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Best Self-Improvement Subreddits (November 2026)

Looking for the right Self-Improvement community on Reddit? Here is the lay of the land. We checked the communities Reddit returns for “self improvement” and “productivity”, kept the public, safe-for-work ones with at least 25,000 members that are still posting, and ranked the 8 that remain by size. Together they have 8M members.

How the Self-Improvement communities compare

A few giants dominate — r/productivity, r/selfimprovement and r/motivation together account for 95% of the combined membership. Size and activity don't line up perfectly: r/productivity has the most members, but r/ProductivityApps gets the most new posts (about 58 a day, against 28 in r/productivity). Among the communities we track weekly, r/selfimprovement grew fastest recently (+0.18%, +5.1K members since Oct 26). The oldest is r/productivity, founded in 2008; 2 of the 8 were started in the last five years, a sign the topic keeps splitting into new niches.

The 8 biggest Self-Improvement subreddits

  1. r/productivity 4,263,510 members · ~28 posts/day · +3.1K since Oct 26 · since 2008

    Tips and tricks for being more productive!

  2. r/selfimprovement 2,769,028 members · +5.1K since Oct 26 · since 2008

    “Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson This subreddit is for those who have questions about how to improve any aspects of their lives, from motivation and procrastination, to social …

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    r/motivation ↗ 511,656 members · ~17 posts/day · since 2009

    Have something Motivating? Post it here (as long as it isn't spam or self promotion)

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    r/Productivitycafe ↗ 114,860 members · ~21 posts/day · since 2023

    Welcome to the Productivity Café, the only place where we promise our coffee is more potent than procrastination! We're a bunch of caffeine-fueled productivity wizards on a mission to defeat the dreaded dragons of distraction and…

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    r/MotivationalPics ↗ 106,669 members · ~16 posts/day · since 2011

    The Subreddit for Motivational Pictures!

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    r/MotivationalThoughts ↗ 82,835 members · ~16 posts/day · since 2020

    Welcome to MotivationalThoughts As a thank-you for joining, we’re offering you a free copy of our ebook: 6 Steps to Train Your Brain to Think Like a Millionaire. This guide is all about helping you develop a powerful mindset for …

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    r/selfimprovementday ↗ 56,474 members · since 2022

    Self Improvement Day is a portal that aims to change and improve our perception on life through knowledge. One step at a time :)

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    r/ProductivityApps ↗ 51,748 members · ~58 posts/day · since 2016

    A place to introduce, discuss, develop, or request apps for productivity.

Choosing where to post

Competition for attention differs a lot: r/productivity has 4.3M members but only about 28 new posts a day — roughly one new post for every 152.3K members — while r/ProductivityApps gets about 58 a day, one for every 897. A strong, well-made post therefore has more room to be seen in r/productivity; r/ProductivityApps is better when you want quick replies. Rule sets vary: of the communities we have rules for, r/selfimprovement lists 10, against 6 in r/productivity, so a post that is fine in one can be removed in another.

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

What is the biggest Self-Improvement subreddit?

r/productivity is the largest, with 4,263,510 members, followed by r/selfimprovement (2.8M) and r/motivation (511.7K).

Which Self-Improvement subreddit is the most active?

By new posts per day, r/ProductivityApps leads with about 58, ahead of r/productivity (28). Counts are averages over the last seven days.

How many Self-Improvement subreddits are there?

We list 8 active, safe-for-work Self-Improvement communities with at least 25,000 members each, 8M 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 Self-Improvement subreddit?

r/productivity, created on Jan 25, 2008.

Are these Self-Improvement 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.