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r/minimalism vs r/simpleliving

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Simple living room vs minimalism room

r/simpleliving’s longer public description was n/a in our snapshot; collected flairs point to discussion prompts, sharing happiness, seeking advice and offering wisdom. r/minimalism’s directory text is for those who appreciate simplicity in any form.

In our directory, minimalism is larger (about 2.6M, rank #429) than simpleliving (about 1.6M, rank #657). Activity samples show simpleliving posting more often (~12 posts/day vs ~3). simpleliving’s sample mixes text with some images/links; minimalism’s sample in our window is mostly text with lifestyle flairs.

Rule titles: simpleliving asks for compassion, on-topic posts and minimum effort, and bans surveys and self-promotion; minimalism bans memes, requires minimalism relevance, civility, no self-promo, and wants flair assigned.

  • Choose r/simpleliving for everyday simple-living advice and discussion under its compassion and effort rules.
  • Choose r/minimalism for intentional simplicity and decluttering talk under its relevance and flair rules.
  • Both sit outside the current Top 100 cut; the overlap is real, but posting culture still differs.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.

r/minimalism

minimalism

For those who appreciate simplicity in any form.

Members
2.6M
7-day growth
+1.9K
Posts/day
3
Directory rank
#429
Created
Jun 24, 2009
Submissions
Text posts

Sample mix: text posts 86%, links 14%

Topics: Minimalism

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • No memes
  • Posts need to be related to minimalism
  • Please keep things civil
  • No self-promotion / advertising
  • Assign a flair to your post after submitting it

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About this community: r/minimalism (#429, about 2.6 million) is for people who appreciate simplicity in any form. Rules ban memes, off-topic posts, self-promotion/advertising, and require civility plus assigning a flair after submitting. The collected sample is modest and text-heavy (~3 ppd; sample_n=22), mostly [lifestyle] flair.

r/simpleliving

No public description in our directory.

Members
1.6M
7-day growth
n/a
Posts/day
12.1
Directory rank
#657
Created
n/a
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 59%, links 19%, images 16%

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Be compassionate
  • Stay on topic
  • Make a minimum effort
  • No surveys or interview requests
  • No self-promotion or spam

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Supported differences

Aspectr/minimalismr/simpleliving
Public focus (from each community’s public description) For those who appreciate simplicity in any form. n/a
Size
r/minimalism is larger in our directory (about 1.6×).
 2.6M members 1.6M members
Posting activity (our sample) 3/day 12.1/day
Common post types in our sample text posts 86%, links 14% text posts 59%, links 19%, images 16%
Allowed submission type (meta) Text posts Text or links
Topic tags on SubMouse Minimalism n/a
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) No memes; Posts need to be related to minimalism; Please keep things civil; No self-promotion / advertising; Assign a flair to your post after submitting it Be compassionate; Stay on topic; Make a minimum effort; No surveys or interview requests; No self-promotion or spam

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

simpleliving short titles include: be compassionate; stay on topic; make a minimum effort; no surveys or interview requests; no self-promotion or spam. Our sample flairs include discussion prompt, sharing happiness and seeking advice.

minimalism: no memes; posts need to be related to minimalism; keep things civil; no self-promotion/advertising; assign a flair after submitting. Our sample is text-forward with lifestyle flairs.

Where this comparison comes from

Member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory (simpleliving public description was thin in our snapshot). Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. 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.

Comparisons we prepared

Hand-written explanations for pairs where the public descriptions and rules support a real distinction: