About r/BeginnerWoodWorking
In its own words:
Welcome to r/BeginnerWoodWorking the community designed for those who are Amateur Woodworkers. Come in post your projects, answer questions, hang out and chill.
The community was created on Apr 27, 2016, which makes it 10 years old. Among the 5 communities on our woodworking list it is number 2 by size.
What sets r/BeginnerWoodWorking apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 82.5 new posts a day per million members, more than 100% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 10.0× as many posts as the quietest (09:00 UTC).
What r/BeginnerWoodWorking talks about
Looking at the titles of 370 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “table”, “help”, “wood”, “advice” and “saw”. Other frequent themes are project, woodworking, finish, cut, making and wooden. Recurring phrases include “table saw”, “coffee table”, “cutting board” and “finally finished”. By format, 48% are galleries, 26% are images and 24% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Discussion/Question ⁉️ (137), Finished Project (48), Equipment (11), Instructional (4).
Activity and best time to post
r/BeginnerWoodWorking gets about 54 new posts a day. The public archive holds 113,649 posts and 1,290,802 comments in total, about 11.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (67 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (41). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 09:00 UTC.
Rules of r/BeginnerWoodWorking
The moderators of r/BeginnerWoodWorking list 10 rules. In short:
- Don’t be a dick! I mean seriously, we are all here to learn.
- Don't Gate Keep
- Original Content only.
- Use of "First" in Titles
- NO NSFW Including Gore
- NO Blog or Video Channel Spam
- No Karma Whoring.
- No Copyrighted Content.
- No memes, image macros, reaction gifs/videos, etc.
- No self-promotion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/BeginnerWoodWorking 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/BeginnerWoodWorking?
r/BeginnerWoodWorking has 654,291 subscribers.
When was r/BeginnerWoodWorking created?
r/BeginnerWoodWorking was created on Apr 27, 2016, so it has been around for 10 years.
Is r/BeginnerWoodWorking still active?
Yes. r/BeginnerWoodWorking gets about 54 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 113,649 posts and 1,290,802 comments. In a sample of 370 recent posts we counted 324 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/BeginnerWoodWorking?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 09:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/BeginnerWoodWorking?
The community describes itself as: “Welcome to r/BeginnerWoodWorking the community designed for those who are Amateur Woodworkers. Come in post your projects, answer questions, hang out and chill.” Recent post titles often mention table, help, wood, advice and saw. Most posts are galleries (48%).
Is r/BeginnerWoodWorking SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/BeginnerWoodWorking 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/BeginnerWoodWorking?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/BeginnerWoodWorking accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Don’t be a dick! I mean seriously, we are all here to learn.”; “Don't Gate Keep”; “Original Content only.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/BeginnerWoodWorking?
Communities with similar topics include r/pcmasterrace (16.4M), r/movies (37.7M), r/DIY (27.5M), r/buildapc (8.5M) and r/personalfinance (21.9M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 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/BeginnerWoodWorking.