r/HomeMaintenance

Updated 2026-10-24

r/HomeMaintenance is a Home & Lifestyle community on Reddit with 585,950 members, ranking #49 of 1,465 in Home & Lifestyle. Welcome to r/homemaintenance, the top community for home maintenance tips, DIY home repairs, and house upkeep advice. Discover expert guides on plumbing fixes, electrical repairs, seasonal maintenance, and cost-saving home improvement projects. Share your DIY projects, ask for troubleshooting help, and learn how to maintain your home affordably. Join our active subreddit for practical home mainten

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How big is r/HomeMaintenance?

Created in 2010, r/HomeMaintenance has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Home & Lifestyle it ranks #49 of 1,465 communities we track — the top 3.3% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 799× the median Home & Lifestyle subreddit, which has 733 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.

For scale, the largest Home & Lifestyle community we track is r/LifeProTips with 23,071,815 members — roughly 39 times the size of r/HomeMaintenance. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2010 sits in the early wave of community building on the platform. Subscriber counts indicate reach, not activity — a large community can be quiet, and a smaller one busy. Open r/HomeMaintenance on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.

Members585,950
CategoryHome & Lifestyle
Rank in category#49 of 1,465
Created2010
Category median size733 members
Content ratingWork-safe (SFW)

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