About r/photography
In its own words:
/r/photography is a place to politely discuss the tools, technique, art and culture of photography and to post topics that would be of interest to other photographers.
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 2,718 subscribers (+0.05%). Among the 19 communities on our photography list it is number 2 by size.
What sets r/photography apart
r/photography is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 92% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.29% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 85% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/photography went up from 5,653,222 to 5,669,649 subscribers (+16.4K, +0.29%). That is about 411 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/photography talks about
Looking at the titles of 144 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “photos”, “photographer”, “photographers”, “help” and “october”. Other frequent themes are camera, beginner, photo, instagram, experience and advice. Recurring phrases include “awful experience”, “photo editing” and “paper types”. By format, 92% are text posts, 6% are links and 2% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Gear (36), Art (34), Business (31), Technique (28), Post Processing (10), Community (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/photography gets roughly 20 new posts a day. The public archive holds 528,234 posts and 5,570,731 comments in total, about 10.5 comments per post.
Rules of r/photography
The moderators of r/photography list 9 rules. In short:
- Photo Sharing in Community Threads
- Post is a gear-related, troubleshooting pricing or post-processing/style/emulation question
- Stand-alone questions must contain a minimum amount of context and not be common duplicate questions
- No Spam or Self-Promotion
- No Classified Ads or Job Offers
- No Personal Attacks
- No Rants
- Flair is for Portfolios
- Lost & Found
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/photography 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/photography?
r/photography has 5,669,649 subscribers, which makes it the #150 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 16,427 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/photography?
r/photography was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/photography?
Very active: r/photography gets roughly 20 new posts a day (estimate from a sample of recent posts). Over its lifetime the archive counts 528,234 posts and 5,570,731 comments. In a sample of 144 recent posts we counted 133 different authors.
What is r/photography about?
The community describes itself as: “/r/photography is a place to politely discuss the tools, technique, art and culture of photography and to post topics that would be of interest to other photographers.” Recent post titles often mention photos, photographer, photographers, help and october. Most posts are text posts (92%).
Is r/photography safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/photography as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/photography?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/photography accepts both text and link posts. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Photo Sharing in Community Threads”; “Post is a gear-related, troubleshooting pricing or post-processing/style/emulation question”; “Stand-alone questions must contain a minimum amount of context and not be common duplicate questions”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/photography?
Communities with similar topics include r/itookapicture (7.6M), r/InternetIsBeautiful (16.6M), r/Art (22.6M), r/woodworking (6.2M) and r/travel (14.5M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 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/photography.