r/MakeupAddiction peaks Wednesdays 5pm-7pm UTC
r/MakeupAddiction was created on July 09, 2010, making it 15 years and 9 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 7,345,179 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/MakeupAddiction is steadily growing, with 31,058 new members in the last 30 days.
r/MakeupAddiction, with 7,296,573 members, is one of Reddit's largest and most enduring beauty-focused communities. Its significant activity level, reflected in an average of 321.4 upvotes and 24.7 comments per post, demonstrates consistent high engagement. Peak activity occurs Saturday evenings (7-9pm UTC), aligning with leisure time when users often apply makeup or share weekend purchases. This sustained interaction stems from the subreddit's core purpose: serving as a comprehensive hub for all things makeup, fostering a space where enthusiasts congregate to discuss products, techniques, and trends regardless of skill level or budget.
The community culture emphasizes practicality, shared knowledge, and mutual support, cultivated through strict moderation enforcing rules against negativity and unsolicited promotion. Common post types include detailed "What I Bought" (WIB) hauls, problem-solving requests ("How do I fix patchy foundation?"), step-by-step tutorials, before-and-after transformations, brand comparisons, and "Makeup" (MU) selfies showcasing specific looks. While product reviews and recommendations are abundant, the subreddit distinguishes itself through the sheer volume and diversity of real-user experiences. The massive membership ensures a wide range of skin types, tones, ages, and economic backgrounds are represented, providing nuanced, crowd-sourced insights often more relatable than professional reviews. This scale, combined with active discussion in the comments where users troubleshoot issues or offer alternatives, creates an unparalleled resource for practical, tested advice.
r/MakeupAddiction stands out as a valuable subscription due to its role as a dynamic, user-driven knowledge base. It bridges the gap between beginner curiosity and professional technique, offering immediate, community-vetted solutions to common makeup challenges. The ideal member is anyone with an interest in cosmetics, from novices seeking foundational tutorials to seasoned artists looking for new product trials or trend discussions. Lurkers benefit immensely from the extensive archive of solved problems and diverse visual examples. Its strength lies not just in size, but in the consistent flow of authentic, experiential content where collective wisdom directly addresses the practical realities of everyday makeup application and consumption.
r/MakeupAddiction shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 570.4 upvotes per post across its 7,345,179 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.1. To reach the Hot section of r/MakeupAddiction, posts typically need at least 1 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/MakeupAddiction receive an average of 56.9 comments, indicating a community that primarily engages through upvoting content. Posts tend to be appreciated more through voting than through discussion in the comments.
Based on an analysis of 100 top posts from the past week, Wednesday is the most active day with 16 posts reaching the top, while Thursday sees the least activity with 12 posts. Activity is fairly evenly distributed between weekdays and weekends.
The peak posting hours are around 5pm UTC (10 posts), 4pm UTC (10 posts), and 1am UTC (8 posts). The quietest hours are 3am UTC, 6am UTC, and 10am UTC, with only 2-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (14), Tuesday (16), Wednesday (16), Thursday (12), Friday (13), Saturday (14), Sunday (15) posts reaching the top.
r/MakeupAddiction currently has 7,345,179 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 31,058 members (0.42%), averaging 1,002 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/MakeupAddiction in the top 9% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/MakeupAddiction has gained 83,557 subscribers (1.15%). Since tracking began 623 days ago, the community has added 1,496,464 total subscribers.
r/MakeupAddiction is steadily growing, with 31,058 new members in the last 30 days.
r/MakeupAddiction has 7,345,179 subscribers as of April 2026.
The best time to post on r/MakeupAddiction is Wednesdays 5pm-7pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/MakeupAddiction is steadily growing, with 31,058 new members in the last 30 days.
r/MakeupAddiction was created on July 09, 2010, making it 15 years old.
Posts on r/MakeupAddiction typically need at least 1 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/MakeupAddiction is a Reddit community with 7,345,179 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "The subreddit for everything makeup related." The best time to post on r/MakeupAddiction is Wednesdays 5pm-7pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 570.4 upvotes and 56.9 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 1. The subreddit is adding approximately 1,002 new members each day. Founded 15 years ago, r/MakeupAddiction is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,351 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-04-23 13:20:23