About r/skiing
In its own words:
The sport where you strap two boards to your feet and point them down the mountain. Turning optional!
Community guide
r/skiing (#653, about 1.6 million subscribers) is oriented around: The sport where you strap two boards to your feet and point them down the mountain. Turning optional! Recent activity samples show 18 posts/day in recent samples (~48% text, ~15% link, ~13% video). Public rules we collected include: Don't be rude or a bully.; All submissions must be related to skiing.; No blatant self promotion posts.; Post simple questions in the Weekly Discussion thread; Helmet Discussion.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: Don't be rude or a bully.; All submissions must be related to skiing.; No blatant self promotion posts.; Post simple questions in the Weekly Discussion thread.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Common flairs in samples include: Megathread.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 3, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 558 subscribers (+0.03%). It sits just behind r/developersIndia (#652) and ahead of r/deadbydaylight (#654) in our ranking.
What sets r/skiing apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 11.0× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/skiing went up from 1,615,702 to 1,618,410 subscribers (+2.7K, +0.17%). That is about 62 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/skiing talks about
We read the titles of 112 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “ski”, “recommendations”, “skis”, “resort” and “season”. Other frequent themes are resorts, looking, advice, intermediate, bindings and thanks. Recurring phrases include “ski resorts”, “ski trip”, “good bootfitter” and “resorts open”. By format, 48% are text posts, 15% are links and 13% are videos.
Activity and best time to post
r/skiing gets about 18 new posts a day. The public archive holds 200,026 posts and 2,872,299 comments in total, about 14.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (21 posts) and the quietest was Monday (13). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/skiing
The moderators of r/skiing list 5 rules. In short:
- Don't be rude or a bully.
- All submissions must be related to skiing.
- No blatant self promotion posts.
- Post simple questions in the Weekly Discussion thread
- Helmet Discussion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/skiing 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/skiing have?
r/skiing has 1,618,410 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #653 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,708 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/skiing?
r/skiing was created on Jun 3, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/skiing?
Moderately: r/skiing gets about 18 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 200,026 posts and 2,872,299 comments. In a sample of 112 recent posts we counted 105 different authors.
When is r/skiing most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Monday, 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/skiing about?
The community describes itself as: “The sport where you strap two boards to your feet and point them down the mountain. Turning optional!” Recent post titles often mention ski, recommendations, skis, resort and season. Most posts are text posts (48%).
Is r/skiing safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/skiing as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/skiing?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/skiing accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “Don't be rude or a bully.”; “All submissions must be related to skiing.”; “No blatant self promotion posts.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/skiing?
Communities with similar topics include r/IASIP (1.4M), r/EASportsFC (1.4M), r/dogs (2.9M), r/boardgames (5.5M) and r/sports (22.1M).
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/skiing.