How the makeup communities compare
Membership is concentrated: the three largest communities hold 83% of all members on this list, so most of the makeup conversation happens in a handful of places. r/MakeupAddiction is both the biggest and the busiest, with about 116 new posts a day. Per member, the liveliest is r/makeuptips: 53 posts a day from 69.5K members — a smaller crowd, but an engaged one. Among the communities we track weekly, r/Makeup grew fastest recently (+0.12%, +2.3K members since Oct 26). The oldest is r/Makeup, founded in 2009, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.
The 18 biggest makeup subreddits
r/MakeupAddiction 7,606,394 members · ~116 posts/day · +5.9K since Oct 26 · since 2010The subreddit for everything makeup related.
- Mr/Makeup ↗ 1,944,552 members · ~36 posts/day · +2.3K since Oct 26 · since 2009
Makeup tips and advice from other people who have no agenda. Skip the misleading ads, paid bloggers, sponsored Instagrammers, and enjoy some real information from other redditors. Ask about anything you like, as long as it's rela…
- Mr/makeupexchange ↗ 399,584 members · ~2.7 posts/day · since 2012
Welcome back to MUE!
- Mr/MakeUpAddictionUK ↗ 375,465 members · ~7.3 posts/day · since 2014
A UK centered makeup subreddit that is dedicated to finding and sharing the best makeup deals, products and tips easily available in the UK.
- Mr/MakeupAddictionCanada ↗ 314,145 members · ~4.9 posts/day · since 2014
Tips and tricks for Canadians who love makeup.
- Dr/drugstoreMUA ↗ 199,887 members · ~18 posts/day · since 2015
For those who use and love drugstore makeup.
- Ar/AustralianMakeup ↗ 163,727 members · since 2013
Australian and New Zealand discussion about makeup, skincare, hair care, fragrance and more. Share reviews, product questions, hauls, sales, and all things beauty.
- Mr/MakeupRehab ↗ 157,261 members · since 2014
Welcome! MakeupRehab is a place for those who are on a no-buy, low-buy, or just want to talk makeup and beauty without being bombarded with sales, hauls, and other tempting posts. Let's ramp up the creativity to use your collecti…
- Mr/makeuporganization ↗ 139,878 members · since 2016
A place where user, lovers, and admirers of makeup can share their storage and organization ideas, vanities, collections, DIYs and all things in between!
- Mr/makeupflatlays ↗ 108,212 members · ~1.6 posts/day · since 2016
A place to post your makeup flatlays! Small and large collections welcome.
- Mr/MakeupLounge ↗ 96,201 members · since 2019
A chill place for all things makeup related.
- Mr/Makeup101 ↗ 86,530 members · ~27 posts/day · since 2015
Makeup 101 is a beginner friendly, tutorial and education focused subreddit focused on learning and improving makeup skills and techniques. Post your tutorials you've made or found, and ask questions to get help from other makeup…
- Mr/MakeupAddicts ↗ 70,534 members · ~3.0 posts/day · since 2013
This is a community created for those who love all things makeup. Users can share reviews, swatches, and makeup hauls while participating in discussions about new releases, trends, skills, and general makeup-related topics.
- Mr/makeuptips ↗ 69,522 members · ~53 posts/day · since 2012
r/MakeupTips welcomes tips, tricks, questions, videos and more. Please link articles/videos and give credit where credit is due!
- Rr/RandomActsofMakeup ↗ 61,308 members · ~2.3 posts/day · since 2012
A safe space for everyone to share their love of makeup, make friends and have fun together!
- Mr/MakeupEducation ↗ 53,737 members · ~7.1 posts/day · since 2015
New to makeup or just wanting to learn more? We're here to help!
- Ur/UnconventionalMakeup ↗ 49,588 members · ~14 posts/day · since 2016
This is for those of us that don't always fit into the meta looks of MUA. SFX makeup, goth makeup, editorial looks, bold, colorful, alternative, or other looks that you just can't seem to find represented and celebrated anywhere …
- Mr/makeupdupes ↗ 35,551 members · ~13 posts/day · since 2016
A community for finding and asking for makeup dupes
Choosing where to post
For beginner questions, r/makeuptips is the natural first stop — it exists for advice, and roughly 53 new threads a day keep it moving. Asking the same thing in r/MakeupAddiction often gets it removed or lost among the 116 daily posts. There are regional communities too — r/MakeUpAddictionUK, r/MakeupAddictionCanada and r/AustralianMakeup — which are the better choice for local prices, shops, events or rules.
Before posting, sort a subreddit by “Top” for the past month: it shows in a minute what that community rewards. 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 makeup subreddit has the most members?
r/MakeupAddiction is the largest, with 7,606,394 members, followed by r/Makeup (1.9M) and r/makeupexchange (399.6K).
Where are the most new makeup posts?
By new posts per day, r/MakeupAddiction leads with about 116, ahead of r/makeuptips (53). Counts are averages over the last seven days.
Which makeup subreddit is best for questions?
r/makeuptips is the one built around questions and advice, with about 53 new posts a day. Check its rules and search it first — common questions have usually been answered.
How many makeup communities are on this list?
We list 18 active, safe-for-work makeup communities with at least 25,000 members each, 11.9M 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 makeup subreddit?
r/Makeup, created on Jan 22, 2009.
Are these makeup 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.