About r/ImaginaryArchitecture
In its own words:
Paintings and drawings featuring architecturally interesting buildings and structures, real or imagined.
Community guide
r/ImaginaryArchitecture (#853, about 1.2 million subscribers) is oriented around: Paintings and drawings featuring architecturally interesting buildings and structures, real or imagined. Recent activity samples show 1.1 posts/day in recent samples (~100% image). Public rules we collected include: Submit credited, sourced paintings and drawings.; Make quality submissions.; This sub focuses on art appreciation..
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: Submit credited, sourced paintings and drawings.; Make quality submissions.; This sub focuses on art appreciation.. Recent samples are image-heavy; titles should explain why the media belongs here.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Common flairs in samples include: Original Content.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Apr 30, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 335 subscribers (+0.03%). Among the 20 communities on our art list it is number 7 by size. Among the 7 communities on our architecture list it is number 2 by size. It sits just behind r/depression (#852) and ahead of r/femalelivingspace (#854) in our ranking.
What sets r/ImaginaryArchitecture apart
r/ImaginaryArchitecture is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 2.4 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.0. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.9 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.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/ImaginaryArchitecture climbed from 1,231,051 to 1,233,342 subscribers (+2.3K, +0.19%). That is about 52 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/ImaginaryArchitecture gets about 1.1 new posts a day. The public archive holds 9,495 posts and 22,438 comments in total, about 2.4 comments per post.
Rules of r/ImaginaryArchitecture
The moderators of r/ImaginaryArchitecture list 3 rules. In short:
- Submit credited, sourced paintings and drawings.
- Make quality submissions.
- This sub focuses on art appreciation.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/ImaginaryArchitecture 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 subscribers does r/ImaginaryArchitecture have?
r/ImaginaryArchitecture has 1,233,342 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #853 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,291 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/ImaginaryArchitecture?
r/ImaginaryArchitecture was created on Apr 30, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Aug 7, 2013.
How active is r/ImaginaryArchitecture?
Moderately: r/ImaginaryArchitecture gets about 1.1 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 9,495 posts and 22,438 comments.
What is r/ImaginaryArchitecture about?
The community describes itself as: “Paintings and drawings featuring architecturally interesting buildings and structures, real or imagined.” Recent post titles often mention gate and yexil.
Is r/ImaginaryArchitecture safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/ImaginaryArchitecture as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/ImaginaryArchitecture?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/ImaginaryArchitecture accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images enabled. It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “Submit credited, sourced paintings and drawings.”; “Make quality submissions.”; “This sub focuses on art appreciation.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/ImaginaryArchitecture?
Communities with similar topics include r/architecture (2.1M), r/beauty (1.9M), r/AsianBeauty (3.8M), r/reallifedoodles (2.2M) and r/BeautyGuruChatter (3.1M).
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/ImaginaryArchitecture.