About r/SkincareAddicts
In its own words:
SkincareAddicts is a positive newbie-friendly sub for anything and everything related to skincare. Post about your favourite products, ask for advice about your routine, discuss the various things that affect your skincare, and above all else stay positive and considerate of your fellow community members! We're here to help!
Community guide
r/SkincareAddicts (#875, about 1.2 million subscribers) is oriented around: SkincareAddicts is a positive newbie-friendly sub for anything and everything related to skincare. Post about your favourite products, ask for advice about your routine, discuss the various things that affect your… Recent activity samples show 94 posts/day in recent samples (~35% text, ~30% gallery, ~22% image). Public rules we collected include: Be nice.; No spam or advertising.; No referral links.; Don't seek medical advice on the internet.; Include your routine when relevant..
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work. Medical advice requests are out of scope.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Volume is high—clear titles help.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Mar 28, 2015, which makes it 11 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,112 subscribers (+0.09%). Among the 19 communities on our skincare list it is number 5 by size. It sits just behind r/IdiotsFightingThings (#873) and ahead of r/AnimalTextGifs (#876) in our ranking.
What sets r/SkincareAddicts apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 6.4 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit. For its size it is unusually busy: about 77.7 new posts a day per million members, more than 93% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 3.8× as many posts as the quietest (07:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/SkincareAddicts went up from 1,208,119 to 1,215,809 subscribers (+7.7K, +0.64%). That is about 175 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/SkincareAddicts talks about
We read the titles of 516 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “skin”, “help”, “skincare”, “acne” and “routine”. Other frequent themes are acid, face, advice, dark, azelaic and oily. Recurring phrases include “routine help”, “azelaic acid”, “oily skin” and “skincare routine”. By format, 35% are text posts, 30% are galleries and 22% are images.
Activity and best time to post
r/SkincareAddicts gets about 95 new posts a day. The public archive holds 164,822 posts and 1,053,736 comments in total, about 6.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (110 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (66). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/SkincareAddicts
The moderators of r/SkincareAddicts list 6 rules. In short:
- Be nice.
- No spam or advertising.
- No referral links.
- Don't seek medical advice on the internet.
- Include your routine when relevant.
- There are no stupid questions.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/SkincareAddicts 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/SkincareAddicts have?
r/SkincareAddicts has 1,215,809 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #875 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,690 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/SkincareAddicts created?
r/SkincareAddicts was created on Mar 28, 2015, so it has been around for 11 years.
Is r/SkincareAddicts still active?
Yes. r/SkincareAddicts gets about 95 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 164,822 posts and 1,053,736 comments. In a sample of 516 recent posts we counted 479 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/SkincareAddicts?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/SkincareAddicts?
The community describes itself as: “SkincareAddicts is a positive newbie-friendly sub for anything and everything related to skincare. Post about your favourite products, ask for advice about your routine, discuss the various things that affect your skinc…” Recent post titles often mention skin, help, skincare, acne and routine. Most posts are text posts (35%).
Is r/SkincareAddicts SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/SkincareAddicts as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/SkincareAddicts?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/SkincareAddicts accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Be nice.”; “No spam or advertising.”; “No referral links.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/SkincareAddicts?
Communities with similar topics include r/SkincareAddiction (5M), r/Skincare_Addiction (2M), r/AsianBeauty (3.8M), r/30PlusSkinCare (2.5M) and r/BeAmazed (9.7M).
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/SkincareAddicts.