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r/architecture vs r/InteriorDesign

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Interior design room vs architecture room

r/InteriorDesign’s public description frames interior design as creating functional spaces within a building. r/architecture describes a community for students, professionals and lovers of architecture.

In our directory, architecture is larger (about 2.1M, rank #536) than InteriorDesign (about 1.2M, rank #924). Activity samples are similar in volume (~36 vs ~28 posts/day). InteriorDesign’s sample mixes galleries and images with some text; architecture’s sample mixes text, galleries, images and links with building, ask, practice, school/academia and technical flairs. Our directory lists each name among the other’s related communities.

Rule titles: InteriorDesign insists on interior design (not mere decoration), starting with your own ideas and minimum standards; architecture bans free labor, homework completion, job begging and “what style is this” outside megathreads.

  • Choose r/InteriorDesign for interior-architecture space planning under its design-not-decoration rules.
  • Choose r/architecture for buildings, practice and academia under its no-free-labor and megathread rules.
  • Both sit outside the current Top 100 cut.

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

r/architecture

Architecture

A community for students, professionals, and lovers of architecture.

Members
2.1M
7-day growth
+2K
Posts/day
28.4
Directory rank
#536
Created
Feb 29, 2008
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 35%, galleries 35%, images 16%

Topics: Architecture

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Don't ask for free or compensated labor
  • Don't ask for others to complete your homework
  • Don't ask for a job
  • Don't spam, overpost, or aggressively self-promote
  • Don't troll, threaten, harass, or incite violence
  • Don't ask "What Style Is This?" or "What Is This Thing?" outside the megathread
  • Don't ask computer hardware/software questions outside the megathread

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About this community: r/architecture (#536, about 2.1 million) — A community for students, professionals, and lovers of architecture. Collected rules highlight Don't ask for free or compensated labor; Don't ask for others to complete your homework; Don't ask for a job, among 7 listed. Activity mix in sample: text:69, gallery:68, image:32, link:23. Mo.

r/InteriorDesign

Interior Design (Interior Architecture)

Interior Design is the art and science of understanding people's behavior to create functional spaces within a building. It is a multi-faceted profession in which creative and technical solutions are applied within a st…

Members
1.2M
7-day growth
+1K
Posts/day
36.3
Directory rank
#924
Created
Aug 27, 2009
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: galleries 51%, images 33%, text posts 15%

Topics: Architecture, Graphic Design, Interior Design

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • This subreddit is for Interior Design, not Interior Decoration.
  • Start With Your Ideas!
  • Minimum Standards
  • No Self Promotion
  • No Link Shorteners

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About this community: r/InteriorDesign (#924, about 1.2 million) treats interior design as spatial problem-solving—behaviour, function, built environment—not pure décor mood boards.

Supported differences

Aspectr/architecturer/InteriorDesign
Public focus (from each community’s public description) A community for students, professionals, and lovers of architecture. Interior Design is the art and science of understanding people's behavior to create functional spaces within a building. It is a multi-faceted profession in which creative and technical solutions are applied within a st…
Size
r/architecture is larger in our directory (about 1.8×).
 2.1M members 1.2M members
Posting activity (our sample) 28.4/day 36.3/day
Common post types in our sample text posts 35%, galleries 35%, images 16% galleries 51%, images 33%, text posts 15%
Topic tags on SubMouse Architecture Architecture, Graphic Design, Interior Design
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) Don't ask for free or compensated labor; Don't ask for others to complete your homework; Don't ask for a job; Don't spam, overpost, or aggressively self-promote; Don't troll, threaten, harass, or incite violence This subreddit is for Interior Design, not Interior Decoration.; Start With Your Ideas!; Minimum Standards; No Self Promotion; No Link Shorteners

What they share

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

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

InteriorDesign short titles include: this subreddit is for interior design, not interior decorating; start with your ideas; minimum standards; no self promotion; no link shorteners. Our sample is gallery/image-heavy with some text.

architecture: don’t ask for free or compensated labor; don’t ask others to complete your homework; don’t ask for a job; don’t spam/overpost/aggressively self-promote; don’t troll/threaten/harass; don’t ask “what style is this?” or “what is this thing?” outside the megathread. Our sample flairs include building, ask r/architecture, practice, school/academia, miscellaneous and technical.

Where this comparison comes from

Public 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: