Side-by-side using public descriptions, members, growth and rule titles from SubMouse. Missing fields show as n/a. Adult communities are excluded.
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r/gardening’s public description frames a broad plant-and-care community—guides, pictures and discussion across plants in general—while r/houseplants narrows that interest to plants kept indoors. In our directory, gardening is the larger community (about 9.0M members, directory rank #85) against houseplants (about 3.0M, directory rank #357).
Where we have posting samples, gardening mixes images, galleries and text, which matches a community that shares plots, harvests and plant IDs as often as it debates technique. We do not yet have a collected activity sample or short rule titles for houseplants on SubMouse, so those fields stay n/a rather than guessed.
Our directory lists houseplants among related communities for gardening. That is a direct link between these two names—not a claim that every other name on either related list is a good match. Start outdoors or with general plant questions in gardening; take leaf-level indoor care and windowsill problems to houseplants when that is what you mean.
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-06.
A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care.
Sample mix: images 40%, galleries 36%, text posts 20%
Topics: Gardening, Houseplants
Rule titles (short names we collected)
A community focused on the discussion, care, and well-being of houseplants!
Sample mix: galleries 52%, images 34%, text posts 11%
Topics: Houseplants
Rule titles (short names we collected)
| Aspect | r/gardening | r/houseplants |
|---|---|---|
| Public focus (from each community’s public description) | A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care. | A community focused on the discussion, care, and well-being of houseplants! |
| Size r/gardening is larger in our directory (about 3×). |
9M members | 3M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) | 111.5/day | 143.6/day |
| Common post types in our sample | images 40%, galleries 36%, text posts 20% | galleries 52%, images 34%, text posts 11% |
| Topic tags on SubMouse | Gardening, Houseplants | Houseplants |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) | No Advertising or Self-promotion; No Reposting Unless it's for a Good Reason. | Posts must be houseplant-related.; Be civil to each other.; Do not post personal information.; No self-promotion; Artificial Intelligence (AI) content is not allowed |
For r/gardening we collected these short rule titles: no advertising or self-promotion; a family-friendly space with no abusive or sexual content; and limits on pointless reposts. We have not collected short rule titles for houseplants yet, so that side stays n/a in the comparison table.
Public titles, descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory (see the date on this page). Gardening short rule titles and a posting-activity sample SubMouse collected. Direct directory related-link from gardening → houseplants. Rule lines are short titles only — not full sidebar text or post bodies.
Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.