About r/wholesome
In its own words:
It’s so wholesome in here :)
Community guide
r/wholesome (#867, about 1.2 million subscribers) covers It’s so wholesome in here:). A recent sample averaged 12 posts a day (~36% image, ~30% video, ~27% text). Its public rules include: Be civil/Remember the human; Must be Wholesome; No Spam, Self-Promotion, or Solicitation; No Trolling/Baiting; No Low Effort Posts.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Low-effort or empty shitposts are often removed—add real context. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Search before reposting.
The community was created on Nov 29, 2013, which makes it 12 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,078 subscribers (+0.09%). Among the 12 communities on our wholesome list it is number 3 by size. It sits just behind r/ZeroWaste (#866) and ahead of r/InstaCelebsGossip (#868) in our ranking.
What sets r/wholesome apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 6.0 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/wholesome grew from 1,218,278 to 1,225,179 subscribers (+6.9K, +0.57%). That is about 135 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/wholesome this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Now this is a pure friendship 🥺u/RegretWarthog1860 · Nov 3 · video
- When mom isnt aroundu/LowNo175 · Nov 7 · video
- Met a cute awkward guy in the drive thru 😊 [OC]u/hydratedstoner · Nov 2 · image
- Danny DeVito narrates "Matilda" live in London Royal Albert Hall (October 30, 2026)u/stanxv · Nov 2 · video
- This frog gave my finger a hug after saving him at work todayu/NotoriousM0N · Nov 6 · image
- My wife got out of a bad job in the best wayu/Glad_Respect_8986 · Nov 7 · text post
- Seen on a telephone pole in West Phillyu/ChooseYourStruggle · Nov 4 · image
- A Gaga Parrot!u/pharaoh8088246 · Nov 6 · video
- Sent my mum some money today. Nothing beats this feeling.u/corp-slavery · Nov 5 · image
- I Love my Parents so Much!u/MiaRoseDQ · Nov 5 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/wholesome, from 2022 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- 16 years of "I love yous" 💕u/Cute-Excitement6844 · Sep 1, 2026 · video
- My hotel room cleaner made me a towel animal, and over the next weeks he left them there until it became a towel zoo.u/wehaveavisual · Sep 8, 2025 · image
- Dolph Lundgren reveals he’s cancer-free following 9-year battle after doctors gave him only 2 years.u/BarneyRobinStinson7 · Nov 28, 2024 · image
- Four years clean. Two rooms ready. Pantry’s stocked. My kids are finally coming to stay the night.Jun 20, 2025 · gallery
- Core memory unlocked+u/SweetyByHeart · Sep 14, 2025 · video
- Grand still got itu/Adv_Nguyen · Nov 6, 2025 · video
- My elderly neighbor gave us a heads up in the morning!u/sinsculpt · May 8, 2026 · image
- My dad waking me up at 2:00 in the morning to give me pizza because he made pizza 😭u/ChaosInTheSkies · Jan 9, 2026 · image
- Utah Jazz dancer realizes the routine is different than what she practiced, soon finds out the reasonu/MaxQ50 · Jul 24, 2024 · video
- She will never forget this moment 🫶u/West_Look4818 · Jan 26, 2025 · video
What r/wholesome talks about
We read the titles of 67 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “love”, “friend”, “dog”, “patrick” and “birthday”. Other frequent themes are halloween, kitten, started, daughter, actually and mother. Recurring phrases include “patrick stewart” and “family tried”. By format, 36% are images, 30% are videos and 27% are text posts.
Activity and best time to post
r/wholesome gets about 12 new posts a day. The public archive holds 110,133 posts and 661,733 comments in total, about 6.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (14 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (5). Posting peaks around 03:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/wholesome
The moderators of r/wholesome list 9 rules. In short:
- Be civil/Remember the human
- Must be Wholesome
- No Spam, Self-Promotion, or Solicitation
- No Trolling/Baiting
- No Low Effort Posts
- No Reposts
- No Meta
- No Identifying Information
- Not a Direct Link
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/wholesome 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 big is r/wholesome?
r/wholesome has 1,225,179 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #867 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,901 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/wholesome created?
r/wholesome was created on Nov 29, 2013, so it has been around for 12 years.
Is r/wholesome still active?
Yes. r/wholesome gets about 12 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 110,133 posts and 661,733 comments. In a sample of 67 recent posts we counted 63 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/wholesome?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 03:00 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/wholesome?
The community describes itself as: “It’s so wholesome in here :)” Recent post titles often mention love, friend, dog, patrick and birthday. Most posts are images (36%).
Is r/wholesome SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/wholesome as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/wholesome?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/wholesome accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Be civil/Remember the human”; “Must be Wholesome”; “No Spam, Self-Promotion, or Solicitation”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/wholesome?
Communities with similar topics include r/wholesomememes (18.3M), r/wholesomeanimemes (1.6M), r/MadeMeSmile (12.7M), r/wholesomegifs (1.1M) and r/UnexpectedlyWholesome (276.4K).
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/wholesome.