r/secretsanta is a subreddit with 215k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses secret santa, gifts, christmas, looking for, and gift.
/r/secretsanta and Reddit Gifts were started in 2009 to provide a Secret Santa exchange for the Reddit community. On January 24, 2022, Redditgifts was officially closed and we are no longer running exchanges. LONG LIVE REDDITGIFTS!
Popular Themes in r/secretsanta
#1
Pain & Anger
: "I miss this so much"
10 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Since my SS already received her gift I thought I should share this! Im a Cosmetic Chemist and last year I gave my SS a lipstick I made in the lab. This year I made my SS two formulations (a foaming hand soap and lotion) that are free of all the ingredien"
9 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Should you join Secret Santa if you can’t afford a proper gift? "
8 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Can't we just... Start this back up again ourselves?"
2 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I built a global Secret Santa platform that matches gift-givers. Your very own secret santa. Looking for feedback.
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1 post
Popular Topics in r/secretsanta
#1
Secret Santa
: "Starting Secret Santa back up. Small team needed! (Please upvote to get some traction to this)"
142 posts
#2
Gifts
: "Still loving my Secret Santa Gifts!"
50 posts
#3
Christmas
: "Received my secret santa early"
42 posts
#4
Looking For
23 posts
#5
Gift
: "I still use my Gift from 6/7 years ago almost daily"
23 posts
#6
Irrelevant
: "Can We Bring it back!?"
20 posts
#7
Hard Time
18 posts
#8
Gift Ideas
: "Gift idea help"
18 posts
#9
Struggling
13 posts
#10
Missing
: "Another Year of Missing Secret Santa :/"
10 posts
Flair Used in r/secretsanta
#1
Redditgifts 101
: "I miss this so much"
3 posts
#2
Dr. Seuss
: "Bring it back"
1 post
#3
Snacks
: "Packing for moving and found this!"
1 post
#4
T-shirt
: "Still wearing my t-shirt from my Secret Santa from Montana (I’m from the Netherlands) "
1 post
#5
Postcards
: "Sending out free lenticular holiday cards"
1 post
#6
Doctor Who (Almost) 50th Anniversary
: "Listen to yourself, reddit"
1 post
#7
Final Fantasy
: "Wait. Is this a thing?"
1 post
#8
Bookmarks
: "Here's the alternative to secret Santa. I know everyone misses doing it myself included."
1 post
#9
Fantasy
: "My gifts look smaller in person how do i make the gifts look bigger"
1 post
#10
Calendars
: "My wrapping paper says what I'm feeling. Shipping out today"
1 post
Member Growth in r/secretsanta
Yearly
+532 members(0.2%)
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Last updated: June 2, 2026