About r/BeforeNAfterAdoption
In its own words:
A welcoming place to share before and after photos of pet adoption.
Community guide
r/BeforeNAfterAdoption (#882, about 1.2 million) is for genuine pet adoption before-and-after photo pairs—rescue glow-ups—not general cute-animal dumps or fundraising.
What belongs
Paired before/after adoption photos. Activity is low in our sample (about 1.1 posts/day) but rules are clear: be civil; include both before and after; NSFW-tag graphic medical images; no solicitation; do not claim others adoptions; no crossposts.
Versus progresspics and animal meme rooms
Related lists mix animal humour and progresspics. Progresspics is human body-change culture; animal meme rooms are jokes. This room is specifically adoption transformation evidence.
Practical pointers
Both photos are required. Do not fundraise here. Credit honestly—claiming someone else rescue pair breaks the rules.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 6, 2015, which makes it 11 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 77 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/corgi (#881) and ahead of r/Superstonk (#883) in our ranking. Reddit files it under the “animals” category and its main language is English.
What sets r/BeforeNAfterAdoption apart
Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.9 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/BeforeNAfterAdoption grew from 1,206,387 to 1,206,875 subscribers (+488, +0.04%). That is about 11 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Activity and best time to post
r/BeforeNAfterAdoption gets about 1.1 new posts a day. The public archive holds 30,961 posts and 386,551 comments in total, about 12.5 comments per post.
Rules of r/BeforeNAfterAdoption
The moderators of r/BeforeNAfterAdoption list 6 rules. In short:
- Be Civil
- Include a Before and After picture...
- Tag graphic before/after pictures with "NSFW"
- No solicitation, ads, or requests for money
- Don't claim someone else's adoption as your own
- No Crossposts
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/BeforeNAfterAdoption 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 subscribers does r/BeforeNAfterAdoption have?
r/BeforeNAfterAdoption has 1,206,875 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #882 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 488 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/BeforeNAfterAdoption created?
r/BeforeNAfterAdoption was created on Jan 6, 2015, so it has been around for 11 years.
Is r/BeforeNAfterAdoption still active?
Yes. r/BeforeNAfterAdoption gets about 1.1 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 30,961 posts and 386,551 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/BeforeNAfterAdoption?
The community describes itself as: “A welcoming place to share before and after photos of pet adoption.”
Is r/BeforeNAfterAdoption SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/BeforeNAfterAdoption 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/BeforeNAfterAdoption?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/BeforeNAfterAdoption accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Be Civil”; “Include a Before and After picture...”; “Tag graphic before/after pictures with "NSFW"”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/BeforeNAfterAdoption?
Communities with similar topics include r/AdviceAnimals (9.9M), r/AnimalsBeingJerks (6.5M), r/AnimalsBeingGeniuses (2M), r/AnimalsBeingDerps (8.5M) and r/pregnant (1.7M).
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/BeforeNAfterAdoption.