r/photography vs r/itookapicture

Side-by-side using public descriptions, members, growth and rule titles from SubMouse. Missing fields show as n/a. Adult communities are excluded.

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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/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

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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

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Supported differences

Aspect	r/photography	r/itookapicture
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	/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.	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.
Size r/itookapicture is larger in our directory.	5.7M members	7.6M members
Posting activity (our sample)	22.6/day	101.6/day
Common post types in our sample	text posts 92%, links 6%, videos 1%	images 100%, links 0%
Allowed submission type (meta)	Text or links	Link posts
Selected 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	R1: I Took A Picture; R2: Standards; R3: Titles; R4: Portraits & Photos of People; R6: No Reposts

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.