r/gardening

Updated 2026-10-24

r/gardening is a Home & Lifestyle community on Reddit with 8,934,873 members, ranking #4 of 1,465 in Home & Lifestyle. A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care.

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How big is r/gardening?

Created in 2008, r/gardening has had over a decade to grow and is one of the largest communities on Reddit by Reddit standards. Within Home & Lifestyle it ranks #4 of 1,465 communities we track — the top 0.3% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 12,189× 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 3 times the size of r/gardening. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2008 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/gardening on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.

Members8,934,873
CategoryHome & Lifestyle
Rank in category#4 of 1,465
Created2008
Category median size733 members
Content ratingWork-safe (SFW)

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