About r/Watercolor
In its own words:
A place for everything to do with watercolor painting. Submit your current paintings, give and receive critiques. Post resources such as tutorials, ask questions, learn about and the art of watercolor!
The community was created on Jan 15, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 904 subscribers (+0.08%).
What sets r/Watercolor apart
Compared with other large communities, r/Watercolor leans heavily on images (59% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 22%). r/Watercolor is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.3 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.1. For its size it is unusually busy: about 55.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 87% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (16:00 UTC) sees about 5.3× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/Watercolor went up from 1,078,251 to 1,084,277 subscribers (+6K, +0.56%). That is about 137 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/Watercolor talks about
Across 118 recent posts (Nov 1–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “painting”, “paper”, “watercolour”, “art” and “winter”. Other frequent themes are cards, experimenting, work, progress, landscape and red. By format, 59% are images, 29% are galleries and 8% are text posts.
Activity and best time to post
r/Watercolor gets about 60 new posts a day. The public archive holds 203,033 posts and 1,070,607 comments in total, about 5.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (64 posts) and the quietest was Monday (57). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/Watercolor
The moderators of r/Watercolor list 8 rules. In short:
- Posts must be watercolor related - NO AI!
- No proper attribution for non original content
- Self Promotion
- Spam
- Improper Critique
- Requesting Art
- NSFW art is not allowed
- No AI Generated Images!
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/Watercolor 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 many subscribers does r/Watercolor have?
r/Watercolor has 1,084,277 subscribers, which makes it the #981 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,026 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/Watercolor?
r/Watercolor was created on Jan 15, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.
How active is r/Watercolor?
Very active: r/Watercolor gets about 60 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 203,033 posts and 1,070,607 comments. In a sample of 118 recent posts we counted 108 different authors.
When is r/Watercolor most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 30, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/Watercolor about?
The community describes itself as: “A place for everything to do with watercolor painting. Submit your current paintings, give and receive critiques. Post resources such as tutorials, ask questions, learn about and the art of watercolor!” Recent post titles often mention painting, paper, watercolour, art and winter. Most posts are images (59%).
Is r/Watercolor safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Watercolor as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/Watercolor?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Watercolor accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Posts must be watercolor related - NO AI!”; “No proper attribution for non original content”; “Self Promotion”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/Watercolor?
Communities with similar topics include r/painting (4.6M), r/DigitalPainting (3.7M), r/minipainting (1.3M), r/AskHR (1.9M) and r/itookapicture (7.6M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 7, 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/Watercolor.