/r/lifehacks/

r/lifehacks

14.6M members
r/lifehacks is a subreddit with 14.6M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses lifehack, tired, annoying, hack, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review planner app, job sites, and habit tracker.
Lifehacks: Uncommon solutions to common problems.

Popular Themes in r/lifehacks

#1
Advice Requests
: "Stop scrubbing paint trays: Use a common grocery bag as a disposable liner instead"
27 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "No pill-cutter? Try this"
24 posts
#3
Ideas
: "DIY Hack"
6 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "What are some of your best quality of life purchases under $300?"
3 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: "Paid $16 at CVS for a passport photo they took with a $20 camera. Never again."
2 posts

Popular Topics in r/lifehacks

#1

Lifehack

: "Lifehack request- teeny tiny parking space"
35 posts
#2

Tired

24 posts
#3

Annoying

19 posts
#4

Hack

: "No seatback display? No problem!"
16 posts
#5

Struggling

15 posts
#6

Life Hack

: "(Life Hack needed) Any good lifehacks for preventing laptop charger cables from fraying at the ends?"
15 posts
#7

Cleaning

: "Cleaning the smell of smoke"
12 posts
#8

Life Hacks

: "a compilation of Life Hacks"
10 posts
#9

Looking For

8 posts
#10

Tips

: "Give me all your moving and small space maximizing Tips!"
6 posts

Products Discussed in r/lifehacks

Planner App

14 reviews
#1
ClickUp
4.0 from 3 reviews
#2
Notion
4.5 from 2 reviews
#3
Todoist
4.0 from 1 review

Job Sites

6 reviews
#1
MISSION
5.0 from 1 review
#2
Gatorade
5.0 from 1 review
#3
iced towel
5.0 from 1 review

Habit Tracker

4 reviews
#1
I Am Sober
4.0 from 1 review
#2
Loop Habit Tracker
5.0 from 1 review
#3
Habitica
4.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/lifehacks

#1
Removed: Wrong subreddit
: "First birthday w/o family or money & feeling low. Any tips?"
34 posts
#2
Removed: Frequent/Recent Repost
: "Easy fuse testing"
21 posts
#3
Removed: Not a lifehack
: "Smart Way To Remove Clothing Tags"
20 posts
#4
Removed: Food Hack
: "Easy way to make poached eggs"
6 posts
#5
Removed: Medical Advice
: "Easy poison ivy/oak/sumac remedy"
6 posts
#6
Removed: Spam
: "Does anyone actually keep their paper appliance manuals, or do we all just have a "junk drawer" full of mystery booklets?"
4 posts
#7
Removed: Product used for its purpose
: "Packing less items in bigger boxes"
3 posts
#8
Risky! Potential Injury!
: "Use a lace to temporarily save that cable"
2 posts
#9
Removed: Software
: "How to bypass massive hidden ticket fees by exploiting scalper syndication software at checkout."
2 posts
#10
Removed: try /Howto
: "How do you reduce city apartment noise without feeling totally cut off from everything?"
2 posts

Member Growth in r/lifehacks

Yearly
+48k members(0.3%)

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Last updated: June 3, 2026