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r/hiking vs r/CampingandHiking

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Day hiking community vs backpacking (camp + hike) focus

r/hiking is the general hikers’ subreddit. r/CampingandHiking is for backpackers who hike with camping gear—trip reports, back-country gear and overnight travel.

Sizes are close in our directory (hiking ~2.7M rank #411; CampingandHiking ~2.8M rank #397). Activity samples favour hiking (~44 posts/day vs ~8).

Rules: hiking requires hike locations on picture/video posts and bans blogs/surveys/self-promo. CampingandHiking insists on camping AND hiking together, and restricts ads, surveys, equipment sales and certain gear-review patterns.

Share day hikes and trail photos (with location) on r/hiking.
Use r/CampingandHiking when overnight backpacking gear and camp-to-hike logistics are the point.
Both open via the SubMouse info tool outside the live Top cut.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-06.

r/hiking

r/Hiking

The hikers' subreddit.

Members: 2.7M
7-day growth: +2.7K
Posts/day: 43.5
Directory rank: #411 (listed; no SubMouse page yet)
Created: Oct 13, 2009
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: galleries 42%, text posts 33%, images 13%

Topics: Camping & Hiking

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Links to Blogs, articles, and/or surveys are not allowed
Pictures or video of must include the location of the hike
Any type of self-promotion is not allowed
Must be Original Content

Look up r/hiking (info tool)

About this community: r/hiking (#411, about 2.7 million) is the hikers’ subreddit.

r/CampingandHiking

Camping and Hiking

For Backpackers who Hike with Camping Gear in their Backpack. Tips, trip reports, back-country gear reviews, safety and news

Members: 2.8M
7-day growth: +1.1K
Posts/day: 7.6
Directory rank: #397
Created: Dec 30, 2008
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 58%, galleries 26%, links 9%

Topics: Camping & Hiking

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Camping AND Hiking
Ads, blogs, websites
No surveys
Equipment sales
Gear Reviews
Original Content
Low Effort post
No Breaking LNT Principles

Open r/CampingandHiking on SubMouse

About this community: r/CampingandHiking (#397, about 2.8 million) is for backpackers who hike with camping gear—trip reports, backcountry gear, safety, and news.

Supported differences

Aspect	r/hiking	r/CampingandHiking
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	The hikers' subreddit.	For Backpackers who Hike with Camping Gear in their Backpack. Tips, trip reports, back-country gear reviews, safety and news
Size r/CampingandHiking is larger in our directory.	2.7M members	2.8M members
Posting activity (our sample)	43.5/day	7.6/day
Common post types in our sample	galleries 42%, text posts 33%, images 13%	text posts 58%, galleries 26%, links 9%
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	Links to Blogs, articles, and/or surveys are not allowed; Pictures or video of must include the location of the hike; Any type of self-promotion is not allowed; Must be Original Content	Camping AND Hiking; Ads, blogs, websites; No surveys; Equipment sales; Gear Reviews

What they share

Shared SubMouse topics: Camping & Hiking
Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Where this comparison comes from

Directory stats plus collected short rule titles and activity samples for both. Short titles only.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.

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