About r/metalworking
In its own words:
Your place to share metalworking projects, ask questions, and learn together! We encourage you to join our discord! https://discord.gg/3sgvsw2BDs
Community guide
r/metalworking (#945, about 1.2 million) is for sharing metal projects, asking process questions and learning together—context-rich posts over bare phone snaps or company ads.
What belongs
Metalworking projects and questions (about 17 posts/day). Rules: behavioural guidelines; no company/self advertising spam; no low-effort lacking context; text questions and career advice norms.
Versus machining or welding-only rooms
Specialty trade subs go deep on one process. metalworking is the broader share-and-learn shop floor.
Practical pointers
Add process context to photos; skip company promo.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Aug 4, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 491 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/Moviesinthemaking (#944) and ahead of r/birdswitharms (#946) in our ranking.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/metalworking grew from 1,121,962 to 1,125,619 subscribers (+3.7K, +0.33%). That is about 83 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/metalworking talks about
Across 118 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “metal”, “welding”, “steel”, “aluminum” and “stainless”. Other frequent themes are help, tig, saw, fabrication, machining and finish. Recurring phrases include “stainless steel”, “tig welding”, “multi direction” and “direction flat”. By format, 36% are galleries, 21% are text posts and 20% are videos.
Activity and best time to post
r/metalworking gets about 17 new posts a day. The public archive holds 50,355 posts and 552,641 comments in total, about 11.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (25 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (9). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 09:00 UTC.
Rules of r/metalworking
The moderators of r/metalworking list 4 rules. In short:
- Behavioral Guidelines
- No self/Company Advertising or Spam
- Low Effort Submissions / Lacking Context
- Text Based Questions and Career Advice
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/metalworking 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/metalworking?
r/metalworking has 1,125,619 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #945 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,657 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/metalworking?
r/metalworking was created on Aug 4, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Aug 6, 2008.
How active is r/metalworking?
Moderately: r/metalworking gets about 17 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 50,355 posts and 552,641 comments. In a sample of 118 recent posts we counted 88 different authors.
When is r/metalworking most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 09:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/metalworking about?
The community describes itself as: “Your place to share metalworking projects, ask questions, and learn together! We encourage you to join our discord! https://discord.gg/3sgvsw2BDs” Recent post titles often mention metal, welding, steel, aluminum and stainless. Most posts are galleries (36%).
Is r/metalworking safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/metalworking as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/metalworking?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/metalworking accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “Behavioral Guidelines”; “No self/Company Advertising or Spam”; “Low Effort Submissions / Lacking Context”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/metalworking?
Communities with similar topics include r/Rainbow6 (2.2M), r/Conservative (1.4M), r/Eminem (1.4M), r/AskReddit (60M) and r/rareinsults (3.1M).
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/metalworking.