r/rockhounds
r/rockhounds is a Hobbies & Collecting community on Reddit with 302,757 members, ranking #72 of 1,787 in Hobbies & Collecting. A public subreddit for the discussion of rock hunting and rock collecting. If you are looking for an identification for your rocks please visit /r/whatsthisrock instead. All posts are manually approved.
How big is r/rockhounds?
Created in 2009, r/rockhounds has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Hobbies & Collecting it ranks #72 of 1,787 communities we track — the top 4% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 428× the median Hobbies & Collecting subreddit, which has 708 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Hobbies & Collecting community we track is r/nosleep with 18,198,497 members — roughly 60 times the size of r/rockhounds. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2009 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/rockhounds on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 302,757 |
|---|---|
| Category | Hobbies & Collecting |
| Rank in category | #72 of 1,787 |
| Created | 2009 |
| Category median size | 708 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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