How the woodworking communities compare
A few giants dominate — r/woodworking, r/BeginnerWoodWorking and r/Carpentry together account for 98% of the combined membership. r/woodworking is both the biggest and the busiest, with about 74 new posts a day. Per member, the liveliest is r/BeginnerWoodWorking: 52 posts a day from 654.3K members — a smaller crowd, but an engaged one. The oldest is r/woodworking, founded in 2008, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.
The 5 biggest woodworking subreddits
r/woodworking 6,200,629 members · ~74 posts/day · +2.1K since Oct 19 · since 2008Woodworking is your worldwide home for discussion of all things woodworking, carpentry, fine furniture, power tools, hand tools, and just about anything else about making - anything - from trees!
- Br/BeginnerWoodWorking 654,291 members · ~52 posts/day · since 2016
Welcome to r/BeginnerWoodWorking the community designed for those who are Amateur Woodworkers. Come in post your projects, answer questions, hang out and chill.
- Cr/Carpentry ↗ 524,939 members · since 2009
This is a subreddit for the hardworking carpenters and related tradies out there. Homeowners are welcome, but in areas of dispute, the scale tips to our skilled trades workers here. Aside from that, please think whether your post…
- Wr/Woodworkingplans ↗ 90,260 members · since 2012
Sharing woodworking plans.
- Wr/Woodworkingvideos ↗ 25,759 members · ~0.7 posts/day · since 2014
A subreddit to post videos related to woodworking. Tutorials, demonstrations, project builds etc...
Choosing where to post
For beginner questions, r/BeginnerWoodWorking is the natural first stop — it exists for advice, and roughly 52 new threads a day keep it moving.
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
Which woodworking subreddit has the most members?
r/woodworking is the largest, with 6,200,629 members, followed by r/BeginnerWoodWorking (654.3K) and r/Carpentry (524.9K).
Where are the most new woodworking posts?
By new posts per day, r/woodworking leads with about 74, ahead of r/BeginnerWoodWorking (52). Counts are averages over the last seven days.
Which woodworking subreddit is best for questions?
r/BeginnerWoodWorking is the one built around questions and advice, with about 52 new posts a day. Check its rules and search it first — common questions have usually been answered.
How many woodworking communities are on this list?
We list 5 active, safe-for-work woodworking communities with at least 25,000 members each, 7.5M 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 woodworking subreddit?
r/woodworking, created on Aug 27, 2008.
Are these woodworking 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 (Oct 30, 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.