About r/learntodraw
In its own words:
New to drawing? Let us help you learn how to get started! Drawing is a skill, not a talent. It doesn't matter if you can draw or not, with practice you can be the best. We welcome you to our community. Learn with us, the future artists of reddit.
Community guide
r/learntodraw (#334, about 3.2 million) helps beginners learn drawing as a skill. Rules: civility; no ads; credit; no reposts; no NSFW drawings; best effort; drawing posts only; one post/day; use existing resources; constructive critiques; ban “is this good for my age” and “what style is this”; 100 karma to post. Image/Gallery (~86.1 ppd).
Practice drawings for learning
Share drawings to learn—not ads, NSFW, or age-validation seeks.
One/day + karma gate
One post per day; 100 karma required to post; critiques must be constructive.
Practical pointers
Image/gallery heavy; Critique/Just Sharing/Question flairs.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Jun 16, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,515 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/Boxing (#332) and ahead of r/Fishing (#335) in our ranking.
What sets r/learntodraw apart
Compared with other large communities, r/learntodraw leans heavily on images (44% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 17%). r/learntodraw is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.4 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 14.0. For its size it is unusually busy: about 27.3 new posts a day per million members, more than 82% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/learntodraw climbed from 3,140,290 to 3,152,879 subscribers (+12.6K, +0.40%). That is about 286 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/learntodraw talks about
We read the titles of 541 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “drawing”, “draw”, “improve”, “art” and “help”. Other frequent themes are practice, learn, trying, tips, drawings and learning. Recurring phrases include “gesture drawing”, “art style”, “figure drawing” and “digital art”. By format, 44% are images, 42% are galleries and 13% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Critique (158), Just Sharing (135), Question (125), No Critique, Just Sharing (9), Timelapse (4), Tutorial (3).
Activity and best time to post
r/learntodraw gets about 86 new posts a day. The public archive holds 213,042 posts and 1,145,961 comments in total, about 5.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (90 posts) and the quietest was Monday (70). Posting peaks around 21:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/learntodraw
The moderators of r/learntodraw list 12 rules. In short:
- Be respectful and civil.
- No advertising of any kind.
- Credit must be given.
- No reposts.
- NSFW drawings are not allowed.
- Put in your best effort.
- Drawing posts only.
- One post per day.
- Use existing resources.
- Critiques must be constructive.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/learntodraw 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/learntodraw have?
r/learntodraw has 3,152,879 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #334 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 12,589 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/learntodraw?
r/learntodraw was created on Jun 16, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jul 2, 2012.
How active is r/learntodraw?
Very active: r/learntodraw gets about 86 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 213,042 posts and 1,145,961 comments. In a sample of 541 recent posts we counted 426 different authors.
When is r/learntodraw most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 21:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/learntodraw about?
The community describes itself as: “New to drawing? Let us help you learn how to get started! Drawing is a skill, not a talent. It doesn't matter if you can draw or not, with practice you can be the best. We welcome you to our community. Learn with us, th…” Recent post titles often mention drawing, draw, improve, art and help. Most posts are images (44%).
Is r/learntodraw safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/learntodraw 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/learntodraw?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/learntodraw accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Be respectful and civil.”; “No advertising of any kind.”; “Credit must be given.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/learntodraw?
Communities with similar topics include r/drawing (5.8M), r/learnprogramming (4.4M), r/Meditation (3.6M), r/toptalent (3.1M) and r/dating (6.3M).
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/learntodraw.