About r/AskHR
In its own words:
A place for employees to ask questions about compensation, benefits, harassment, discrimination, legal, and ethical issues in the workplace.
Community guide
r/AskHR (#595, about 1.9 million subscribers) is oriented around: A place for employees to ask questions about compensation, benefits, harassment, discrimination, legal, and ethical issues in the workplace. Recent activity samples show 34 posts/day in recent samples (~89% text, ~11% link). Public rules we collected include: Every post must have a location; Every thread must contain a question about employment or a workplace topic; No harassing or exceptionally rude posts/comments; No Sexist Comments; No homework, surveys, research, or "how to get into HR" questions.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps.
How it differs from lookalikes
The length of the public rule list is itself a signal: skim all of them once before assuming defaults from similar communities. Submission type is set to “self” in metadata—link/text expectations may differ from open “any” rooms.
Practical pointers
Read the current sidebar/rules on Reddit before posting; collected rules can lag. Common flairs in samples include: Workplace Issues, Recruitment & Talent Acquisition, Policy & Procedures, Employee Relations.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Aug 19, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 538 subscribers (+0.03%). It sits just behind r/chess (#594) and ahead of r/crossfit (#596) in our ranking.
What sets r/AskHR apart
r/AskHR is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 89% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100. People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 5.7 comments per post, against 13.1 for a typical large subreddit. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 10.0× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/AskHR grew from 1,848,966 to 1,852,236 subscribers (+3.3K, +0.18%). That is about 74 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/AskHR talks about
Across 245 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “job”, “check”, “background”, “manager” and “question”. Other frequent themes are employer, leave, offer, company, pto and work. Recurring phrases include “background check”, “job offer”, “maternity leave” and “job position”. By format, 89% are text posts and 11% are links.
Popular post flairs: Workplace Issues (26), Recruitment & Talent Acquisition (21), Policy & Procedures (14), Employee Relations (11), Leaves (9), United States Specific (9).
Activity and best time to post
r/AskHR gets about 35 new posts a day. The public archive holds 217,876 posts and 1,252,665 comments in total, about 5.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (50 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (22). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/AskHR
The moderators of r/AskHR list 12 rules. In short:
- Every post must have a location
- Every thread must contain a question about employment or a workplace topic
- No harassing or exceptionally rude posts/comments
- No Sexist Comments
- No homework, surveys, research, or "how to get into HR" questions
- Do not ask for PM's or PM people directly
- No advice to contact the media or similar
- Pictures & Links only allowed if SFW and do not violate other rules
- No Block Chain or Cryptocurrency posts
- No personally identifiable information about other people
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/AskHR 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 many members does r/AskHR have?
r/AskHR has 1,852,236 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #595 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,270 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/AskHR?
r/AskHR was created on Aug 19, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 23, 2013.
How active is r/AskHR?
Very active: r/AskHR gets about 35 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 217,876 posts and 1,252,665 comments. In a sample of 245 recent posts we counted 216 different authors.
When is r/AskHR most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/AskHR about?
The community describes itself as: “A place for employees to ask questions about compensation, benefits, harassment, discrimination, legal, and ethical issues in the workplace.” Recent post titles often mention job, check, background, manager and question. Most posts are text posts (89%).
Is r/AskHR safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/AskHR as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/AskHR?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/AskHR accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Every post must have a location”; “Every thread must contain a question about employment or a workplace topic”; “No harassing or exceptionally rude posts/comments”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/AskHR?
Communities with similar topics include r/legaladvice (3.6M), r/AskReddit (60M), r/Piracy (3.1M), r/ask (1.3M) and r/AskCulinary (1.3M).
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/AskHR.