About r/wholesomegifs
In its own words:
Quality gifs that make the viewer feel good.
Community guide
r/wholesomegifs (#960, about 1.2 million) collects quality gifs that make viewers feel good—direct gif links only, no NSFW content and no upvote begging in the post.
What belongs
Wholesome gifs (very light recent samples). Rules: must be wholesome gifs; no reposts; no NSFW/NSFL; no upvote mentions; posts must be general; no harassment; no PII; direct links; whimsical “turtles are friends” rule.
Versus wholesomememes and HighQualityGifs
wholesomememes is image-macro kindness; HQGifs is craft quality. wholesomegifs combines gif format with feel-good content.
Practical pointers
Link the gif directly; keep it kind and SFW.
The community was created on Dec 8, 2016, which makes it 9 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 65 subscribers (+0.01%). Among the 12 communities on our wholesome list it is number 4 by size. It sits just behind r/technews (#960) and ahead of r/CatsWithDogs (#962) in our ranking.
What sets r/wholesomegifs apart
Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.2 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 Nov 9, 2026, r/wholesomegifs went up from 1,104,453 to 1,105,050 subscribers (+597, +0.05%). That is about 12 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/wholesomegifs, from 2017 to 2024, ranked by Reddit.
- Last bite from father before getting marriedu/aloofloofah · Oct 26, 2023 · image
- Steve Irwin explains why he likes moneyu/Scaulbylausis · Jun 20, 2019 · 58,449 points · 1,374 comments · image
- i'm tryingu/Gainsborough-Smythe · Jun 14, 2024 · image
- A bot told me to post this here.u/MrMarshallBanana · Aug 16, 2020 · image
- Slinky Dog Cosplayu/Tunexux · Oct 28, 2021 · 51,119 points · 373 comments · video
- Bodybuilder lets a blind girl feel his muscles and it puts the biggest smile on her faceu/KillerFernandes · Aug 12, 2021 · 49,053 points · 825 comments · video
- Aww, so sweetApr 29, 2020 · video
- F. Murray Abraham's reaction when he realises people are cheering for him at the Golden Globesu/Knight_TheRider · Jan 13, 2023 · 46,543 points · 760 comments · link
- Man Who Saved 669 Children During The Holocaust Has No Idea They’re Around Him On Live Television Show.u/attheisstt · Aug 11, 2017 · 44,314 points · 936 comments · image
- Big bro to the rescueu/Full_Zeta · Dec 26, 2020 · image
Activity and best time to post
r/wholesomegifs gets about 0.2 new posts a day. The public archive holds 24,275 posts and 385,980 comments in total, about 15.9 comments per post.
Rules of r/wholesomegifs
The moderators of r/wholesomegifs list 9 rules. In short:
- Submissions must be wholesome gifs
- No Reposts
- No NSFW/NSFL gifs
- Mentioning upvotes
- Posts must be general
- No trolling, harassing, or being generally rude
- No personal information
- Post must be a direct link
- Turtles are friends, not food
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/wholesomegifs 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/wholesomegifs have?
r/wholesomegifs has 1,105,050 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #961 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 597 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/wholesomegifs?
r/wholesomegifs was created on Dec 8, 2016, so it has been around for 9 years.
How active is r/wholesomegifs?
Moderately: r/wholesomegifs gets about 0.2 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 24,275 posts and 385,980 comments.
What is r/wholesomegifs about?
The community describes itself as: “Quality gifs that make the viewer feel good.”
Is r/wholesomegifs safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/wholesomegifs as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/wholesomegifs?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/wholesomegifs accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Submissions must be wholesome gifs”; “No Reposts”; “No NSFW/NSFL gifs”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/wholesomegifs?
Communities with similar topics include r/wholesomememes (18.3M), r/HighQualityGifs (3.9M), r/gifs (21.5M), r/MadeMeSmile (12.7M) and r/wholesome (1.2M).
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/wholesomegifs.