About r/coolguides
In its own words:
Picture based reference guides for anything and everything. If it seems like something someone might print, physically post, and reference then it is a good link for this sub. Remember: Infographics are learning tools, guides are reference tools. Sometimes it's grey.
Community guide
r/coolguides is for picture-based reference guides—tools you might print and keep—not comedy posters or teaching infographics. Rank #132 (about 6.1 million subscribers). The public description distinguishes infographics (learning) from guides (reference); collected rules remove infographics and require titles that start with “A cool guide,” plus Reddit/Imgur image hosting.
Fit
Reference-style visual guides via direct image links. Activity samples are mostly images at modest ppd.
Versus infographic and tip dump subs
Many “cool info” rooms accept any colorful chart. Here, infographics and nonserious/comedy guides are removed—so educational poster vibes often fail even if they look polished.
Practical pointers
Title must start with “A cool guide”; no dangerous/harmful guides; host on Reddit or Imgur.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Mar 20, 2014, which makes it 12 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,659 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/nevertellmetheodds (#131) and ahead of r/Awwducational (#133) in our ranking.
What sets r/coolguides apart
r/coolguides is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 90% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 46.6 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 14.0. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 1.0 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/coolguides climbed from 6,099,474 to 6,113,451 subscribers (+14K, +0.23%). That is about 318 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/coolguides talks about
Across 29 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “cool”, “guide”, “understanding”, “poisons” and “toxins”. Other frequent themes are venoms, ways, common, planet, prevent and slow. Recurring phrases include “cool guide”, “understanding poisons” and “poisons toxins”. By format, 90% are images, 7% are galleries and 3% are videos.
Activity and best time to post
r/coolguides gets about 6.1 new posts a day. The public archive holds 118,129 posts and 5,509,400 comments in total, about 46.6 comments per post.
Rules of r/coolguides
The moderators of r/coolguides list 6 rules. In short:
- Direct links to images
- Infographics will be removed
- Nonserious/Comedy Guides
- Image hosts must either be Reddit or Imgur
- Dangerous/Harmful/Hurtful/Destructive Guides
- Post title does not start with "A cool guide"
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/coolguides 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/coolguides have?
r/coolguides has 6,113,451 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #132 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 13,977 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/coolguides created?
r/coolguides was created on Mar 20, 2014, so it has been around for 12 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Dec 3, 2014.
Is r/coolguides still active?
Yes. r/coolguides gets about 6.1 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 118,129 posts and 5,509,400 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/coolguides?
The community describes itself as: “Picture based reference guides for anything and everything. If it seems like something someone might print, physically post, and reference then it is a good link for this sub. Remember: Infographics are learning tools, …” Recent post titles often mention cool, guide, understanding, poisons and toxins. Most posts are images (90%).
Is r/coolguides SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/coolguides as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/coolguides?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/coolguides accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images and galleries enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Direct links to images”; “Infographics will be removed”; “Nonserious/Comedy Guides”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/coolguides?
Communities with similar topics include r/comics (3.9M), r/nonononoyes (4.3M), r/OldSchoolCool (19.7M), r/PublicFreakout (4.9M) and r/woodworking (6.2M).
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/coolguides.