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r/Design vs r/graphic_design

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Graphic design community vs Design community

r/graphic_design’s public description is a collaborative learning community for graphic designers focused on education, mentorship and mutual support. r/Design’s directory text is simply “Design.”

In our directory, Design is larger (about 4.5M, rank #207) than graphic_design (about 2.9M, rank #375). Activity samples are similar (~37 vs ~31 posts/day). Both samples mix text with images and galleries; graphic_design flairs include asking question, sharing work, portfolio/CV review and career advice; Design flairs include my own work, asking question, discussion and sharing resources. Our directory lists each name among the other’s related communities.

Rule titles on both sides ban promotional/commercial activity, homework dumps, memes/AI-farming and off-topic rudeness; graphic_design also insists shared work use the correct flair and context comment.

  • Choose r/graphic_design for graphic-design learning, critique and career talk under its education-focused rules.
  • Choose r/Design for broader design shares and discussion under its credit and context rules.
  • Both sit outside the current Top 100 cut; InteriorDesign is a separate spatial-design lane.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.

r/Design

design

Design

Members
4.5M
7-day growth
+979
Posts/day
30.5
Directory rank
#207
Created
Jan 25, 2008
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 36%, links 22%, images 22%

Topics: Graphic Design

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • No promotional/commercial activities.
  • If posting someone else's work, credit them appropriately.
  • All shared work must have a comment for context.
  • No basic/repeated questions.
  • This is not a “homework” forum.
  • No off-topic/non-civil discussion.
  • No memes, AI farming and low-quality posts
  • Is it suitable for this sub?

Open r/Design on SubMouse

About this community: r/Design (#207, about 4.5 million) is a design discussion/share room (catalogue description is only the word “Design”). Rules ban promo/commercial activity, memes/AI farming/low-quality posts, homework asks, basic/repeated questions, and off-topic/uncivil talk; shared work needs a context comment and proper credit for others’ work. Text (~30.5 ppd).

r/graphic_design

Graphic Design

A collaborative learning community for graphic designers at any stage, focused on education, mentorship, and mutual support.

Members
2.9M
7-day growth
+1.3K
Posts/day
37.4
Directory rank
#375
Created
Sep 24, 2008
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 55%, images 21%, galleries 18%

Topics: Graphic Design

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • No promotional/commercial activities.
  • Graphic design only.
  • Shared work must have a comment for context and use the green "Sharing Work" flair.
  • Include basic information when asking for hardware advice
  • Low effort posts, what style is this, AI-farming and memes
  • No basic/repeated questions. Critique requests go under shared work.
  • This is not a “homework” forum.
  • No off-topic/non-civil discussion.
  • Credit others appropriately.
  • No illegal activity
  • No flair abuse
  • No Candid / Non-Consenting Explicit / Sensitive Content

Open r/graphic_design on SubMouse

About this community: r/graphic_design (#375, about 2.9 million) is a collaborative learning community for designers at any stage—education, mentorship, mutual support. Rules ban promo/commercial posts, require a context comment + Sharing Work flair for shared pieces, reject low-effort “what style is this,” AI-farming, memes, homework dumps, and basic repeated questions. Text/image mix (~37.4 ppd).

Supported differences

Aspectr/Designr/graphic_design
Public focus (from each community’s public description) Design A collaborative learning community for graphic designers at any stage, focused on education, mentorship, and mutual support.
Size
r/Design is larger in our directory (about 1.5×).
 4.5M members 2.9M members
Posting activity (our sample) 30.5/day 37.4/day
Common post types in our sample text posts 36%, links 22%, images 22% text posts 55%, images 21%, galleries 18%
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) No promotional/commercial activities.; If posting someone else's work, credit them appropriately.; All shared work must have a comment for context.; No basic/repeated questions.; This is not a “homework” forum. No promotional/commercial activities.; Graphic design only.; Shared work must have a comment for context and use the green "Sharing Work" flair.; Include basic information when asking for hardware advice; Low effort posts, what style is this, AI-farming and memes

What they share

  • Shared SubMouse topics: Graphic Design
  • Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

graphic_design short titles include: no promotional/commercial activities; graphic design only; shared work needs context comment and Sharing Work flair; hardware-advice basics; low-effort / what-style-is-this / AI-farming and memes; no basic repeated questions; not a homework forum; credit others; no illegal activity.

Design: no promotional/commercial activities; credit others’ work; shared work needs a context comment; no basic/repeated questions; not a homework forum; no off-topic/non-civil discussion; no memes, AI farming and low-quality posts; suitability check.

Where this comparison comes from

Public titles/descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Mutual related-list links. Short titles only.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.

Comparisons we prepared

Hand-written explanations for pairs where the public descriptions and rules support a real distinction: