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r/hairtype↗

****PG / SFW / ENGLISH SUBREDDIT**** A subreddit to ask what your hairtype is ONLY. This is NOT a haircare sub. All hairtypes are welcome and anybody can answer the question. None of us are professionals, we're just making a guess.

8.4k subscribers264 posts / mo in Sep 2026190 authors / mosince 2022

r/hairtype has 8.4k members (+67% over the last 12 months). It gets about 264 posts a month from 190 people. Top topics: Hair Type Identification, Curl Type and Wavy Hair Care.

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Size and growth

How r/hairtype has grown

r/hairtype

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+67%in 12 months · +8.4% in 3 months · +2.2% in 1 month
Oct 20268.4k
Growing8.4k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Sep 2022)
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r/hairtype

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−52%vs Sep 2025 · −17% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026264
QuieterPeaked at 705 in Jul 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/hairtype

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Hair Type Identification47%
  2. Curl Type5.2%
  3. Wavy Hair Care1.4%
  4. Curly Hair Help0.9%
  5. Low Porosity Hair Care0.9%

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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