r/BlackHair↗
/r/blackhair - Reddit's Home For Black Hair Admiration and Care
/r/blackhair - Reddit's Home For Black Hair Admiration and Care. For anyone and everyone! All hair types, all techniques, all levels of processing no matter the gender. As long as you're black.
171k subscribers1,035 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)850 authors / mosince 2012
r/BlackHair has 171k members (+12% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,035 posts a month from 850 people. Top topics: Twists and Strand Techniques, Hair Growth Tips and Hair Type Identification.
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Topics and brands on r/BlackHair
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Twists and Strand Techniques3.6%
- Hair Growth Tips1.7%
- Hair Type Identification1.6%
- Braids1.1%
- Locs Journey1.1%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Walmart
- etsy
- Sally Beauty
- Tenor
- Ulta Beauty
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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research