About r/Simulated
In its own words:
A subreddit for all things computer generated simulations!
Community guide
r/Simulated (#757, about 1.4 million subscribers) is oriented around: A subreddit for all things computer generated simulations! Recent activity samples show 6.4 posts/day in recent samples (~70% video, ~13% image, ~13% text). Public rules we collected include: No animations allowed!; No unrelated content; Flair your posts!; Mark Original Creations as [OC]; Include sources.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: No animations allowed!; No unrelated content; Flair your posts!; Mark Original Creations as [OC].
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Search before reposting common clips or questions. Common flairs in samples include: Proprietary Software, Research Simulation, Houdini, Interactive.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 5, 2015, which makes it 11 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 191 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/DecidingToBeBetter (#756) and ahead of r/parrots (#758) in our ranking.
What sets r/Simulated apart
Compared with other large communities, r/Simulated leans heavily on videos (70% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 4%).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Simulated grew from 1,402,452 to 1,403,770 subscribers (+1.3K, +0.09%). That is about 30 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Simulated talks about
We read the titles of 53 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “simulation”, “physics”, “sand”, “real” and “pendulum”. Other frequent themes are falling, circulation, black, hole, houdini and scene. Recurring phrases include “black hole”, “falling sand”, “sand pendulum” and “pendulum drawing”. By format, 70% are videos, 13% are images and 13% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Proprietary Software (14), Research Simulation (13), Houdini (7), Interactive (6), Blender (5), Softimage (3).
Activity and best time to post
r/Simulated gets about 6.4 new posts a day. The public archive holds 28,657 posts and 361,004 comments in total, about 12.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (9 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (3). Posting peaks around 07:00 UTC and is lowest around 01:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Simulated
The moderators of r/Simulated list 9 rules. In short:
- No animations allowed!
- No unrelated content
- Flair your posts!
- Mark Original Creations as [OC]
- Include sources
- Made with Tutorial? Mark as such!
- Be gentle with the reposts
- No stolen compilations/crossposts
- Please refrain from posting political or religious content
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Simulated 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 big is r/Simulated?
r/Simulated has 1,403,770 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #757 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,318 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/Simulated created?
r/Simulated was created on May 5, 2015, so it has been around for 11 years.
Is r/Simulated still active?
Yes. r/Simulated gets about 6.4 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 28,657 posts and 361,004 comments. In a sample of 53 recent posts we counted 42 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/Simulated?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 07:00 UTC, with the fewest around 01:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/Simulated?
The community describes itself as: “A subreddit for all things computer generated simulations!” Recent post titles often mention simulation, physics, sand, real and pendulum. Most posts are videos (70%).
Is r/Simulated SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Simulated as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/Simulated?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Simulated accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “No animations allowed!”; “No unrelated content”; “Flair your posts!”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/Simulated?
Communities with similar topics include r/animation (2M), r/wallpaper (2M), r/compsci (4M), r/cscareerquestions (2.4M) and r/hardware (4.4M).
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/Simulated.