About r/skiing
In its own words:
The sport where you strap two boards to your feet and point them down the mountain. Turning optional!
Community guide
r/skiing (#653, about 1.6 million subscribers) — The sport where you strap two boards to your feet and point them down the mountain. Turning optional! A recent sample averaged 18 posts a day (~48% text, ~15% link, ~13% video). Its public rules include: Don't be rude or a bully.; All submissions must be related to skiing.; No blatant self promotion posts.; Post simple questions in the Weekly Discussion thread; Helmet Discussion.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: Don't be rude or a bully.; All submissions must be related to skiing.; No blatant self promotion posts.; Post simple questions in the Weekly Discussion thread.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Megathread.
The community was created on Jun 3, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 529 subscribers (+0.03%). Among the 5 communities on our skiing and snowboarding list it is number 2 by size. It sits just behind r/developersIndia (#652) and ahead of r/deadbydaylight (#654) in our ranking.
What sets r/skiing apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 11.0× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/skiing went up from 1,615,702 to 1,618,939 subscribers (+3.2K, +0.20%). That is about 63 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/skiing this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Thanks for the email Epicu/DjangoST · Nov 3 · image
- My absolute worst nightmareu/Esqowey · Nov 4 · video
- No resorts open yet, but the season has officially begun in the Mt Rose backcountry of Lake Tahoe thanks to some Halloween powder.u/NorthDakotaExists · Nov 2 · gallery
- Only a few broken ribsu/ReportThat8351 · Nov 6 · video
- Turning 35 this year, man do I feel great for my age!u/mesaghoul · Oct 31 · image
- Is Skiing Experiencing A Market Correction?u/avalanchepacifist · Oct 31 · link
- A little light reading this morningu/mesaghoul · Nov 4 · image
- Couple Turns from last season looking forward to skiing again!u/whistler_life · Nov 2 · video
- Kinco glove Dying experiments and resultsu/Stunning-Toe-4362 · Nov 6 · gallery
- The ‘Ski Capital of the South’ Has 3 Mountains, Night Skiing, and the Highest-elevation Ski Resort in the Eastu/cereal_killer_828 · Nov 2 · link
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/skiing, from 2016 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- The Bezos post had bad vibes. Cleansing the sub with photos of David Bowie skiing in Switzerland.u/SouvlakiPlaystation · Jan 10, 2025 · gallery
- Ski industry: "Why can't we get more people to try skiing? Skiing is dying!" Also ski industry:u/TheAmicableSnowman · Dec 28, 2025 · image
- Hunter Hess is an Olympian, not a loser.u/esporx · Feb 8, 2026 · image
- My friend Alex falling getting stuck to the lift at Sundance utahu/crashdtuomisto · Dec 19, 2020 · video
- My dads last day of skiing at 95 you/Jnarimatsu · Mar 23, 2024 · image
- Just a reminder that Kirsten Lynch, CEO of Vail, makes 6 million a yearu/cheeseplatesuperman · Jan 1, 2025 · image
- Lost my ikon pass for the rest of the season for this, I think it was worth itu/blumboy · Apr 3, 2021 · video
- Got the backflip skuggleu/LovingVeganWarrior · Apr 22, 2023 · 9,095 points · 144 comments · video
- Rarely skied line in the Brooklyn backcountryu/thousandmileportage · Jan 25, 2026 · video
- Pretty accurateApr 30, 2023 · 8,945 points · 162 comments · video
What r/skiing talks about
We read the titles of 112 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “ski”, “recommendations”, “skis”, “resort” and “season”. Other frequent themes are resorts, looking, advice, intermediate, bindings and thanks. Recurring phrases include “ski resorts”, “ski trip”, “good bootfitter” and “resorts open”. By format, 48% are text posts, 15% are links and 13% are videos.
Activity and best time to post
r/skiing gets about 18 new posts a day. The public archive holds 200,026 posts and 2,872,299 comments in total, about 14.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (21 posts) and the quietest was Monday (13). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/skiing
The moderators of r/skiing list 5 rules. In short:
- Don't be rude or a bully.
- All submissions must be related to skiing.
- No blatant self promotion posts.
- Post simple questions in the Weekly Discussion thread
- Helmet Discussion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/skiing 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/skiing have?
r/skiing has 1,618,939 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #653 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,237 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/skiing?
r/skiing was created on Jun 3, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/skiing?
Moderately: r/skiing gets about 18 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 200,026 posts and 2,872,299 comments. In a sample of 112 recent posts we counted 105 different authors.
When is r/skiing most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 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 is r/skiing about?
The community describes itself as: “The sport where you strap two boards to your feet and point them down the mountain. Turning optional!” Recent post titles often mention ski, recommendations, skis, resort and season. Most posts are text posts (48%).
Is r/skiing safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/skiing as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/skiing?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/skiing accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “Don't be rude or a bully.”; “All submissions must be related to skiing.”; “No blatant self promotion posts.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/skiing?
Communities with similar topics include r/snowboarding (1.6M).
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/skiing.