Big general
Best time to post in r/HomeImprovement
The best and worst hours to post, the rules that get posts removed, and a check of your draft against both.
Posts in r/HomeImprovement are most often removed for self-promotion issues. It is a public subreddit that does not allow link posts and does not require post flair. In our latest sample of 500 recent posts, an estimated 98% were still up about a day later.
Homeowners improving our homes. **Only text postings are allowed here.** Images need to be uploaded through sites like [imgur.com](http://www.imgur.com) and the links shared in the text of your post. YOU MUST have minimum karma to participate in the sub, if not submit here: https://diy.stackexchange.com/
The best and worst hours to post in r/HomeImprovement
In our sample of 800 recent and top r/HomeImprovement posts, activity and scores peak around Monday 8pm UTC (12 posts in that hour), and are weakest around Saturday 2pm UTC. Based on posts sampled through Oct 21, 2026. Times in this sentence are UTC; the grid below converts to your local timezone. Timing helps a clean post get seen. It does not save a post that breaks a rule.
- Window 1
Mon around 8pm
avg score 106.9 · 12 posts sampled
- Window 2
Sun around 3pm
avg score 45.7 · 11 posts sampled
- Window 3
Sun around 10pm
avg score 30.9 · 11 posts sampled
Your timezone: UTC (GMT+0). Darker cells mean more posts in our sample.
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Estimated survival rate
98%
of 500 recent r/HomeImprovement posts we sampled were still publicly visible about a day later.
How this is measured
Estimate. We sample recent public posts and check again about 18 hours later to count how many are still publicly visible. Posts removed at the moment of submission never become publicly visible at all, so the true removal rate is at least this high. Last sampled Oct 21, 2026.
Can you self-promote in r/HomeImprovement?
No. r/HomeImprovement bans self-promotion outright: product links, launch posts, and thinly framed feedback posts get removed. The sub's own wording: "Rule 6: No self-promotion, spam, or posts that solicit money. This includes promoting your own business or product". If you want eyes on your project, contribute first and look for communities with a promo lane.
r/HomeImprovement by the numbers
- Members
- 4.8M
- Active right now
- Not public
- Posts / day
- 56
- 724 comments / day
- Community age
- 18 years
- since Aug 18, 2008
| Median title length | Posts with a link | Posts with flair | Dominant format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 characters | 0% | 0% | text posts |
What gets removed in r/HomeImprovement
Self-promotion
r/HomeImprovement bans self-promo outright. Product links, launch posts, and thinly framed "feedback" posts are removed.
Low karma or a new account
r/HomeImprovement publishes no karma or age minimum, but unpublished account filters are common at this size. New accounts should comment before posting.
Reddit's sitewide spam filter
A separate layer before the subreddit ever sees your post. New accounts posting links, URL shorteners, and repeated domains are its favorite targets. Removals are instant and silent.
A shadowbanned account
If the account itself is shadowbanned, every post looks live to you and invisible to everyone else, in any subreddit.
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r/HomeImprovement posting questions
Can I post links in r/HomeImprovement?
No. r/HomeImprovement accepts text posts only, so a link-only submission is rejected at the door. You can usually mention a link inside the body text, but the sub's rules on self-promotion still apply to it. Check your draft against the rules before posting.
Does r/HomeImprovement require karma to post?
r/HomeImprovement does not publish a karma minimum. That does not mean there is none: many subreddits enforce unpublished karma and account-age filters that remove posts silently. If your account is new or has little karma, that is the first thing to rule out when a post disappears.
Is r/HomeImprovement strict?
Relaxed, by our estimate (16/100 on our strictness scale, from its measured removal rate, 0 rules, and its stated gates). About 2% of recent posts disappeared within a day in our sample. Strictness is about enforcement, not hostility: a strict sub is predictable if you follow its rules.
What is the best time to post in r/HomeImprovement?
Based on our sample of recent and top posts, activity and scores peak around Monday 8pm UTC and Sunday 3pm UTC. Treat this as a starting point, not a guarantee: a post that breaks a rule gets removed at any hour. The heatmap on this page converts these windows to your local time.
Why do posts get removed in r/HomeImprovement?
The most common reasons are self-promotion violations, plus the layers every subreddit has: Reddit's sitewide spam filter, unpublished AutoMod rules, and account-level gates like karma and age. In our recent sample, roughly 2% of r/HomeImprovement posts disappeared within about a day of going up. Many removals are silent, so checking your draft first beats finding out after.
Rules last checked Oct 21, 2026
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