How the haircare communities compare
Membership is concentrated: the three largest communities hold 90% of all members on this list, so most of the haircare conversation happens in a handful of places. Size and activity don't line up perfectly: r/Hair has the most members, but r/tressless gets the most new posts (about 109 a day, against 72 in r/Hair). Per member, the liveliest is r/Hairtransplant: 39 posts a day from 25.1K members — a smaller crowd, but an engaged one. The oldest is r/Hair, founded in 2008, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.
The 11 biggest haircare subreddits
r/Hair 4,462,140 members · ~72 posts/day · since 2008Welcome to the /r/hair community! This community is all about hair and beauty.
- Cr/curlyhair ↗ 1,422,150 members · ~42 posts/day · +872 since Oct 26 · since 2011
For all natural curlies, coilies, and wavies! All hair is good hair. Find help with your hair: product recommendations, technique advice...anything to help embrace your natural texture!
- Lr/longhair ↗ 538,919 members · ~19 posts/day · since 2010
A strictly SFW subreddit to share and discuss long hair. Please read the sub rules before posting or commenting. Thanks!
- Tr/tressless ↗ 297,724 members · ~109 posts/day · since 2011
Tressless.com (*tress·less*, without hair) is the most popular community for males and females coping with hair loss. Feel free to discuss remedies, research, technologies, hair transplants, hair systems, living with hair loss, c…
- Br/BlackHair ↗ 117,328 members · ~30 posts/day · since 2012
/r/blackhair - Reddit's Home For Black Hair Admiration and Care. For anyone and everyone! All hair types, all techniques, all levels of processing no matter the gender.
- Fr/FemaleHairLoss ↗ 66,433 members · since 2018
For women who have experienced hair loss for any reason to come together, discuss hair loss, share their experiences, and seek support. Please read Community Info before posting.
- Hr/HairRemoval ↗ 53,052 members · ~17 posts/day · since 2013
This was created to help every-body with body hair removal.
- Hr/HairTransplants ↗ 52,370 members · since 2014
This Hair Transplant Forum aims to provide objective information about hair transplants.
- Lr/LaserHairRemoval ↗ 37,563 members · ~14 posts/day · since 2013
Laser Hair Removal
- Cr/CurlyHairCare ↗ 33,185 members · ~12 posts/day · since 2017
A community dedicated to embracing and celebrating curly hair. Share tips, tricks, product recommendations, and support for all curl types.
- Hr/Hairtransplant ↗ 25,143 members · ~39 posts/day · since 2011
A subreddit about hair transplants
Choosing where to post
If you have a question, start in r/curlyhair: it is set up for exactly that, and with about 42 new posts a day there are plenty of people around to answer.
A simple rule of thumb: ask questions in the specialised communities and share your best finds in the big ones, where they can reach the most people. Always read the rules in the sidebar first — each community is run by its own volunteer moderators. Our guide to searching Reddit explains how to dig through any of these communities, and the subreddit info tool gives you the stats of one we don't list.
Frequently asked questions
Which haircare subreddit has the most members?
r/Hair is the largest, with 4,462,140 members, followed by r/curlyhair (1.4M) and r/longhair (538.9K).
Where are the most new haircare posts?
By new posts per day, r/tressless leads with about 109, ahead of r/Hair (72). Counts are averages over the last seven days.
Which haircare subreddit is best for questions?
r/curlyhair is the one built around questions and advice, with about 42 new posts a day. Check its rules and search it first — common questions have usually been answered.
How many haircare communities are on this list?
We list 11 active, safe-for-work haircare communities with at least 25,000 members each, 7.1M members in total (people can be in several). Reddit has many smaller ones too; our guide on searching Reddit shows how to find them.
What is the oldest haircare subreddit?
r/Hair, created on Sep 23, 2008.
Are these haircare subreddits safe for work?
Yes. Every community on this page is public and not marked 18+ by Reddit, and we filter out communities whose name or description points to adult content.
Data: Reddit's public subreddit search and the Arctic Shift archive (Nov 6, 2026), growth from SubMouse's weekly snapshots. Member counts of communities outside our Top 1000 come from the archive and can lag a little. Not affiliated with Reddit.