About r/Adulting
In its own words:
This is a subreddit for people who are actively trying to be more of an adult. It can include tips, victories, and questions.
Community guide
At #492 with about 2.3 million subscribers, r/Adulting is this is a subreddit for people who are actively trying to be more of an adult. It can include tips, victories, and questions. Collected rules highlight Don't Be a Dick; No Medical Advice; and No NSFW Content, among 4 listed. Activity mix in sample: text:412, link:175, image:86, gallery:14. Busy sample (~184.2 ppd across 692 posts).
How posts show up
Recent sample mix: text:412, link:175, image:86, gallery:14. Busy sample (~184.2 ppd across 692 posts). That mix is a snapshot, not a posting quota—rules still decide what stays.
Scope checklist
On-scope means staying true to: this is a subreddit for people who are actively trying to be more of an adult. It can include tips, victories, and questions. Off-scope, spam, and listed bans (Don't Be a Dick) get removed.
Practical pointers
Skim the top listed rules before asking something already covered. Key themes: Don't Be a Dick; No Medical Advice; No NSFW Content; Respect Mental Health. Be civil; don’t invent unstated culture.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jul 14, 2015, which makes it 11 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 8,262 subscribers (+0.37%). It sits just behind r/pennystocks (#491) and ahead of r/interesting (#510) in our ranking.
What sets r/Adulting apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 81.6 new posts a day per million members, more than 97% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.85% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 98% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Adulting grew from 2,216,103 to 2,257,044 subscribers (+40.9K, +1.85%). That is about 930 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Adulting talks about
Across 692 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “life”, “feel”, “adult”, “user” and “work”. Other frequent themes are job, feeling, parents, advice, help and actually. Recurring phrases include “user interactionenough”, “user elegant”, “elegant accident” and “social life”. By format, 60% are text posts, 25% are links and 12% are images.
Activity and best time to post
r/Adulting gets about 180 new posts a day. The public archive holds 227,086 posts and 5,164,350 comments in total, about 22.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (210 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (166). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Adulting
The moderators of r/Adulting list 4 rules. In short:
- Don't Be a Dick
- No Medical Advice
- No NSFW Content
- Respect Mental Health
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Adulting and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/Adulting?
r/Adulting has 2,257,044 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #492 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 40,941 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/Adulting created?
r/Adulting was created on Jul 14, 2015, so it has been around for 11 years.
Is r/Adulting still active?
Yes. r/Adulting gets about 180 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 227,086 posts and 5,164,350 comments. In a sample of 692 recent posts we counted 573 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/Adulting?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/Adulting?
The community describes itself as: “This is a subreddit for people who are actively trying to be more of an adult. It can include tips, victories, and questions.” Recent post titles often mention life, feel, adult, user and work. Most posts are text posts (60%).
Is r/Adulting SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Adulting as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/Adulting?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Adulting accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “Don't Be a Dick”; “No Medical Advice”; “No NSFW Content”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/Adulting?
Communities with similar topics include r/productivity (4.3M), r/pettyrevenge (5M), r/selfimprovement (2.8M), r/LifeProTips (23.1M) and r/fragrance (2.5M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/Adulting.