About r/minipainting
In its own words:
A community for painting miniatures and models. Everything from tabletop wargames to board games, display pieces or just for fun! Painters of all skill levels are welcome! From beginners who have never held a brush to pros who have been painting for years.
Community guide
r/minipainting (#831, about 1.3 million subscribers) is oriented around: A community for painting miniatures and models. Everything from tabletop wargames to board games, display pieces or just for fun! Painters of all skill levels are welcome! From beginners who have never held a brush… Recent activity samples show 81 posts/day in recent samples (~57% gallery, ~22% image, ~19% text). Public rules we collected include: Civility and Respect; General Content; Submission Requirements; Post Original Work; Promotion and Participation.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Piracy talk is removed. Match posts to: Civility and Respect; General Content; Submission Requirements; Post Original Work.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Common flairs in samples include: Help Needed/New Painter, C&C Wanted, Sci-fi, Fantasy. Volume is high—clear titles help.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Mar 3, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,157 subscribers (+0.09%). Among the 20 communities on our art list it is number 6 by size. Among the 9 communities on our painting list it is number 3 by size. It sits just behind r/chemicalreactiongifs (#830) and ahead of r/rupaulsdragrace (#832) in our ranking.
What sets r/minipainting apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 6.5 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit. For its size it is unusually busy: about 63.6 new posts a day per million members, more than 91% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 6.0× as many posts as the quietest (02:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/minipainting climbed from 1,272,701 to 1,278,967 subscribers (+6.3K, +0.49%). That is about 142 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/minipainting talks about
Looking at the titles of 604 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “painting”, “finished”, “mini”, “advice” and “paint”. Other frequent themes are help, painted, warhammer, wip, nmm and minis. Recurring phrases include “tone pro”, “warhammer 40k”, “trench crusade” and “pro paints”. By format, 57% are galleries, 22% are images and 19% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: Help Needed/New Painter (190), C&C Wanted (131), Sci-fi (93), Fantasy (82), Discussion (42), Historical/Military (14).
Activity and best time to post
r/minipainting gets about 81 new posts a day. The public archive holds 389,917 posts and 2,535,365 comments in total, about 6.5 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (101 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (73). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/minipainting
The moderators of r/minipainting list 10 rules. In short:
- Civility and Respect
- General Content
- Submission Requirements
- Post Original Work
- Promotion and Participation
- Re-casts and Piracy
- 10:2:1 Rule
- Guidelines:
- Guideline: Identify Your Mini
- Guideline: Create and Invite Discussion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/minipainting 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/minipainting have?
r/minipainting has 1,278,967 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #831 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,266 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/minipainting created?
r/minipainting was created on Mar 3, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.
Is r/minipainting still active?
Yes. r/minipainting gets about 81 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 389,917 posts and 2,535,365 comments. In a sample of 604 recent posts we counted 516 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/minipainting?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/minipainting?
The community describes itself as: “A community for painting miniatures and models. Everything from tabletop wargames to board games, display pieces or just for fun! Painters of all skill levels are welcome! From beginners who have never held a brush to p…” Recent post titles often mention painting, finished, mini, advice and paint. Most posts are galleries (57%).
Is r/minipainting SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/minipainting as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/minipainting?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/minipainting accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Civility and Respect”; “General Content”; “Submission Requirements”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/minipainting?
Communities with similar topics include r/Warhammer40k (1.6M), r/painting (4.6M), r/3Dmodeling (1.5M), r/rpg (1.6M) and r/boardgames (5.5M).
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/minipainting.