About r/Nails
In its own words:
r/Nails: A place to show off your beautiful nails
Community guide
r/Nails (#225, about 4.2 million) is a place to show off beautiful nails. Rules ban medical advice asks/gives, AI creations (human work only), NSFW, advertising, trolling/spam, personal-info distribution, and politics; require credit for others’ work, high quality, civility, on-topic posts, and flair. Gallery/Image (~120.1 ppd).
Human nail work only
AI creations are banned. Credit others’ work; flair posts; keep quality high.
Not a clinic or ad channel
No medical advice, NSFW, advertising, politics, or personal-info sharing.
Practical pointers
Stay civil; gallery/image-heavy samples match show-and-tell manicures.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 3, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 3,273 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/loseit (#223) and ahead of r/MovieDetails (#226) in our ranking.
What sets r/Nails apart
Compared with other large communities, r/Nails leans heavily on images (42% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%). People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 5.5 comments per post, against 14.0 for a typical large subreddit. For its size it is unusually busy: about 28.6 new posts a day per million members, more than 83% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (15:00 UTC) sees about 4.6× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Nails grew from 4,183,650 to 4,202,947 subscribers (+19.3K, +0.46%). That is about 439 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Nails talks about
We read the titles of 648 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “nail”, “halloween”, “set”, “gel” and “press”. Other frequent themes are fall, cat, love, polish, eye and manicure. Recurring phrases include “cat eye”, “press ons”, “happy halloween” and “gel polish”. By format, 43% are galleries, 42% are images and 9% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Nail Art (137), Discussion/Question (102), Manicure (102), ✨FRESH set ✨ (74), Natural Nails (27), a moment for the nails ♥︎ (27).
Activity and best time to post
r/Nails gets about 120 new posts a day. The public archive holds 354,916 posts and 1,957,367 comments in total, about 5.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (119 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (76). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Nails
The moderators of r/Nails list 12 rules. In short:
- No asking for/giving medical advice.
- Credit the work of others.
- Keep posts high quality.
- Be civil and respectful.
- No AI creations (human work only!!)
- Stay on topic.
- No NSFW content.
- No advertising.
- No trolling and/or spamming.
- No distributing personal information.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Nails 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/Nails?
r/Nails has 4,202,947 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #225 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 19,297 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/Nails created?
r/Nails was created on May 3, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/Nails still active?
Yes. r/Nails gets about 120 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 354,916 posts and 1,957,367 comments. In a sample of 648 recent posts we counted 572 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/Nails?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 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 kind of posts are on r/Nails?
The community describes itself as: “r/Nails: A place to show off your beautiful nails” Recent post titles often mention nail, halloween, set, gel and press. Most posts are galleries (43%).
Is r/Nails SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Nails 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/Nails?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Nails accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “No asking for/giving medical advice.”; “Credit the work of others.”; “Keep posts high quality.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/Nails?
Communities with similar topics include r/streetwear (5.1M), r/InternetIsBeautiful (16.6M), r/Eyebleach (4.6M), r/DunderMifflin (3.7M) and r/comics (3.9M).
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/Nails.