r/DIY vs r/somethingimade
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DIY how-to room vs Something I Made showcase
r/DIY’s public directory title/description is simply DIY. r/somethingimade describes a community for showcasing and celebrating DIY/handmade projects.
In our directory, DIY is much larger (about 27.5M, rank #17) than somethingimade (about 3.1M, rank #341). Activity samples show DIY posting more often (~61 posts/day vs ~23). DIY’s sample mixes galleries, images and text with help, home improvement, woodworking, electronic and outdoor flairs; somethingimade’s sample is gallery/image-only in our window. Our directory lists each name among the other’s related communities. SubMouse already compares DIY with HomeImprovement and woodworking; this pair is specifically how-to DIY versus finished-project showcase.
Rule titles: DIY requires DIY content, bans sales/ads and AI content and wants people to search first; somethingimade requires handmade crafts, bans off-topic/digital-only dumps and wants quality supportive posts.
- Choose r/DIY for how-to help and project troubleshooting under its DIY-only and no-ads rules.
- Choose r/somethingimade to showcase finished handmade work under its handmade-crafts rules.
- DIY is inside the current Top 100; somethingimade opens via the info tool. diy-vs-homeimprovement and woodworking-vs-diy are separate curated pages.
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.
r/DIY
DIY
DIY
- Members
- 27.5M
- 7-day growth
- +2.6K
- Posts/day
- 61
- Directory rank
- #17
- Created
- Jan 25, 2008
- Submissions
- Text or links
Sample mix: galleries 40%, images 31%, text posts 27%
Topics: DIY
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- All content must be DIY
- Basic Community Rules
- 𝗡𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 | 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 | 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴
- Google First, Reddit Last | Product Search
- Low effort posts
- Content / Topics not suited for r/DIY
- Rating & Reviewing Products or Brands
- Sometimes you let the professionals handle it
- No AI Content
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r/somethingimade
Something I Made
Welcome to r/SomethingIMade – a community dedicated to showcasing & celebrating your DIY projects! Whether you're a seasoned crafter or a beginner, we encourage you to share your creations and inspire others to get crea…
- Members
- 3.1M
- 7-day growth
- +1.2K
- Posts/day
- 23.4
- Directory rank
- #341
- Created
- Aug 15, 2009
- Submissions
- Text or links
Sample mix: galleries 71%, images 29%
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- Handmade Crafts Only
- Digital items
- Off-Topic Content
- Be Respectful and Supportive
- Related links
- Quality Content
- Repetive posting
- Follow Reddit’s Sitewide Rules
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Supported differences
| Aspect | r/DIY | r/somethingimade |
|---|
| Public focus (from each community’s public description) |
DIY |
Welcome to r/SomethingIMade – a community dedicated to showcasing & celebrating your DIY projects! Whether you're a seasoned crafter or a beginner, we encourage you to share your creations and inspire others to get crea… |
| Size r/DIY is larger in our directory (about 8.8×). |
27.5M members |
3.1M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) |
61/day |
23.4/day |
| Common post types in our sample |
galleries 40%, images 31%, text posts 27% |
galleries 71%, images 29% |
| Topic tags on SubMouse |
DIY |
n/a |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) |
All content must be DIY; Basic Community Rules; 𝗡𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 | 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 | 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴; Google First, Reddit Last | Product Search; Low effort posts |
Handmade Crafts Only; Digital items; Off-Topic Content; Be Respectful and Supportive; Related links |
What they share
- Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.
Rules and posting patterns we can verify
DIY short titles include: all content must be DIY; basic community rules; NSFW/reddiquette/civility; no sales/promotions/advertising; Google first, Reddit last; low effort posts; content/topics not suited for r/DIY; rating and reviewing products or brands limits; sometimes let professionals handle it; no AI content. Our sample flairs include help, home improvement, woodworking, electronic, other and outdoor.
somethingimade: handmade crafts only; digital items limits; off-topic content; be respectful and supportive; related links; quality content; repetitive posting; follow Reddit’s sitewide rules. Our sample is gallery/image-heavy.
Where this comparison comes from
Public titles/descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Mutual related-list links. Short titles only. Related curated pages: diy-vs-homeimprovement, woodworking-vs-diy.
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.