r/sewing
r/sewing is a Hobbies & Collecting community on Reddit with 2,236,341 members, ranking #12 of 1,787 in Hobbies & Collecting. Sewing for everybody and every body. This is a community specifically for the hobby of sewing including, but not limited to: machine sewing, hand sewing, embroidery, quilting, mending, garment sewing, fitting/alterations and help/suggestion threads.
How big is r/sewing?
Created in 2011, r/sewing has had over a decade to grow and is a major community by Reddit standards. Within Hobbies & Collecting it ranks #12 of 1,787 communities we track — the top 0.7% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 3,159× 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 8 times the size of r/sewing. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2011 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/sewing on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 2,236,341 |
|---|---|
| Category | Hobbies & Collecting |
| Rank in category | #12 of 1,787 |
| Created | 2011 |
| Category median size | 708 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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