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r/Yarn↗

This subreddit is for everything yarn related! Knitting, Crochet, Weaving, Loom Knitting, Spinning, Dying, or you want to show off your yarn stash! If it involves yarn, it belongs here. We are here to encourage learning, conversations, yarn related news, suggestions, questions, and a sense of community.

33k subscribers264 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)247 authors / mosince 2013

r/Yarn has 33k members (+48% over the last 12 months). It gets about 264 posts a month from 247 people. Top topics: Yarn Identification Help, Yarn Substitution Requests and Yarn Projects & Dyed Yarns.

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Size and growth

How r/Yarn has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+48%in 12 months · +8.1% in 3 months · +1.3% in 1 month
Oct 202633k
Growing33k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/Yarn

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+69%vs Sep 2025 · +24% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026264
BusierPeaked at 264 in Sep 2026
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/Yarn

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Yarn Identification Help13%
  2. Yarn Substitution Requests12%
  3. Yarn Projects & Dyed Yarns4.7%
  4. Yarn Purchasing4.6%
  5. YarnProjectsIdeas4.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Colourmart
  2. Yarn Substitution
  3. Purl Soho
  4. etsy
  5. Knit Picks

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