About r/homestead
In its own words:
Ponds, barns, livestock, gardens, food preservation, fishing, hunting, tractors, pigs, chickens, cattle, worms, 4H, permaculture, organic, grazing, canning, aquaculture, trees, woodland, farmers, agriculture, agronomy, horticulture, wwoofers, bees, honey, wildcrafting, dairy, goats, nuts, berries, vegetables, sustainability, off grid, wood stoves, chainsaws, wood heat, tools, welding, green woodworking, farmers markets, composting toilets, straw bale homes, cob building...
Community guide
r/homestead (#282, about 3.6 million) covers homesteading topics listed in its description (livestock, gardens, preservation, tractors, bees, and more). Catalogue description: Ponds, barns, livestock, gardens, food preservation, fishing, hunting, tractors, pigs, chickens, cattle, worms, 4H, permaculture, organic, grazing, canning, aquaculture, trees, woodland, farmers, agriculture, agronomy, horticulture, wwoofers, bees, honey, wildcrafting, dairy, goa
Fit
On-topic homestead practice talk. Rules: be respectful, use tags, no trolling including no shaming for animal processing. Mixed media (18.7 ppd).
Versus gardening
gardening is plant-focused; homestead’s catalogue text spans animals, processing, and land systems.
Collected rules (titles)
Moderation themes on file: Keep posts on topic; Be respectful; Use reddit tags when you can!; No trolling (this inlcudes no shaming for animal processing). See Reddit for full text.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Dec 21, 2010, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,022 subscribers (+0.03%). It sits just behind r/horror (#281) and ahead of r/HealthyFood (#283) in our ranking.
What sets r/homestead apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 5.5× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/homestead went up from 3,542,065 to 3,551,699 subscribers (+9.6K, +0.27%). That is about 219 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/homestead this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 2, 2026).
- Root Cellaru/FrostyDuck420 · Oct 28 · gallery
- Sent my first goat to the butcher today. Mixed feelings.u/Equivalent-Piece-675 · Oct 27 · image
- Rescuing a neglected root cellar.u/stella-danger · Nov 1 · gallery
- This rock jack design looks great for my rocky hillsides!u/andaugb · Oct 31 · video
- Dogs on the homestead?u/SwimSufficient8901 · Oct 26 · gallery
- Finally finished blocking and grout filling our root cellar (5 months of DIY labor)u/xenxes · Oct 28 · image
- Found this in the garden. Animal droppings or plant seeds? Please help me identify. Thanks!u/Pi-Sigma · Oct 29 · image
- I've been collecting the last of my harvest from my little garden today before it gets ruined by the cold weather. I've also collected seeds for next year, started fermenting chillies to make sauce, …u/Express_Classic_1569 · Oct 29 · gallery
- Sauerkraut molding, No Idea whyu/promised0N3 · Oct 28 · image
- They have no fear.u/GraffyWood · Oct 27 · video
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/homestead, from 2018 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Karasu defended the flock from a hawk today.u/JayDubMaxey · Oct 18, 2026 · gallery
- Pulled these out during the carrot harvest.u/I_AM_MEAT15 · Nov 27, 2024 · image
- [Land] 30 years farming family land. Finally bought my own place an hour from anyone I know. 2 divorces, raised 5 kids, and saw 2 parents through Alzheimers. At 47 I finally get to live my own life. …u/jdrufus · Jul 14, 2019 · 14,999 points · 476 comments · image
- The cellaru/Professional-Oil1537 · Nov 13, 2025 · gallery
- My good friend bought camels on an online auction and they arrived last night. We live in Canadau/cowskeeper · Aug 20, 2024 · video
- Looking for a man to relocate to TN and start a mildly feral domesticated life togetheru/One-Crew-7642 · Feb 27, 2026 · text post
- Went to close the chicken coop door last night and saw a cat insideu/Marimba-Rhythm · Jan 31, 2026 · image
- Behold: My bountiful harvestu/existential_choir · Mar 20, 2025 · image
- The cellaru/Professional-Oil1537 · Nov 9, 2024 · gallery
- 4,000 dollar home. Hand sculpted from natural materials. Lived here for five years so far.u/soundandsoil · May 18, 2024 · gallery
What r/homestead talks about
We read the titles of 132 recent posts (Oct 24–Oct 31), the words that come up most are “farm”, “built”, “finally”, “goat” and “free”. Other frequent themes are garden, help, land, harvest, homesteading and food. Recurring phrases include “root cellar”, “herd management”, “canning class” and “finished blocking”. By format, 50% are text posts, 18% are images and 18% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: food preservation (6), animal processing (5), community (4), chickens (3), gardening (3), wood heat (3).
Activity and best time to post
r/homestead gets about 19 new posts a day. The public archive holds 130,976 posts and 1,868,807 comments in total, about 14.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (29 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (12). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/homestead
The moderators of r/homestead list 4 rules. In short:
- Keep posts on topic
- Be respectful
- Use reddit tags when you can!
- No trolling (this inlcudes no shaming for animal processing)
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/homestead 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/homestead have?
r/homestead has 3,551,699 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #282 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 9,634 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/homestead?
r/homestead was created on Dec 21, 2010, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/homestead?
Moderately: r/homestead gets about 19 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 130,976 posts and 1,868,807 comments. In a sample of 132 recent posts we counted 121 different authors.
When is r/homestead most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 24, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/homestead about?
The community describes itself as: “Ponds, barns, livestock, gardens, food preservation, fishing, hunting, tractors, pigs, chickens, cattle, worms, 4H, permaculture, organic, grazing, canning, aquaculture, trees, woodland, farmers, agriculture, agronomy, …” Recent post titles often mention farm, built, finally, goat and free. Most posts are text posts (50%).
Is r/homestead safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/homestead as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/homestead?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/homestead accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “Keep posts on topic”; “Be respectful”; “Use reddit tags when you can!”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/homestead?
Communities with similar topics include r/gardening (9M), r/StardewValley (3.3M), r/Fishing (3.1M), r/LifeProTips (23.1M) and r/woodworking (6.2M).
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/homestead.