r/Parenting vs r/Mommit
Side-by-side using public descriptions, members, growth and rule titles from SubMouse. Missing fields show as n/a. Adult communities are excluded.
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All-parents discussion vs moms-only support
r/Parenting is for people with kids of any age—pregnancy through teens leaving the nest. r/Mommit describes itself as moms mucking through the ickier parts of child raising, offering support to other moms.
Both have SubMouse pages (Parenting about 8.3M, rank #92; Mommit about 2.8M, rank #405). Activity samples are all text; Parenting is busier in our window (roughly 105 vs 80 posts per day).
Collected short rule titles encode who may post. Parenting: only parents or guardians may create new posts; no medical or legal advice; discussion-first; no surveys or advertising. Mommit: Moms only; be kind; no blogs/surveys/promotional posts; no panhandling. Use Parenting for broad guardian discussion; use Mommit when you want a moms-only support tone—and never treat either as medical or legal counsel.
- r/Parenting: parents/guardians only for new posts; no medical/legal advice (collected titles).
- r/Mommit: moms only; support-focused; no promo/panhandling (collected titles).
- Audience filter is the main split. Both have full SubMouse community pages.
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-06.
r/Parenting
Reddit Parenting - For those with kids of any age!
/r/Parenting is the place to discuss the ins and out as well as ups and downs of child-rearing. From the early stages of pregnancy to when your teenagers are finally ready to leave the nest (even if they don't want to) …
- Members
- 8.3M
- 7-day growth
- +2.1K
- Posts/day
- 105.4
- Directory rank
- #92
- Created
- Mar 24, 2008
- Submissions
- Text posts
Sample mix: text posts 100%
Topics: Parenting
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- Only Parents or Guardians May Create New Posts
- Be Decent & Civil
- No Medical & Legal Advice
- No surveys, studies, or interviews
- No linking, promotion, or advertising
- We are a discussion-first sub
- General Posting and Moderation
- Rule P - No Photos of Children
- Rule S - Things My Kid Said Threads
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r/Mommit
Mommit - Come for the support, stay for the details.
We are moms mucking through the ickier parts of child raising. It may not always be pretty, fun and awesome, but we do it. We want to be here for other moms who are going through the same experiences and offer a helping…
- Members
- 2.8M
- 7-day growth
- +1.3K
- Posts/day
- 80.1
- Directory rank
- #405
- Created
- Sep 4, 2010
- Submissions
- Text posts
Sample mix: text posts 100%
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- No blogs, surveys or promotional posts
- Moms only
- Be kind
- No panhandling
- Mod discretion
- Pro-choice
- No bigotry or hate.
- Snarking will result in a ban
Open r/Mommit on SubMouse
Supported differences
| Aspect | r/Parenting | r/Mommit |
|---|
| Public focus (from each community’s public description) |
/r/Parenting is the place to discuss the ins and out as well as ups and downs of child-rearing. From the early stages of pregnancy to when your teenagers are finally ready to leave the nest (even if they don't want to) … |
We are moms mucking through the ickier parts of child raising. It may not always be pretty, fun and awesome, but we do it. We want to be here for other moms who are going through the same experiences and offer a helping… |
| Size r/Parenting is larger in our directory (about 3×). |
8.3M members |
2.8M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) |
105.4/day |
80.1/day |
| Common post types in our sample |
text posts 100% |
text posts 100% |
| Topic tags on SubMouse |
Parenting |
n/a |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) |
Only Parents or Guardians May Create New Posts; Be Decent & Civil; No Medical & Legal Advice; No surveys, studies, or interviews; No linking, promotion, or advertising |
No blogs, surveys or promotional posts; Moms only; Be kind; No panhandling; Mod discretion |
What they share
- Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.
Rules and tone we can verify
Parenting: Only Parents or Guardians May Create New Posts; Be Decent & Civil; No Medical & Legal Advice; no surveys/studies/interviews; no linking/promotion/advertising; discussion-first. Mommit: No blogs, surveys or promotional posts; Moms only; Be kind; No panhandling; Mod discretion; Pro-choice.
Where this comparison comes from
Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples collected 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.