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r/itookapicture vs r/photography

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Photography talk vs “I took a picture” critique sharing

r/photography is for polite discussion of tools, technique, art and culture—and topics interesting to photographers. r/itookapicture is for posting work you took to give and get feedback.

In our directory photography is about 5.7M (rank #150) and itookapicture about 7.6M (rank #103). Activity samples favour itookapicture (~102 posts/day vs ~23), matching a show-your-work format. They list each other as related, along with analog.

itookapicture’s collected titles stress that you must have taken the picture, plus standards for titles, portraits, NSFW and comments. photography’s titles focus on relevancy, anti-spam and keeping support/rants out of the main feed.

  • Discuss gear, technique and culture on r/photography.
  • Post your own photo for critique on r/itookapicture—and follow its title/portrait rules.
  • Both are outside the live Top 100 cut on SubMouse (info tool links).

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-06.

r/itookapicture

I Took a Picture: Give and get feedback on photography

A subreddit about photography techniques and styles. Post your work here to ask for critique, or browse the submissions and learn how photography techniques are achieved.

Members
7.6M
7-day growth
+1K
Posts/day
101.6
Directory rank
#103
Created
Jul 7, 2009
Submissions
Link posts

Sample mix: images 100%, links 0%

Topics: Photography

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • R1: I Took A Picture
  • R2: Standards
  • R3: Titles
  • R4: Portraits & Photos of People
  • R6: No Reposts
  • R7: Comments

Open r/itookapicture on SubMouse

About this community: r/itookapicture is a critique-oriented photography community: you post work you took, and the exchange is meant to teach technique—not just collect compliments. Ranked #103 on SubMouse’s SFW list (about 7.6 million subscribers). The name is literal. Rule framing we collected starts with “I Took A Picture,” which is the line between this sub and general photo dumping or meme photography.

r/photography

Photography

/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.

Members
5.7M
7-day growth
+2K
Posts/day
22.6
Directory rank
#150
Created
Jan 25, 2008
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 92%, links 6%, videos 1%

Topics: Photography

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • 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

Open r/photography on SubMouse

About this community: r/photography is a polite discussion space about photographic tools, technique, art, and culture—not a primary photo-dump gallery. Rank #150 (about 5.7 million subscribers). Rules push photo sharing into community threads, restrict stand-alone gear/troubleshooting questions, and ban spam, classifieds, rants, and personal attacks.

Supported differences

Aspectr/itookapicturer/photography
Public focus (from each community’s public description) A subreddit about photography techniques and styles. Post your work here to ask for critique, or browse the submissions and learn how photography techniques are achieved. /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.
Size
r/itookapicture is larger in our directory.
 7.6M members 5.7M members
Posting activity (our sample) 101.6/day 22.6/day
Common post types in our sample images 100%, links 0% text posts 92%, links 6%, videos 1%
Allowed submission type (meta) Link posts Text or links
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) R1: I Took A Picture; R2: Standards; R3: Titles; R4: Portraits & Photos of People; R6: No Reposts 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

What they share

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

Where this comparison comes from

Directory stats with collected short rule titles and activity samples; mutual related-list signal with analog neighbours. 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: