r/homegym on SubMouse

About r/homegym

In its own words:

A subreddit devoted to working out at home.

Community guide

r/homegym (#870, about 1.2 million subscribers) — A subreddit devoted to working out at home. A recent sample averaged 14 posts a day (~37% text, ~30% image, ~28% gallery). Its public rules include: Be respectful and civil; What qualifies as a dedicated post in r/HomeGym?; Buying & selling of equipment and sale links; Advertising, referral links, or self promotion; Please use the search bar and FAQ before posting.

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. Match posts to: Be respectful and civil; What qualifies as a dedicated post in r/HomeGym?; Buying & selling of equipment and sale links; Advertising, referral links, or self promotion.

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: Equipment ⚙, Home Gym Pictures 📷, Other, DIY 🔨.

The community was created on Mar 24, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 587 subscribers (+0.05%). It sits just behind r/bicycling (#869) and ahead of r/Finanzen (#871) in our ranking.

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/homegym went up from 1,215,719 to 1,221,265 subscribers (+5.5K, +0.46%). That is about 109 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/homegym, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

My health has been really bad lately I’m 293 pounds and 24 years old, quit my minimum wage job so I can focus on my health. I am 68 days sober from a major alcohol addiction of 5+ years of binge drin…u/Jonathanak6 · Feb 26, 2021 · image
I made a 10-100 lbs set of dumbbells from scrap metalu/RainfallProjects · Mar 3, 2021 · gallery
Home gym I made for my catu/the_pizzacat · Mar 10, 2021 · image
My custom weight stack decalsu/Diligent-Village-750 · Nov 26, 2024 · gallery
Added a pool to my basement gymu/mediocrity_champion · Jun 26, 2021 · image
Had to say goodbye to my home gym partner yesterday. I love you Strider. Rest in peaceAug 11, 2020 · image
My $0 Home Gymu/darkesttimeline127 · Jan 13, 2025 · gallery
Literally BUILT MY very own gym from the ground up after 2 months of quarantine of 2020 since all the gyms were closed! May-June & took almost 4 weeks to build. I purchased my equipment through diffe…u/The_Hulk_Shed · Jan 19, 2021 · gallery
Delivery driver getting in a few reps with my new dumbbell.u/grbrown85 · Aug 4, 2020 · video
Selling our house. Realtor was scratching his head on our Master Bedroom home gym.u/Ejdhome · Jun 25, 2020 · image

What r/homegym talks about

Looking at the titles of 83 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “gym”, “home”, “rack”, “fitness” and “plates”. Other frequent themes are rogue, bench, adjustable, dumbbells, machine and equipment. Recurring phrases include “home gym”, “adjustable dumbbells”, “garage gym” and “twin fit”. By format, 37% are text posts, 30% are images and 28% are galleries.

gym 23
home 15
rack 4
fitness 4
plates 4
rogue 4
bench 3
adjustable 3
dumbbells 3
machine 3
equipment 3
set 3
start 3
barbell 2
options 2
garage 2
setup 2
rep 2

Popular post flairs: Equipment ⚙ (34), Home Gym Pictures 📷 (26), Other (9), DIY 🔨 (5), Product Review (3), Informative Posts/Guides ℹ (3).

Activity and best time to post

r/homegym gets about 14 new posts a day. The public archive holds 109,919 posts and 1,719,288 comments in total, about 15.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (18 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (7). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.

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

Text posts 37%Images 30%Galleries 28%Videos 5%

Rules of r/homegym

The moderators of r/homegym list 7 rules. In short:

Be respectful and civil
What qualifies as a dedicated post in r/HomeGym?
Buying & selling of equipment and sale links
Advertising, referral links, or self promotion
Please use the search bar and FAQ before posting.
Flags
Company Participation

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/homegym 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/homegym?

r/homegym has 1,221,265 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #870 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,546 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

When was r/homegym created?

r/homegym was created on Mar 24, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.

Is r/homegym still active?

Yes. r/homegym gets about 14 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 109,919 posts and 1,719,288 comments. In a sample of 83 recent posts we counted 74 different authors.

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

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 19:00 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/homegym?

The community describes itself as: “A subreddit devoted to working out at home.” Recent post titles often mention gym, home, rack, fitness and plates. Most posts are text posts (37%).

Is r/homegym SFW?

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

What are the rules of r/homegym?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/homegym accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “Be respectful and civil”; “What qualifies as a dedicated post in r/HomeGym?”; “Buying & selling of equipment and sale links”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

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/homegym.

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