r/woodworking on SubMouse

About r/woodworking

In its own words:

Woodworking is your worldwide home for discussion of all things woodworking, carpentry, fine furniture, power tools, hand tools, and just about anything else about making - anything - from trees!

The community was created on Aug 27, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 2,136 subscribers (+0.03%). Among the 5 communities on our woodworking list it is the largest. Reddit files it under the “diy and crafts” category and its main language is English.

What sets r/woodworking apart

For its size it is unusually busy: about 12.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 84% of the Top 100.

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/woodworking climbed from 6,191,253 to 6,200,629 subscribers (+9.4K, +0.15%). That is about 234 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/woodworking, from 2019 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

I have to gush - look at the coffee table my boyfriend made meu/East-Key-3096 · Sep 21, 2024 · gallery
Finally finished my TV trayu/Bubingusdingus · Jan 16, 2022 · 75,155 points · 1,235 comments · video
Some of you askedu/sl7ven_de · Nov 3, 2020 · video
I made Homer's spice rack from the Simpsonsu/gippy44 · Apr 7, 2020 · 60,896 points · 705 comments · image
Wifey saw a desk she wanted for $150, I said I could make that for half the price and twice as good, $300 later here is the resultu/CursedBear87 · Aug 21, 2020 · image
Scrollsawn project with all natural woods (no stains or dyes). Prince John and Hiss from Robin Hood. Oodalally!!u/woodland_porpoise · Nov 26, 2020 · image
Client wanted a bookcase with sliding dividers. Anyone seen this done before?u/themaestro152 · Nov 12, 2022 · 59,853 points · 821 comments · video
Just built this ceiling!u/SuppleSwineherd · Nov 19, 2022 · 60,742 points · 916 comments · image
I made a spice racku/newportonehundreds · Mar 25, 2023 · 59,080 points · 442 comments · image
I made a chore wheelu/thompsonwoodworks · Dec 3, 2019 · 54,993 points · 747 comments · video

What r/woodworking talks about

Looking at the titles of 531 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “wood”, “table”, “help”, “advice” and “project”. Other frequent themes are looking, finish, stain, oak, saw and finished. Recurring phrases include “coffee table”, “table top”, “red oak” and “live edge”. By format, 49% are galleries, 24% are text posts and 24% are images.

wood 60
table 44
help 43
advice 23
project 19
looking 17
finish 16
stain 13
oak 13
saw 13
finished 13
fix 12
bed 11
router 11
ideas 10
bandsaw 10
top 10
shop 9

Popular post flairs: Help (143), General Discussion (139), Project Submission (94), Techniques/Plans (40), Power Tools (30), Repair (29).

Activity and best time to post

r/woodworking gets about 77 new posts a day. The public archive holds 608,560 posts and 7,618,951 comments in total, about 12.5 comments per post.

Galleries 49%Text posts 24%Images 24%Videos 3%

Rules of r/woodworking

The moderators of r/woodworking list 7 rules. In short:

All posts must be about woodworking.
We don't want the following types of posts
Behave in this community
Posting YouTube video's / those with online shops must engage beyond their own posts
Safety Posts / Fractal burning
wood identification use the megathread
Original content only

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/woodworking 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/woodworking?

r/woodworking has 6,200,629 subscribers, which makes it the #130 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 9,376 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.

How old is r/woodworking?

r/woodworking was created on Aug 27, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.

How active is r/woodworking?

Very active: r/woodworking gets about 77 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 608,560 posts and 7,618,951 comments. In a sample of 531 recent posts we counted 477 different authors.

What is r/woodworking about?

The community describes itself as: “Woodworking is your worldwide home for discussion of all things woodworking, carpentry, fine furniture, power tools, hand tools, and just about anything else about making - anything - from trees!” Recent post titles often mention wood, table, help, advice and project. Most posts are galleries (49%).

Is r/woodworking safe for work?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/woodworking as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

How do I post on r/woodworking?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/woodworking accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “All posts must be about woodworking.”; “We don't want the following types of posts”; “Behave in this community”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

Which communities are like r/woodworking?

Communities with similar topics include r/MadeMeSmile (12.7M), r/DIY (27.5M), r/TwoXChromosomes (13.7M), r/photography (5.7M) and r/pcmasterrace (16.4M).

Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). 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/woodworking.

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