About r/malegrooming
In its own words:
A community for men’s grooming tips and advice
Community guide
r/malegrooming (#958, about 1.2 million) shares men’s grooming tips and advice—hair, skin, presentation—without NSFW content or facetious trolling advice.
What belongs
Grooming advice posts (about 68 posts/day; galleries common). Rules: limits on self-promo; no hatred/prejudice; no trolling; no facetious advice; no NSFW; grooming-related only.
Versus frugalmalefashion and AskMen
frugalmalefashion is clothes/value; AskMen is broad masculinity Q&A. malegrooming is the hygiene/hair/skin lane.
Practical pointers
Ask concrete grooming questions; keep it SFW.
The community was created on Oct 4, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 2,314 subscribers (+0.21%). It sits just behind r/mumbai (#954) and ahead of r/Animesuggest (#956) in our ranking.
What sets r/malegrooming apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 61.2 new posts a day per million members, more than 89% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.12% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 92% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/malegrooming went up from 1,096,119 to 1,108,353 subscribers (+12.2K, +1.12%). That is about 240 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/malegrooming this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Beard or Shaved??u/Ichealson · Nov 3 · gallery
- M27 which look is better? I got back and forthu/Apollyon_2112 · Nov 4 · gallery
- So um, which look is right for me? Or none?u/Guinean · Nov 4 · gallery
- Should I trim my chest hair?u/MorbiusBurger · Nov 5 · gallery
- Which of these looks works best for me?u/Silver-Whereas-7527 · Nov 2 · gallery
- Should I shave or trim my chest/torso hair? Reshape it? Or keep it as is.u/wetnamE · Nov 7 · gallery
- Beard, clean, or stache?u/Kind_Emotion7833 · Nov 5 · gallery
- Not sure which looks best on meu/Intelligent_Use5308 · Nov 5 · gallery
- Does the stache stay or go?u/Sorin_Von_Thalia · Nov 4 · gallery
- Beardstache for Movember?!u/politelyhelium · Nov 1 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/malegrooming, from 2021 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Which level of facial hair looks good on me?u/Wilgrove · May 23, 2023 · 14,123 points · 2,706 comments · gallery
- Had to shave beard.u/Substantial-Feed2724 · May 30, 2026 · gallery
- Washed my hair so well I turned into a Disney princessu/Penk4 · Apr 11, 2026 · image
- Thank you all for the tipsu/One-Dig-3418 · Feb 3, 2026 · gallery
- WHAT THE HELL. I never even mentioned girls in my post?? I prefer men anyway 😭u/Permafrost_07 · Dec 1, 2025 · image
- Did I make the right call by cutting my hair?u/BalladMinstrel · Apr 10, 2026 · gallery
- Which look suits me better honestly?u/Dull_Resolution_6488 · May 28, 2026 · image
- Beardstache ?u/DistiIIer · Jan 9, 2026 · gallery
- How do I stop looking as if I bore witness to war crimes.u/Effective_Soil8290 · Jun 15, 2025 · image
- Made the jump todaySep 8, 2026 · gallery
What r/malegrooming talks about
We read the titles of 430 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “beard”, “hair”, “advice”, “clean” and “facial”. Other frequent themes are shave, style, goatee, tips, shaven and mustache. Recurring phrases include “facial hair”, “clean shaven”, “long hair” and “short hair”. By format, 68% are galleries, 23% are images and 8% are text posts.
Activity and best time to post
r/malegrooming gets about 68 new posts a day. The public archive holds 180,090 posts and 3,476,899 comments in total, about 19.3 comments per post.
Rules of r/malegrooming
The moderators of r/malegrooming list 6 rules. In short:
- Self Promotion
- Hatred or Prejudice
- Trolling
- Facetious advice
- No NSFW (18+) content
- Grooming advice related posts only
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/malegrooming 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/malegrooming have?
r/malegrooming has 1,108,353 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #955 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 12,234 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/malegrooming created?
r/malegrooming was created on Oct 4, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years.
Is r/malegrooming still active?
Yes. r/malegrooming gets about 68 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 180,090 posts and 3,476,899 comments. In a sample of 430 recent posts we counted 393 different authors.
What kind of posts are on r/malegrooming?
The community describes itself as: “A community for men’s grooming tips and advice” Recent post titles often mention beard, hair, advice, clean and facial. Most posts are galleries (68%).
Is r/malegrooming SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/malegrooming as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/malegrooming?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/malegrooming accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Self Promotion”; “Hatred or Prejudice”; “Trolling”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/malegrooming?
Communities with similar topics include r/malelivingspace (3M).
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/malegrooming.