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r/Microlocs↗

Hi!! I noticed that there is a dreadlock community, but no community for us who have different types of microlocs (tinylocs, braidlocks, twistlocks, sisterlocks or more!) Hoping we can have our own forum to discuss our journeys! :)

20k subscribers242 posts / mo in Sep 2026211 authors / mosince 2021

r/Microlocs has 20k members (+56% over the last 12 months). It gets about 242 posts a month from 211 people. Top topics: Locs Retwisting, Locs Journey and Loc Journeys.

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Size and growth

How r/Microlocs has grown

r/Microlocs

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+56%in 12 months · +9.2% in 3 months · +2.3% in 1 month
Oct 202620k
Growing20k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Mar 2021)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/Microlocs

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+9.0%vs Sep 2025 · −10% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026242
BusierPeaked at 294 in Apr 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Microlocs

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Locs Retwisting11%
  2. Locs Journey9.2%
  3. Loc Journeys5.6%
  4. Locs Care & Maintenance3.2%
  5. Locs Journey2.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. TikTok
  2. Amazon
  3. etsy
  4. Walmart

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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