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r/DIYUK

DIY and related content for the UK and ROI.. This is a UK and ROI specific subreddit, r/DIY has a lot of US Specific content, things like products to use, where to get them, laws and codes that don't apply to the UK. r/DIYUK is for UK and ROI specific DIY help, questions and projects. Founded 2013 · 931K members

933.4K members. The best post we have captured here reached 14.8K upvotes, which works out to 16 per 1,000 members.

16peak upvotes per 1,000 members
933.4Kmembers
14.8Kbest post
2.3Kmost comments
1.4Kposts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

44% 29% 13% 8%
Gallery 44% Image 29% Text 13% Question 8% Link 4% Video 2%

The topics it labels

Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.

Advice 568 Project 88 Plumbing 64 Electrical 47 Painting 31 Building 30 Flooring 15 Plastering 13 Damp 11 Tiling 10

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

I built a new garden gate out of old floor boards and added an additional security feature...

↑ 14.8K 💬 262 gallery 2026

How it started vs how it's going!

↑ 9.2K 💬 206 image 2022

Quite pleased with my bench

↑ 8.9K 💬 254 gallery 2026

an ideal boiler?!

↑ 8.9K 💬 1.3K video 2024

My Dad went with a creative approach to covering a gap in his skirting board where a radiator was removed.

↑ 8.6K 💬 194 gallery 2024

Made some shelves

↑ 7.5K 💬 262 gallery 2026

Single female with a vision!

↑ 6.9K 💬 344 gallery 2026

Anybody want to own up to this?

↑ 6.3K 💬 312 image 2023

Media wall / faux hearth

↑ 5.5K 💬 711 gallery 2025

Look what I just found hiding in our Victorian house! Tips to restore entire bannister?

↑ 5.4K 💬 317 image 2023

Communities its size

Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.

r/DIYUK, in numbers

Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.

What is r/DIYUK?
r/DIYUK ("DIY and related content for the UK and ROI.") describes itself this way: This is a UK and ROI specific subreddit, r/DIY has a lot of US Specific content, things like products to use, where to get them, laws and codes that don't apply to the UK. r/DIYUK is for UK and ROI specific DIY help, questions and projects. It was founded in 2013 and has 931K members.
How many members does r/DIYUK have?
r/DIYUK has about 933.4K members. ViralHunt has tracked 1.4K of its posts; the biggest reached 14.8K upvotes, which is 16 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/DIYUK?
"I built a new garden gate out of old floor boards and added an additional security feature..." reached 14.8K upvotes and 262 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/DIYUK.
What subreddits are similar to r/DIYUK?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/popculture, r/StarWarsBattlefront, r/NoFilterNews, r/BlackPeopleofReddit, r/Archaeology, r/illinois.
What kind of posts do best on r/DIYUK?
Of the posts we hold, 44% are gallery posts and 29% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/DIYUK?
Across 1.4K timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Saturday at 15:00 UTC (2.5K avg upvotes), Monday at 10:00 UTC (1.3K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 20:00 UTC (1K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Tuesday. For Reddit as a whole, see the best time to post on Reddit page.
How many upvotes does a post need to reach the top of r/DIYUK?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/DIYUK has 3.9K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 307 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/DIYUK, not everything the community has ever posted. We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong. Peak per 1,000 members is computed the same way for every community listed. See how we measure.