About r/Cinemagraphs
In its own words:
Cinemagraphs are living photographs, seamlessly put together usually in gif or webm format.
Community guide
r/Cinemagraphs (#615, about 1.8 million subscribers) is oriented around: Cinemagraphs are living photographs, seamlessly put together usually in gif or webm format. Recent activity samples show 0.6 posts/day in recent samples (~67% image, ~33% text). Public rules we collected include: No Plotagraphs; Don't be a dick; Citations are Required; No Moving Frame of Reference. Directory metadata files it under “photography”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps. Recent samples are image-heavy; if you post media, make the title explain why it belongs here.
How it differs from lookalikes
Compared with lookalike subs, prefer this room when your post matches its own description rather than a broader sibling topic.
Practical pointers
Read the current sidebar/rules on Reddit before posting; collected rules can lag. Common flairs in samples include: First Time, Found - Cited, Request.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 4, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 59 subscribers (+0.00%). It sits just behind r/quityourbullshit (#614) and ahead of r/debtfree (#616) in our ranking. Reddit files it under the “photography” category and its main language is English.
What sets r/Cinemagraphs apart
r/Cinemagraphs is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.7 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.1. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.3 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here. Growth has more or less levelled off (0.02% since Sep 19, 2026), which is common for very mature communities.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Cinemagraphs climbed from 1,755,531 to 1,755,880 subscribers (+349, +0.02%). That is about 8 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Activity and best time to post
r/Cinemagraphs gets about 0.6 new posts a day. The public archive holds 30,584 posts and 174,973 comments in total, about 5.7 comments per post.
Rules of r/Cinemagraphs
The moderators of r/Cinemagraphs list 4 rules. In short:
- No Plotagraphs
- Don't be a dick
- Citations are Required
- No Moving Frame of Reference
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Cinemagraphs 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/Cinemagraphs have?
r/Cinemagraphs has 1,755,880 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #615 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 349 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/Cinemagraphs created?
r/Cinemagraphs was created on May 4, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.
Is r/Cinemagraphs still active?
Moderately: r/Cinemagraphs gets about 0.6 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 30,584 posts and 174,973 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/Cinemagraphs?
The community describes itself as: “Cinemagraphs are living photographs, seamlessly put together usually in gif or webm format.”
Is r/Cinemagraphs SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Cinemagraphs as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/Cinemagraphs?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Cinemagraphs accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “No Plotagraphs”; “Don't be a dick”; “Citations are Required”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/Cinemagraphs?
Communities with similar topics include r/GifRecipes (3.3M), r/privacy (1.7M), r/gifs (21.5M), r/educationalgifs (3M) and r/pics (33.6M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 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/Cinemagraphs.