About r/AnimeART
In its own words:
Welcome to r/AnimeART: A community dedicated to the admiration of artwork and the anime art style! Please read our rules before posting. Join the no longer affiliated Discord here: https://discord.com/invite/h5ku6wCymd
Community guide
r/AnimeART (#587, about 1.9 million) is welcome to r/AnimeART: A community dedicated to the admiration of artwork and the anime art style! Please read our rules before posting. Join the no longer affiliated Discord here: https://discord.. Collected rules cover Content Guidelines; Follow Reddiquette; Always Credit The Artist; Traced Art. Sample ~45.6 ppd (294 posts). Sample mix: image:190, gallery:59, video:22, link:12.
Fit
Anime art posts under credit/OC/AI rules as posted on-sub. Volume ~45.6 ppd.
Versus AnimeSketch and drawing
AnimeSketch emphasises self-drawn anime sketches; drawing is general mark-making; AnimeART is anime-aesthetic art share.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jan 30, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 334 subscribers (+0.02%). Among the 14 communities on our anime list it is number 4 by size. Among the 20 communities on our art list it is number 4 by size. It sits just behind r/PersonalFinanceCanada (#582) and ahead of r/whatsthisplant (#600) in our ranking.
What sets r/AnimeART apart
Compared with other large communities, r/AnimeART leans heavily on images (65% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 19%). r/AnimeART is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 3.0 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.6. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 5.8× as many posts as the quietest (07:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/AnimeART grew from 1,885,862 to 1,887,934 subscribers (+2.1K, +0.11%). That is about 47 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/AnimeART talks about
Across 294 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “art”, “fanart”, “anime”, “halloween” and “drawing”. Other frequent themes are sketch, character, drew, artwork, love and animation. Recurring phrases include “fan art”, “quick sketch”, “deku final” and “final smash”. By format, 65% are images, 20% are galleries and 7% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Original Artwork (261), Shared Artwork (24), Traced Artwork (9).
Activity and best time to post
r/AnimeART gets about 46 new posts a day. The public archive holds 213,726 posts and 635,097 comments in total, about 3.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (56 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (33). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/AnimeART
The moderators of r/AnimeART list 9 rules. In short:
- Content Guidelines
- Follow Reddiquette
- Always Credit The Artist
- Traced Art
- No Ads or Promotional Content
- Title Restrictions
- NSFW Content
- Child Sexualization and Loli Characters
- Please Do Not Spam
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/AnimeART and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/AnimeART have?
r/AnimeART has 1,887,934 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #587 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,072 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/AnimeART?
r/AnimeART was created on Jan 30, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Nov 19, 2013.
How active is r/AnimeART?
Very active: r/AnimeART gets about 46 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 213,726 posts and 635,097 comments. In a sample of 294 recent posts we counted 229 different authors.
When is r/AnimeART most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/AnimeART about?
The community describes itself as: “Welcome to r/AnimeART: A community dedicated to the admiration of artwork and the anime art style! Please read our rules before posting. Join the no longer affiliated Discord here: https://discord.com/invite/h5ku6wCymd” Recent post titles often mention art, fanart, anime, halloween and drawing. Most posts are images (65%).
Is r/AnimeART safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/AnimeART as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/AnimeART?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/AnimeART accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Content Guidelines”; “Follow Reddiquette”; “Always Credit The Artist”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/AnimeART?
Communities with similar topics include r/AnimeSketch (1.4M), r/anime (14.5M), r/animememes (2.1M), r/Art (22.6M) and r/anime_irl (5.8M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/AnimeART.