r/DIY

r/DIY is the 1st largest of the 16 communities we track in Home Improvement & DIY, with 27.5M members. Across Nichory's full directory of 363 communities it ranks 3rd by member count.

At around 19 years old it is a long-established community. Older subreddits usually have settled rules, active moderation and high trust — but also years of archived posts, so a question that has been asked before will be sent to the search bar. Bring a specific angle.

Its Nichory signal score is 10/10 — our blend of audience size and how fast the community has grown per year. Scores this high mean an active audience that is worth writing for properly.

This community allows promotion only under conditions — typically a designated thread, a participation ratio, or moderator approval. Read the rules first, then either use the thread they provide or write a post that teaches something, with your product as context rather than the headline.

Collected from the community's published rules page. Titles only — open the full rules for the detail, and note they can change at any time.

• All content must be DIY
• Basic Community Rules
• NSFW / Reddiquette / Civility
• 𝗡𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 | 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 | 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴
• Google First, Reddit Last | Product Search
• Low effort posts
• Content / Topics not suited for r/DIY
• Rating & Reviewing Products or Brands
• Sometimes you let the professionals handle it
• No AI Content