Skip to content

r/volunteer↗

Volunteering / Volunteerism / Volunteer Engagement

r/Volunteer is a place to discuss all things related to volunteering and service, both local and international. Ethics, info, advice, safety, support, etc. Recruiting volunteers for international, online, remote, or local service projects (not free labor requests) is also allowed.

31k subscribers165 posts / mo in Sep 2026155 authors / mosince 2009

r/volunteer has 31k members (+37% over the last 12 months). It gets about 165 posts a month from 155 people. Top topics: Volunteer Opportunities, Peace Corps Discussions and Job Search Tips.

Free report

When to post on r/volunteer

You've used today's free reports

Visitors without an account can open 3 subreddit reports a day. The best time to post on r/volunteer, removal risk and the rest of the report are one step away.

Size and growth

How r/volunteer has grown

r/volunteer

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+37%in 12 months · +9.6% in 3 months · +1.9% in 1 month
Oct 202631k
Growing31k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/volunteer

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−39%vs Sep 2025 · −18% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026165
QuieterPeaked at 413 in Jun 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/volunteer

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Volunteer Opportunities8.0%
  2. Peace Corps Discussions1.5%
  3. Job Search Tips1.1%
  4. Environmental Careers1.0%
  5. Clinical Experience1.0%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

Can you post

Posting rules for r/volunteer

Which post types r/volunteer allows, the karma and account age it asks for, required flair, and every community rule — read from Reddit.

Unlock this for r/volunteer

The blurred cards are a preview of the layout. The real numbers for r/volunteer open with an account.

Timing and removals

How often posts get removed on r/volunteer

The best day and hour for r/volunteer, how many posts moderators remove and which kinds, the shape of its year, and weekdays against weekends.

Unlock this for r/volunteer

The blurred cards are a preview of the layout. The real numbers for r/volunteer open with an account.

What to post

What works on r/volunteer

Title and body length that does well on r/volunteer, and its mix of text posts, links, images, galleries and video.

Unlock this for r/volunteer

The blurred cards are a preview of the layout. The real numbers for r/volunteer open with an account.

Who writes here

Who posts on r/volunteer

Gender and age of the people who write on r/volunteer, the countries and US states they live in, their jobs, and whether a few regulars carry the conversation.

Unlock this for r/volunteer

The blurred cards are a preview of the layout. The real numbers for r/volunteer open with an account.

How they talk

What people ask for on r/volunteer

Requests for recommendations, help and alternatives on r/volunteer, its signature words and phrases, the brands and sites people link with counts, and the tone of the comments.

Unlock this for r/volunteer

The blurred cards are a preview of the layout. The real numbers for r/volunteer open with an account.

The full report

See all of r/volunteer

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