r/3Dmodeling on SubMouse

About r/3Dmodeling

In its own words:

A place where you can show off your 3D models, artworks, and designs.

Community guide

r/3Dmodeling (#711, about 1.5 million subscribers) — A place where you can show off your 3D models, artworks, and designs. A recent sample averaged 38 posts a day (~42% gallery, ~21% image, ~21% video). Its public rules include: Posts must relate to 3D modeling.; Comments should stay on-topic.; Artistic nudity or other mature themes must be marked NSFW.; No advertising.; No commissions or requests.

What belongs here

Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own channel or shop. Match posts to: Posts must relate to 3D modeling.; Comments should stay on-topic.; Artistic nudity or other mature themes must be marked NSFW.; No advertising.

How it differs from lookalikes

Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community.

Practical pointers

Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: Art Showcase, Questions & Discussion, Art Help & Critique, Free Assets & Tools.

The community was created on Jan 31, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 585 subscribers (+0.04%). It sits just behind r/Brawlstars (#710) and ahead of r/thatHappened (#712) in our ranking.

What sets r/3Dmodeling apart

r/3Dmodeling is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 3.4 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.0. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (12:00 UTC) sees about 11.0× as many posts as the quietest (06:00 UTC).

Subscriber growth

Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/3Dmodeling went up from 1,488,093 to 1,492,280 subscribers (+4.2K, +0.28%). That is about 82 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/3Dmodeling, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.

Week 1 of my weekly challange :)u/adrianart96 · Jan 26, 2026 · image
How do I fix the UV map from this apple?u/FromZero_GameStudio · Jul 8, 2026 · video
3d Artist looking to teach someone.u/SephaSepha · Jul 3, 2025 · gallery
willem dafoe portraitu/turritom · May 31, 2026 · gallery
Cool new Morph Mesh we just finished.u/3dscanstore · Nov 14, 2022 · 3,286 points · 88 comments · video
I tried to upgrade my character based on your feedbacku/Sir-nando · Dec 3, 2025 · gallery
It will took me eternity to finish it, I know it / wipu/Dylan_Kowalski_3D · Aug 24, 2025 · image
I tried cheating a 2D Style head turn in 3DNov 28, 2022 · 2,580 points · 59 comments · video
A Key I modeled and textured in Blender with some help from substance painter.u/hi_there_dear_john · Jun 4, 2021 · image
Handpainted Tomatoes ^^u/Ser-en · Sep 30, 2025 · video

What r/3Dmodeling talks about

Across 242 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “model”, “blender”, “character”, “feedback” and “modeling”. Other frequent themes are help, free, models, ue5, looking and learning. Recurring phrases include “post-soviet hospital”, “hospital kitchen”, “low poly” and “ue5 post-soviet”. By format, 42% are galleries, 21% are images and 21% are videos.

model 26
blender 22
character 16
feedback 12
modeling 8
help 7
free 7
models 6
ue5 6
looking 5
learning 5
wip 5
substance 5
stylized 5
post-soviet 5
hospital 5
kitchen 5
hand 4

Popular post flairs: Art Showcase (129), Questions & Discussion (55), Art Help & Critique (39), Free Assets & Tools (11), Free Tutorials (6), News & Information (2).

Activity and best time to post

r/3Dmodeling gets about 38 new posts a day. The public archive holds 164,102 posts and 555,921 comments in total, about 3.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (47 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (32). Posting peaks around 12:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.

Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026

Galleries 42%Images 21%Videos 21%Text posts 16%

Rules of r/3Dmodeling

The moderators of r/3Dmodeling list 5 rules. In short:

Posts must relate to 3D modeling.
Comments should stay on-topic.
Artistic nudity or other mature themes must be marked NSFW.
No advertising.
No commissions or requests.

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/3Dmodeling 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 big is r/3Dmodeling?

r/3Dmodeling has 1,492,280 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #711 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 4,187 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

When was r/3Dmodeling created?

r/3Dmodeling was created on Jan 31, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years.

Is r/3Dmodeling still active?

Yes. r/3Dmodeling gets about 38 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 164,102 posts and 555,921 comments. In a sample of 242 recent posts we counted 201 different authors.

What is the best time to post in r/3Dmodeling?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 12:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What kind of posts are on r/3Dmodeling?

The community describes itself as: “A place where you can show off your 3D models, artworks, and designs.” Recent post titles often mention model, blender, character, feedback and modeling. Most posts are galleries (42%).

Is r/3Dmodeling SFW?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/3Dmodeling as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

What are the rules of r/3Dmodeling?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/3Dmodeling accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 5 posted rules, starting with: “Posts must relate to 3D modeling.”; “Comments should stay on-topic.”; “Artistic nudity or other mature themes must be marked NSFW.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

What subreddits are similar to r/3Dmodeling?

Communities with similar topics include r/minipainting (1.3M) and r/blender (1.5M).

Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). 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/3Dmodeling.

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