About r/acne
In its own words:
A subreddit for discussing acne and how to best treat it.
Community guide
r/acne (#619, about 1.7 million subscribers) is oriented around: A subreddit for discussing acne and how to best treat it. Recent activity samples show 41 posts/day in recent samples (~41% gallery, ~37% text, ~22% image). Public rules we collected include: Please follow reddiquette.; All posts must be acne-related. All posts must be at least 48 hours apart.; Safety first. No suggestions or discussions of edible/consumable supplements, vitamins, herbs, etc..
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps. This is not positioned as a tech-support desk; troubleshooting belongs in dedicated help communities. Medical advice requests are out of scope; seek qualified help rather than crowd diagnoses.
How it differs from lookalikes
If you need install/fix help, prefer a support-oriented sub; keep this room for news, opinion, and on-topic discussion flagged by its rules. The length of the public rule list is itself a signal: skim all of them once before assuming defaults from similar communities.
Practical pointers
Read the current sidebar/rules on Reddit before posting; collected rules can lag. Common flairs in samples include: Help - General, Routine Help, Product Question, Product Request.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 31, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 194 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/StandUpComedy (#618) and ahead of r/pregnant (#620) in our ranking.
What sets r/acne apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 4.1 comments per post, against 13.1 for a typical large subreddit. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 5.3× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/acne climbed from 1,745,668 to 1,747,270 subscribers (+1.6K, +0.09%). That is about 36 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/acne talks about
Looking at the titles of 263 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “help”, “skin”, “rid”, “accutane” and “adapalene”. Other frequent themes are concerns, advice, differin, sudden, forehead and pimple. Recurring phrases include “textured skin”, “closed comedones”, “prescribed differin” and “feel insecure”. By format, 41% are galleries, 37% are text posts and 22% are images.
Popular post flairs: Help - General (185), Routine Help (20), Product Question (12), Product Request (9), Success Story (8), Rant (8).
Activity and best time to post
r/acne gets about 41 new posts a day. The public archive holds 204,792 posts and 845,697 comments in total, about 4.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (44 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (25). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/acne
The moderators of r/acne list 14 rules. In short:
- Please follow reddiquette.
- All posts must be acne-related. All posts must be at least 48 hours apart.
- Safety first. No suggestions or discussions of edible/consumable supplements, vitamins, herbs, etc.
- r/acne supports a scientific and evidence-based approach to treatment.
- No fearmongering, chemical bashing, DIY, natural/holistic remedies, folk remedies, etc.
- No links, promotions, blogs, affiliate links, videos, surveys, polls, etc.
- r/acne is not a substitute for a professional.
- Do not ask for diagnoses and do not provide diagnoses.
- Do not discuss DIY medical procedures.
- Safety first. Do not discuss how to obtain an Rx product without a prescription or doctor.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/acne 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/acne have?
r/acne has 1,747,270 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #619 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,602 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/acne?
r/acne was created on Jan 31, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Sep 6, 2009.
How active is r/acne?
Very active: r/acne gets about 41 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 204,792 posts and 845,697 comments. In a sample of 263 recent posts we counted 235 different authors.
When is r/acne most active?
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 14:00 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 is r/acne about?
The community describes itself as: “A subreddit for discussing acne and how to best treat it.” Recent post titles often mention help, skin, rid, accutane and adapalene. Most posts are galleries (41%).
Is r/acne safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/acne as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/acne?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/acne accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 14 posted rules, starting with: “Please follow reddiquette.”; “All posts must be acne-related. All posts must be at least 48 hours apart.”; “Safety first. No suggestions or discussions of edible/consumable supplements, vitamins, herbs, etc.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/acne?
Communities with similar topics include r/Skincare_Addiction (2M), r/DestinyTheGame (3.4M), r/Tinder (6M), r/psychology (4.9M) and r/astrology (2.1M).
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/acne.