r/ThriftStoreHauls vs r/Frugal

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r/ThriftStoreHauls’ public description is dedicated to sharing thrift finds from thrift stores, garage sales, flea markets and pawn shops. r/Frugal describes frugality as a mental approach to resource allocation across time, money and convenience.

In our directory, Frugal is larger (about 6.9M, rank #113) than ThriftStoreHauls (about 4.2M, rank #227). Activity samples reverse that: ThriftStoreHauls posts far more often (~55 posts/day vs ~11). ThriftStoreHauls’ sample is gallery- and image-heavy with clothing, home decor and kitchen flairs; Frugal’s sample is more text-forward with food, finance, personal care and secondhand flairs.

Rule titles: ThriftStoreHauls sets haul/image guidelines, bans faces, buying/selling and marketplace links; Frugal bans low-effort posts, affiliate links, self-promo and commercial product requests, and steers hauls into a megathread or Frugal Finds Friday. SubMouse already compares personalfinance with Frugal; this pair is thrift-haul showcase versus frugal mindset.

Choose r/ThriftStoreHauls to share secondhand finds under its haul and no-selling rules.
Choose r/Frugal for frugal living strategy under its anti-affiliate and haul-megathread rules.
Both sit outside the current Top 100 cut. personalfinance-vs-frugal is a separate curated page.

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

r/ThriftStoreHauls

Thrift Store Hauls : What did you find today?

A forum dedicated to sharing your thrift finds. Garage sales, flea markets, pawn shops, and more are all allowed. Come join our community and share your passion for the hunt with like-minded people!

Members: 4.2M
7-day growth: +1.4K
Posts/day: 55.4
Directory rank: #227
Created: Aug 5, 2011
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: galleries 55%, images 41%, text posts 3%

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Post titles/Information seeking/pricing/authentication
What type of haul is okay to post?
Image posting guidelines
No faces
No buying/selling
Text posting guidelines
no eBay / marketplace / social media links
No promotion of items / services / social media
Do not make multiple posts in a short timespan
Toxic behavior will not be tolerated

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r/Frugal

Frugal Living: Waste Less, Gain More!

Frugality is the mental approach we each take when considering our resource allocations. It includes time, money, convenience, and many other factors.

Members: 6.9M
7-day growth: +2.9K
Posts/day: 10.7
Directory rank: #113
Created: Mar 3, 2008
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 77%, images 16%, galleries 8%

Topics: Frugal Living

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Be civil and respectful.
No low effort, off-topic, or overly specific content.
No affiliate or referral links.
No self-promotion, solicitation, or surveys.
No commercial links or product requests.
No promotion or discussion of fraud, theft, piracy, ULPTs, harassment, or illegal activity.
Posts should be sufficiently descriptive. Follow up image/link posts with a caption or comment.
Reserve hauls and finds for the megathread or Frugal Finds Friday.
No dangerous content or medical advice.
No requests for material aid or financial assistance.
No Gatekeeping.
No lost money, beer money, stocks/investing, or cryptocurrency/NFT money-making schemes.

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Supported differences

Aspect	r/ThriftStoreHauls	r/Frugal
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	A forum dedicated to sharing your thrift finds. Garage sales, flea markets, pawn shops, and more are all allowed. Come join our community and share your passion for the hunt with like-minded people!	Frugality is the mental approach we each take when considering our resource allocations. It includes time, money, convenience, and many other factors.
Size r/Frugal is larger in our directory (about 1.7×).	4.2M members	6.9M members
Posting activity (our sample)	55.4/day	10.7/day
Common post types in our sample	galleries 55%, images 41%, text posts 3%	text posts 77%, images 16%, galleries 8%
Topic tags on SubMouse	n/a	Frugal Living
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	Post titles/Information seeking/pricing/authentication; What type of haul is okay to post?; Image posting guidelines; No faces; No buying/selling	Be civil and respectful.; No low effort, off-topic, or overly specific content.; No affiliate or referral links.; No self-promotion, solicitation, or surveys.; No commercial links or product requests.

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

ThriftStoreHauls short titles include: post titles/information seeking/pricing/authentication; what type of haul is okay; image posting guidelines; no faces; no buying/selling; text posting guidelines; no eBay/marketplace/social links; no promotion of items/services; no multiple posts in a short timespan; no toxic behavior. Our sample is gallery/image-heavy.

Frugal: be civil; no low effort/off-topic/overly specific content; no affiliate or referral links; no self-promotion or surveys; no commercial links or product requests; no fraud/theft/piracy talk; posts should be descriptive; reserve hauls for megathread or Frugal Finds Friday; no dangerous content or medical advice; no requests for material aid.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Short titles only. Related curated page: personalfinance-vs-frugal.

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.