About r/blender
In its own words:
A home for the Blender community on Reddit. Blender is a community-driven, free, and open-source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering and more. Download it today at www.blender.org
Community guide
r/blender (#727, about 1.5 million subscribers) is oriented around: A home for the Blender community on Reddit. Blender is a community-driven, free, and open-source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering and more. Download it today at www.blender.org Recent activity samples show 188 posts/day in recent samples (~34% video, ~26% gallery, ~18% image). Public rules we collected include: Images Must Be Created In Blender; Be Civil; Photorealistic Require Evidence; No Deception; No Memes.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Civility/anti-harassment rules apply; personal attacks get removed. Match posts to: Images Must Be Created In Blender; Be Civil; Photorealistic Require Evidence; No Deception.
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. Common flairs in samples include: Original Content Showcase, :need_help: Need Help!, Critique My Work, Paid Product/Service Promotion. Volume is high—clear titles help your post survive the firehose.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 8, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,941 subscribers (+0.13%). It sits just behind r/soccercirclejerk (#726) and ahead of r/AskEconomics (#729) in our ranking.
What sets r/blender apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 5.1 comments per post, against 13.1 for a typical large subreddit. For its size it is unusually busy: about 128.8 new posts a day per million members, more than 98% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.95% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 93% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 3.0× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/blender climbed from 1,448,975 to 1,462,725 subscribers (+13.8K, +0.95%). That is about 313 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/blender talks about
We read the titles of 600 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “model”, “animation”, “render”, “help” and “character”. Other frequent themes are feedback, rig, halloween, looking, add-on and free. Recurring phrases include “happy halloween”, “unreal engine”, “open source” and “automate ball”. By format, 35% are videos, 26% are galleries and 18% are images.
Popular post flairs: Original Content Showcase (246), :need_help: Need Help! (144), Critique My Work (118), Paid Product/Service Promotion (33), :discussion: Discussion (26), Free Tutorials & Guides (16).
Activity and best time to post
r/blender gets about 190 new posts a day. The public archive holds 750,539 posts and 3,853,400 comments in total, about 5.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (232 posts) and the quietest was Friday (154). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/blender
The moderators of r/blender list 6 rules. In short:
- Images Must Be Created In Blender
- Be Civil
- Photorealistic Require Evidence
- No Deception
- No Memes
- No Tutorial Pieces
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/blender 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/blender?
r/blender has 1,462,725 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #727 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 13,750 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/blender?
r/blender was created on Jun 8, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/blender?
Very active: r/blender gets about 190 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 750,539 posts and 3,853,400 comments. In a sample of 600 recent posts we counted 506 different authors.
When is r/blender most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/blender about?
The community describes itself as: “A home for the Blender community on Reddit. Blender is a community-driven, free, and open-source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering and more. Download it today at www.blender.org” Recent post titles often mention model, animation, render, help and character. Most posts are videos (35%).
Is r/blender safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/blender as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/blender?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/blender accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Images Must Be Created In Blender”; “Be Civil”; “Photorealistic Require Evidence”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/blender?
Communities with similar topics include r/animation (2M), r/tifu (19M), r/homeautomation (4.6M), r/starterpacks (6.5M) and r/place (7.6M).
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/blender.