r/Shoestring
r/Shoestring is a Fashion & Beauty community on Reddit with 5,197,471 members, ranking #6 of 1,222 in Fashion & Beauty. A community to discuss frugal travelling, last-minute travel deals, cheap destinations, and cheap means of travel. Whether couchsurfing, camping, or staying in hostels, whether hitchhiking or staying on Airbnb, let's discuss and share the best budget travel ideas and deals!
How big is r/Shoestring?
Created in 2012, r/Shoestring has had over a decade to grow and is one of the largest communities on Reddit by Reddit standards. Within Fashion & Beauty it ranks #6 of 1,222 communities we track — the top 0.5% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 3,382× the median Fashion & Beauty subreddit, which has 1,537 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Fashion & Beauty community we track is r/WatchPeopleDieInside with 8,205,612 members — roughly 2 times the size of r/Shoestring. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2012 sits in the middle 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/Shoestring on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 5,197,471 |
|---|---|
| Category | Fashion & Beauty |
| Rank in category | #6 of 1,222 |
| Created | 2012 |
| Category median size | 1,537 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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