About r/beauty
In its own words:
A place for beauty-related discussions, questions, and advice.
The community was created on Aug 19, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 661 subscribers (+0.04%).
What sets r/beauty apart
Compared with other large communities, r/beauty leans heavily on text posts (63% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 34%). r/beauty is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.0 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 14.0.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/beauty grew from 1,855,420 to 1,859,788 subscribers (+4.4K, +0.24%). That is about 99 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/beauty talks about
We read the titles of 27 recent posts (Oct 31–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “help”, “lip”, “hair”, “feminine” and “lash”. Other frequent themes are hate, body, skin, serum and face. By format, 63% are text posts, 30% are galleries and 7% are images.
Activity and best time to post
The public archive holds 396,422 posts and 1,996,379 comments in total, about 5.0 comments per post.
Rules of r/beauty
The moderators of r/beauty list 6 rules. In short:
- High quality on-topic posts ONLY.
- NO SPAM.
- Self posts, pictures, and videos are allowed as long as they're your own content.
- NO PORN.
- Harassment of other users and mods can get you banned. Permanently.
- Moderator discretion.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/beauty 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 members does r/beauty have?
r/beauty has 1,859,788 subscribers, which makes it the #593 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,368 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/beauty created?
r/beauty was created on Aug 19, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Aug 26, 2008.
Is r/beauty still active?
Over its lifetime the archive counts 396,422 posts and 1,996,379 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/beauty?
The community describes itself as: “A place for beauty-related discussions, questions, and advice.” Recent post titles often mention help, lip, hair, feminine and lash. Most posts are text posts (63%).
Is r/beauty SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/beauty as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/beauty?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/beauty accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “High quality on-topic posts ONLY.”; “NO SPAM.”; “Self posts, pictures, and videos are allowed as long as they're your own content.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/beauty?
Communities with similar topics include r/BeautyGuruChatter (3.1M), r/AsianBeauty (3.8M), r/legaladvice (3.6M), r/AdviceAnimals (9.9M) and r/Advice (3.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). 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/beauty.