About r/houseplants
In its own words:
A community focused on the discussion, care, and well-being of houseplants!
Community guide
r/houseplants (#357, about 3 million) discusses houseplant care and well-being. Rules require houseplant relevance and civility; ban PII, self-promo, AI content, plant-related crime; “stuff” posts only Saturdays with flair; people photos only Fridays. Gallery/Image (~143.6 ppd).
Living houseplants
Plant care and plant photos fit; AI plant content and plant crime do not.
Friday people / Saturday stuff
Photos of people are Friday-only; “stuff” posts are Saturday-only and must be flaired.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 17, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,793 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/spotify (#356) and ahead of r/beginnerfitness (#359) in our ranking.
What sets r/houseplants apart
r/houseplants is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.8 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 14.0. For its size it is unusually busy: about 47.2 new posts a day per million members, more than 92% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 7.9× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/houseplants went up from 3,024,725 to 3,039,788 subscribers (+15.1K, +0.50%). That is about 342 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/houseplants talks about
We read the titles of 698 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “plant”, “help”, “plants”, “monstera” and “leaves”. Other frequent themes are pothos, advice, cactus, care, grow and leaf. Recurring phrases include “rubber plant”, “spider plant”, “snake plant” and “plant help”. By format, 52% are galleries, 34% are images and 11% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Help (415), Discussion (121), Humor/Fluff (52), Plant ID (41), Before / After - Progress Pics (28), Haul (22).
Activity and best time to post
r/houseplants gets about 140 new posts a day. The public archive holds 971,091 posts and 5,592,029 comments in total, about 5.8 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (143 posts) and the quietest was Friday (121). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/houseplants
The moderators of r/houseplants list 9 rules. In short:
- Posts must be houseplant-related.
- Be civil to each other.
- Do not post personal information.
- No self-promotion
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) content is not allowed
- "Stuff" related posts are only allowed on Saturdays and must be flaired.
- No photos of people except on Fridays.
- No plant-related crime
- OP is a re-post bot
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/houseplants 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/houseplants have?
r/houseplants has 3,039,788 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #357 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 15,063 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/houseplants created?
r/houseplants was created on Jun 17, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jun 20, 2011.
Is r/houseplants still active?
Yes. r/houseplants gets about 140 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 971,091 posts and 5,592,029 comments. In a sample of 698 recent posts we counted 650 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/houseplants?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/houseplants?
The community describes itself as: “A community focused on the discussion, care, and well-being of houseplants!” Recent post titles often mention plant, help, plants, monstera and leaves. Most posts are galleries (52%).
Is r/houseplants SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/houseplants as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/houseplants?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/houseplants accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Posts must be houseplant-related.”; “Be civil to each other.”; “Do not post personal information.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/houseplants?
Communities with similar topics include r/Wellthatsucks (4.6M), r/AnimalsBeingJerks (6.5M), r/productivity (4.3M), r/30PlusSkinCare (2.5M) and r/gardening (9M).
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/houseplants.