About r/lifehacks
In its own words:
Lifehacks: Uncommon solutions to common problems.
The community was created on Jun 21, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 1,920 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/creepy (#58) and ahead of r/travel (#60) in our ranking.
What sets r/lifehacks apart
Compared with other large communities, r/lifehacks leans heavily on text posts (44% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%). Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.3 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/lifehacks went up from 14,600,623 to 14,610,407 subscribers (+9.8K, +0.07%). That is about 245 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/lifehacks, from 2018 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- I turned 72 todayu/DaCmanLou · Mar 17, 2024 · text post
- Save your life hack: Do this if you’ve fallen through thin iceNov 7, 2023 · video
- Using Google Sheets to translate batches of words. Great for language learning.u/mk4rim · Apr 1, 2019 · 88,074 points · 989 comments · video
- Get the full value out of lotion bottlesu/finthun · May 20, 2025 · video
- A knot that allows you to carry things using a ropeu/No-Lock216 · Mar 26, 2025 · video
- How to keep the seat next to you empty.u/esberat · Aug 21, 2022 · 73,316 points · 1,649 comments · video
- Wearing a face mask for an extended period of time. Sew a button to a headband to keep from destroying your ears.u/daito- · Mar 26, 2020 · 72,755 points · 842 comments · image
- You can connect two ziplock bags by flipping one inside out to make a larger oneu/Vega_128 · Aug 5, 2018 · 67,406 points · 913 comments · image
- Guy casually demonstrates a completely different way to hang up shirtsu/H_G_Bells · Aug 10, 2025 · video
- Actually lifehacksu/mcbuttercup · Feb 25, 2023 · 61,657 points · 1,966 comments · video
What r/lifehacks talks about
Looking at the titles of 25 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “fit”, “life”, “charging”, “stop” and “double-decker”. Other frequent themes are drawer, modified, standard, two-layer, system and pvc. Recurring phrases include “double-decker drawer”, “standard drawer”, “two-layer system” and “pvc brackets”. By format, 44% are text posts, 24% are images and 24% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Removed: Not A Lifehack (5), Removed: Wrong Subreddit (5), Removed: Medical Advice (1), Removed: Product used for its purpose (1), Removed: Frequently Posted (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/lifehacks gets about 4.9 new posts a day. The public archive holds 149,574 posts and 2,422,572 comments in total, about 16.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (8 posts) and the quietest was Friday (2). Posting peaks around 21:00 UTC and is lowest around 00:00 UTC.
Rules of r/lifehacks
The moderators of r/lifehacks list 10 rules. In short:
- No requests for, or offers of, medical advice
- No self-improvement tips
- No food tips
- No software tips
- No commercial products with a specific purpose
- No Polls/Surveys
- No Life Pro-Tips
- No memes, image macros, plain-text image posts
- No tips for problems which affect only 1 in a million people
- No Amazon links
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/lifehacks 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 subscribers does r/lifehacks have?
r/lifehacks has 14,610,407 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #59 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 9,784 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
When was r/lifehacks created?
r/lifehacks was created on Jun 21, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/lifehacks still active?
Yes. r/lifehacks gets about 4.9 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 149,574 posts and 2,422,572 comments.
What is the best time to post in r/lifehacks?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 21:00 UTC, with the fewest around 00:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/lifehacks?
The community describes itself as: “Lifehacks: Uncommon solutions to common problems.” Recent post titles often mention fit, life, charging, stop and double-decker. Most posts are text posts (44%).
Is r/lifehacks SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/lifehacks as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/lifehacks?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/lifehacks accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “No requests for, or offers of, medical advice”; “No self-improvement tips”; “No food tips”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/lifehacks?
Communities with similar topics include r/techsupport (3.5M), r/Fitness (12.6M), r/AskReddit (60M), r/Jokes (30.4M) and r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 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/lifehacks.