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Unsure of a design? Wondering if your tattoo is infected? Whatever the question, r/tattooadvice is here for you! PLEASE READ RULES BEFORE POSTING

1.7M subscribers4,558 posts / mo in Sep 20263,677 authors / mosince 2012

r/tattooadvice has 1.7M members (+21% over the last 12 months). It gets about 4,558 posts a month from 3,677 people. Top topics: Tattoo Artist Issues, Tattoo Improvements and First Tattoos.

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Size and growth

How r/tattooadvice has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+21%in 12 months · +5.3% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 20261.7M
Growing1.7M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/tattooadvice

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−16%vs Sep 2025 · −18% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20264.6k
QuieterPeaked at 7.7k in Jun 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/tattooadvice

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Tattoo Artist Issues2.8%
  2. Tattoo Improvements2.1%
  3. First Tattoos1.6%
  4. Tattoo Regret & Decision Making1.0%
  5. First Tattoos0.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Pinterest
  2. Saniderm Tattoo Aftercare
  3. Tenor
  4. PostImages
  5. TikTok

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research