About r/wholesome
In its own words:
It’s so wholesome in here :)
Community guide
r/wholesome (#867, about 1.2 million subscribers) covers It’s so wholesome in here :). Recent activity samples show 12 posts/day in recent samples (~36% image, ~30% video, ~27% text). Public rules we collected include: Be civil/Remember the human; Must be Wholesome; No Spam, Self-Promotion, or Solicitation; No Trolling/Baiting; No Low Effort Posts.
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. Low-effort or empty shitposts are often removed—add real context. Civility rules are enforced; personal attacks get removed.
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. Search before reposting.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Nov 29, 2013, which makes it 12 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 708 subscribers (+0.06%). Among the 12 communities on our wholesome list it is number 3 by size. It sits just behind r/confidentlyincorrect (#866) and ahead of r/bicycling (#868) in our ranking.
What sets r/wholesome apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 6.0 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/wholesome grew from 1,218,278 to 1,224,101 subscribers (+5.8K, +0.48%). That is about 132 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/wholesome talks about
We read the titles of 67 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “love”, “friend”, “dog”, “patrick” and “birthday”. Other frequent themes are halloween, kitten, started, daughter, actually and mother. Recurring phrases include “patrick stewart” and “family tried”. By format, 36% are images, 30% are videos and 27% are text posts.
Activity and best time to post
r/wholesome gets about 12 new posts a day. The public archive holds 110,133 posts and 661,733 comments in total, about 6.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (14 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (5). Posting peaks around 03:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/wholesome
The moderators of r/wholesome list 9 rules. In short:
- Be civil/Remember the human
- Must be Wholesome
- No Spam, Self-Promotion, or Solicitation
- No Trolling/Baiting
- No Low Effort Posts
- No Reposts
- No Meta
- No Identifying Information
- Not a Direct Link
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/wholesome 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/wholesome?
r/wholesome has 1,224,101 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #867 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,823 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/wholesome created?
r/wholesome was created on Nov 29, 2013, so it has been around for 12 years.
Is r/wholesome still active?
Yes. r/wholesome gets about 12 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 110,133 posts and 661,733 comments. In a sample of 67 recent posts we counted 63 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/wholesome?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 03:00 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 kind of posts are on r/wholesome?
The community describes itself as: “It’s so wholesome in here :)” Recent post titles often mention love, friend, dog, patrick and birthday. Most posts are images (36%).
Is r/wholesome SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/wholesome as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/wholesome?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/wholesome accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Be civil/Remember the human”; “Must be Wholesome”; “No Spam, Self-Promotion, or Solicitation”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/wholesome?
Communities with similar topics include r/wholesomeanimemes (1.6M), r/TikTokCringe (5.7M), r/wholesomememes (18.3M), r/developersIndia (1.6M) and r/MadeMeSmile (12.7M).
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/wholesome.