, mountain, hikes, national, china and advice. Recurring phrases include “national park”, “base camp”, “harpers ferry” and “virginia usa”. By format, 42% are galleries, 33% are text posts and 13% are images.
Popular post flairs: Pictures (141), Question (56), Discussion (15), Video (9), Trail Rec (4), Link (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/hiking gets about 44 new posts a day. The public archive holds 232,409 posts and 1,520,659 comments in total, about 6.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (51 posts) and the quietest was Friday (31). Posting peaks around 12:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/hiking
The moderators of r/hiking list 4 rules. In short:
- Links to Blogs, articles, and/or surveys are not allowed
- Pictures or video of must include the location of the hike
- Any type of self-promotion is not allowed
- Must be Original Content
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/hiking 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/hiking have?
r/hiking has 2,703,479 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #411 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 20,608 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/hiking created?
r/hiking was created on Oct 13, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years.
Is r/hiking still active?
Yes. r/hiking gets about 44 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 232,409 posts and 1,520,659 comments. In a sample of 278 recent posts we counted 222 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/hiking?
Based on post counts from Oct 24, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 12:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/hiking?
The community describes itself as: “The hikers' subreddit.” Recent post titles often mention hike, trail, usa, trek and park. Most posts are galleries (42%).
Is r/hiking SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/hiking as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/hiking?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/hiking accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “Links to Blogs, articles, and/or surveys are not allowed”; “Pictures or video of must include the location of the hike”; “Any type of self-promotion is not allowed”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/hiking?
Communities with similar topics include r/CampingandHiking (2.8M), r/camping (5.6M), r/interestingasfuck (16.9M), r/Outdoors (5.1M) and r/pics (33.6M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 2, 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/hiking.