About r/homegym
In its own words:
A subreddit devoted to working out at home.
Community guide
r/homegym (#870, about 1.2 million subscribers) is oriented around: A subreddit devoted to working out at home. Recent activity samples show 14 posts/day in recent samples (~37% text, ~30% image, ~28% gallery). Public rules we collected include: Be respectful and civil; What qualifies as a dedicated post in r/HomeGym?; Buying & selling of equipment and sale links; Advertising, referral links, or self promotion; Please use the search bar and FAQ before posting..
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. Match posts to: Be respectful and civil; What qualifies as a dedicated post in r/HomeGym?; Buying & selling of equipment and sale links; Advertising, referral links, or self promotion.
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. Common flairs in samples include: Equipment ⚙, Home Gym Pictures 📷, Other, DIY 🔨.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Mar 24, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,030 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/InstaCelebsGossip (#869) and ahead of r/weirddalle (#871) in our ranking.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/homegym went up from 1,215,719 to 1,220,678 subscribers (+5K, +0.41%). That is about 113 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/homegym talks about
Looking at the titles of 83 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “gym”, “home”, “rack”, “fitness” and “plates”. Other frequent themes are rogue, bench, adjustable, dumbbells, machine and equipment. Recurring phrases include “home gym”, “adjustable dumbbells”, “garage gym” and “twin fit”. By format, 37% are text posts, 30% are images and 28% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Equipment ⚙ (34), Home Gym Pictures 📷 (26), Other (9), DIY 🔨 (5), Product Review (3), Informative Posts/Guides ℹ (3).
Activity and best time to post
r/homegym gets about 14 new posts a day. The public archive holds 109,919 posts and 1,719,288 comments in total, about 15.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (18 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (7). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/homegym
The moderators of r/homegym list 7 rules. In short:
- Be respectful and civil
- What qualifies as a dedicated post in r/HomeGym?
- Buying & selling of equipment and sale links
- Advertising, referral links, or self promotion
- Please use the search bar and FAQ before posting.
- Flags
- Company Participation
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/homegym 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/homegym?
r/homegym has 1,220,678 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #870 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,959 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/homegym created?
r/homegym was created on Mar 24, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.
Is r/homegym still active?
Yes. r/homegym gets about 14 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 109,919 posts and 1,719,288 comments. In a sample of 83 recent posts we counted 74 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/homegym?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/homegym?
The community describes itself as: “A subreddit devoted to working out at home.” Recent post titles often mention gym, home, rack, fitness and plates. Most posts are text posts (37%).
Is r/homegym SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/homegym as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/homegym?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/homegym accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “Be respectful and civil”; “What qualifies as a dedicated post in r/HomeGym?”; “Buying & selling of equipment and sale links”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/homegym?
Communities with similar topics include r/Catswithjobs (1.5M), r/Pizza (1.9M), r/homeautomation (4.6M), r/starterpacks (6.5M) and r/Jazz (1.3M).
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/homegym.