About r/wholesomegifs
In its own words:
Quality gifs that make the viewer feel good.
Community guide
r/wholesomegifs (#960, about 1.2 million) collects quality gifs that make viewers feel good—direct gif links only, no NSFW content and no upvote begging in the post.
What belongs
Wholesome gifs (very light recent samples). Rules: must be wholesome gifs; no reposts; no NSFW/NSFL; no upvote mentions; posts must be general; no harassment; no PII; direct links; whimsical “turtles are friends” rule.
Versus wholesomememes and HighQualityGifs
wholesomememes is image-macro kindness; HQGifs is craft quality. wholesomegifs combines gif format with feel-good content.
Practical pointers
Link the gif directly; keep it kind and SFW.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Dec 8, 2016, which makes it 9 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 95 subscribers (+0.01%). Among the 12 communities on our wholesome list it is number 4 by size. It sits just behind r/technews (#959) and ahead of r/CatsWithDogs (#961) in our ranking.
What sets r/wholesomegifs apart
Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.2 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/wholesomegifs went up from 1,104,453 to 1,104,985 subscribers (+532, +0.05%). That is about 12 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Activity and best time to post
r/wholesomegifs gets about 0.2 new posts a day. The public archive holds 24,275 posts and 385,980 comments in total, about 15.9 comments per post.
Rules of r/wholesomegifs
The moderators of r/wholesomegifs list 9 rules. In short:
- Submissions must be wholesome gifs
- No Reposts
- No NSFW/NSFL gifs
- Mentioning upvotes
- Posts must be general
- No trolling, harassing, or being generally rude
- No personal information
- Post must be a direct link
- Turtles are friends, not food
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/wholesomegifs 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/wholesomegifs have?
r/wholesomegifs has 1,104,985 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #960 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 532 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/wholesomegifs?
r/wholesomegifs was created on Dec 8, 2016, so it has been around for 9 years.
How active is r/wholesomegifs?
Moderately: r/wholesomegifs gets about 0.2 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 24,275 posts and 385,980 comments.
What is r/wholesomegifs about?
The community describes itself as: “Quality gifs that make the viewer feel good.”
Is r/wholesomegifs safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/wholesomegifs as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/wholesomegifs?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/wholesomegifs accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Submissions must be wholesome gifs”; “No Reposts”; “No NSFW/NSFL gifs”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/wholesomegifs?
Communities with similar topics include r/HighQualityGifs (3.9M), r/wholesomememes (18.3M), r/gifs (21.5M), r/MaliciousCompliance (4.4M) and r/Games (3.6M).
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/wholesomegifs.