About r/Makeup
In its own words:
Makeup tips and advice from other people who have no agenda. Skip the misleading ads, paid bloggers, sponsored Instagrammers, and enjoy some real information from other redditors. Ask about anything you like, as long as it's related to makeup.
Community guide
r/Makeup (#567, about 1.9 million) — Makeup tips and advice from other people who have no agenda. Skip the misleading ads, paid bloggers, sponsored Instagrammers, and enjoy some real information from other redditors. Ask about anything you like, as long as it's related to makeup. Collected rules highlight Please Be Respectful; No Self-Promotional Post; Please do not submit any memes or rage comics, among 6 listed. Activity mix in sample: text:314. Bu.
What belongs here
Posts should match the community’s curatorial bar—Makeup tips and advice from other people who have no agenda. Skip the misleading ads, paid bloggers, sponsored Instagrammers, and enjoy some real information from other redditors. Ask about anything y. Hard filters include: Please Be Respectful; No Self-Promotional Post; Please do not submit any memes or rage comics; No affiliate links or referral links. Off-scope, spam, and low-effort dumps are the usual removal reasons when those rules are listed.
How it differs
The curatorial rules above are the real differentiator versus generic meme dumps—title constraints, content bans, and repost policies on file matter more than vibes.
Before you post
Common flairs in the sample: [Makeup Help]. Recent sample composition: text:314. Bu. Format-sensitive rules to read first: No Self-Promotional Post; No affiliate links or referral links. Treat subscriber and posts-per-day figures as directory snapshots, not live Reddit counters.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 22, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,456 subscribers (+0.08%). Among the 18 communities on our makeup list it is number 2 by size. It sits just behind r/JUSTNOMIL (#566) and ahead of r/PersonalFinanceCanada (#582) in our ranking.
What sets r/Makeup apart
Compared with other large communities, r/Makeup leans heavily on text posts (100% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 35%). Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 4.7× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Makeup grew from 1,935,749 to 1,945,354 subscribers (+9.6K, +0.50%). That is about 218 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Makeup talks about
We read the titles of 314 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “code”, “rouge”, “sephora”, “help” and “foundation”. Other frequent themes are skin, eyeliner, recommendations, concealer, good and powder. Recurring phrases include “rouge code”, “sephora rouge”, “sephora sale” and “sephora code”. By format, 100% are text posts.
Activity and best time to post
r/Makeup gets about 39 new posts a day. The public archive holds 137,433 posts and 1,313,886 comments in total, about 9.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (63 posts) and the quietest was Monday (42). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Makeup
The moderators of r/Makeup list 6 rules. In short:
- Please Be Respectful
- No Self-Promotional Post
- Please do not submit any memes or rage comics
- No affiliate links or referral links
- No fake voting or asking for votes
- Account Requirments
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Makeup 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/Makeup have?
r/Makeup has 1,945,354 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #567 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 9,605 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Makeup?
r/Makeup was created on Jan 22, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Aug 7, 2009.
How active is r/Makeup?
Very active: r/Makeup gets about 39 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 137,433 posts and 1,313,886 comments. In a sample of 314 recent posts we counted 292 different authors.
When is r/Makeup most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Monday, 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 is r/Makeup about?
The community describes itself as: “Makeup tips and advice from other people who have no agenda. Skip the misleading ads, paid bloggers, sponsored Instagrammers, and enjoy some real information from other redditors. Ask about anything you like, as long as…” Recent post titles often mention code, rouge, sephora, help and foundation. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/Makeup safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Makeup as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Makeup?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Makeup accepts text posts only. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Please Be Respectful”; “No Self-Promotional Post”; “Please do not submit any memes or rage comics”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Makeup?
Communities with similar topics include r/MakeupAddiction (7.6M), r/BeautyGuruChatter (3.1M), r/reallifedoodles (2.2M), r/realestateinvesting (2M) and r/legaladvice (3.6M).
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/Makeup.