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You've probably heard of looksmaxxing, but what about mummymaxxing?

ABC Australia · Jun 24, 2026, 5:04 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

Key takeaways

  • Mummymaxxing Influencers share highly curated motherhood content online.
  • Also known as mommymaxxing and mommaxxing (depending on which internet rabbit hole you're going down), it focuses on optimising motherhood.
  • "[Mummymaxxing is] essentially this idea that motherhood is something you can optimise and then perform to an audience, which I think is really dangerous," says Emma Morris.

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Mummymaxxing Influencers share highly curated motherhood content online. (Pexels, Vlada Karpovich)

Link copied Share Share article You may be familiar with looksmaxxing, the popular self-improvement trend targeting young men.

But have you heard of mummymaxxing? Also known as mommymaxxing and mommaxxing (depending on which internet rabbit hole you're going down), it focuses on optimising motherhood.

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