How the houseplants communities compare
Membership is concentrated: the three largest communities hold 83% of all members on this list, so most of the houseplants conversation happens in a handful of places. r/gardening and r/houseplants are the two busiest, with roughly 112 and 131 new posts a day. Per member, the liveliest is r/carnivorousplants: 12 posts a day from 35.8K members — a smaller crowd, but an engaged one. Among the communities we track weekly, r/houseplants grew fastest recently (+0.06%, +1.8K members since Oct 26). The oldest is r/gardening, founded in 2008, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.
The 16 biggest houseplants subreddits
r/gardening 9,037,980 members · ~112 posts/day · +2.1K since Oct 26 · since 2008A place for the best guides, pictures, and discussions of all things related to plants and their care.
r/houseplants 3,039,788 members · ~131 posts/day · +1.8K since Oct 26 · since 2011A community focused on the discussion, care, and well-being of houseplants!
r/whatsthisplant 1,818,464 members · ~32 posts/day · +774 since Oct 26 · since 2011A community of plant enthusiasts where anyone can upload photos of plant(s) they would like identified. Everyone is encouraged to help each other identify plants.
- Pr/plantclinic ↗ 775,511 members · ~65 posts/day · since 2015
If you're wondering "What's wrong with my plant?", we will help you diagnose and treat it!
- Sr/succulents ↗ 680,688 members · ~58 posts/day · since 2011
Anything and everything about succulent plants, a.k.a. "fat plants," welcome here! Photos, art, growing tips, sales/trades, news, and stories.
- Pr/plants ↗ 427,488 members · ~51 posts/day · since 2010
A place to share pictures and discuss growing, maintaining, and propagating houseplants and outdoor decorative plants.
- Hr/HouseplantsUK ↗ 271,798 members · ~6.3 posts/day · since 2019
Advice on where to shop, how much we are paying and help on growing tips (knowing we don’t get as much heat and sun as our friends abroad) any out of UK members welcome too :) Please no illegal plants. Icon design by u/FancyFishe…
- Pr/PlantIdentification ↗ 206,995 members · since 2012
Submit photos, location, and any text info that you have... And we ID the plant
- Rr/RareHouseplants ↗ 91,456 members · since 2019
We're a tribe of rare plant collectors and enthusiasts. Our community focuses on the discussion, care, and well-being of all things related to rare houseplants. Be kind. Everyone is welcome here.
- Hr/houseplantscirclejerk ↗ 85,807 members · ~8.0 posts/day · since 2020
Shitposting-sub to cover all your monstera unfurling needs. Rare plants like monstera and snake plant welcome. Please no cross posting. Only post original greenbehbeh content. FAQ: Is this community religious? Monstera variegata.…
- Tr/TakeaPlantLeaveaPlant ↗ 75,536 members · ~3.6 posts/day · since 2011
Take A Plant Leave A Plant is an online trading community for your cuttings, seedlings, seeds, or whatever plants you have laying around! We want to spread the love of plants to those who don't have access. Please, don't flip you…
- Pr/plantsandpots ↗ 69,476 members · since 2019
Pictures of Perfectly Paired Plants and Pots
- Dr/DramaticHouseplants ↗ 54,033 members · ~0.7 posts/day · since 2019
Images of dramatic houseplants and plant-related memes are encouraged 🪴
- Ar/australianplants ↗ 40,313 members · since 2015
A place to appreciate, and share information about, Australian Native plants. This reddit is about Native Australian Plants and Trees. For exotic plants and trees please go to /r/GardeningAustralia
- Cr/carnivorousplants ↗ 35,799 members · ~12 posts/day · since 2013
Subreddit for hobbyists to discuss growing, propagating and trading carnivorous plants.
- Sr/StringofPlants ↗ 25,585 members · since 2020
Gotta collect all them string plants
What these communities upvoted this week
A cross-section of this week's top posts from the bigger houseplants subreddits, in the order Reddit ranks them.
- My autumn plantsr/gardening · Oct 27
- a cactus i’ve had for years suddenly grew a flower??r/whatsthisplant · Oct 31
- My most beloved plant needs help!r/plantclinic · Oct 31
- What's your best succulent/pot combo?r/succulents · Oct 31
- My first saffron! I couldn’t believe they flowered!r/gardening · Nov 1
- What cactus is this in San Diegor/whatsthisplant · Oct 30
- Please don't be pests...🤞what is this!?r/plantclinic · Oct 28
- Euphorbia obesar/succulents · Nov 1
Choosing where to post
For beginner questions, r/plantclinic is the natural first stop — it exists for advice, and roughly 65 new threads a day keep it moving. Jokes and memes have their own home in r/houseplantscirclejerk; the serious communities tend to remove them, so keep the two apart. There are regional communities too — r/HouseplantsUK and r/australianplants — which are the better choice for local prices, shops, events or rules. Rule sets vary: of the communities we have rules for, r/houseplants lists 9, against 3 in r/gardening, so a post that is fine in one can be removed in another.
Big subreddits give a post the widest audience, but they also bury it quickly; the mid-sized communities on this list are usually friendlier for questions and first posts. 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
What is the biggest houseplants subreddit?
r/gardening is the largest, with 9,037,980 members, followed by r/houseplants (3M) and r/whatsthisplant (1.8M).
Which houseplants subreddit is the most active?
By new posts per day, r/houseplants leads with about 131, ahead of r/gardening (112). Counts are averages over the last seven days.
Where should a beginner ask about houseplants on Reddit?
r/plantclinic is the one built around questions and advice, with about 65 new posts a day. Check its rules and search it first — common questions have usually been answered.
How many houseplants subreddits are there?
We list 16 active, safe-for-work houseplants communities with at least 25,000 members each, 16.7M 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 houseplants subreddit?
r/gardening, created on Mar 20, 2008.
Are these houseplants 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.