About r/ImaginaryArchitecture
In its own words:
Paintings and drawings featuring architecturally interesting buildings and structures, real or imagined.
Community guide
r/ImaginaryArchitecture (#853, about 1.2 million subscribers) — Paintings and drawings featuring architecturally interesting buildings and structures, real or imagined. A recent sample averaged 1.1 posts a day (~100% image). Its public rules include: Submit credited, sourced paintings and drawings.; Make quality submissions.; This sub focuses on art appreciation.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: Submit credited, sourced paintings and drawings.; Make quality submissions.; This sub focuses on art appreciation. Recent samples are image-heavy; titles should explain why the media belongs here.
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: Original Content.
The community was created on Apr 30, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 312 subscribers (+0.03%). Among the 20 communities on our art list it is number 7 by size. Among the 7 communities on our architecture list it is number 2 by size. It sits just behind r/femalelivingspace (#854) and ahead of r/ShitPostCrusaders (#856) in our ranking.
What sets r/ImaginaryArchitecture apart
r/ImaginaryArchitecture is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 2.4 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.0. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 0.9 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/ImaginaryArchitecture climbed from 1,231,051 to 1,233,654 subscribers (+2.6K, +0.21%). That is about 51 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/ImaginaryArchitecture this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Continuing to develop flower shop themeu/srpaintings · Nov 7 · image
- "Undecidable" monument by Roger Haywardu/YanniRotten · Nov 4 · image
- Ink sketch cyberpunk architecture by meu/Peppesk877 · Nov 5 · image
- Ribbonland by Mathew Borrettu/YanniRotten · Nov 7 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/ImaginaryArchitecture, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Abandoned by Asterou/MusaibWadkar · Feb 17, 2021 · image
- Beast by 塗壁(nurikabenuri)u/MusaibWadkar · May 30, 2022 · 1,544 points · 14 comments · image
- A Minecraft build inspired by this communityu/FCoin · Mar 24, 2020 · 1,232 points · 20 comments · image
- Archway fortress city, by me!u/sleeping_sketcher · Aug 18, 2021 · 1,512 points · 67 comments · image
- Ruins by Guillame Tavernier (me) [No AI] [OC] [Art]u/de_architecturart · Jul 15, 2026 · image
- I’ll Be With My Books by Bilquis Evely & Matheus Lopesu/mtlgrems · Feb 1, 2021 · image
- The South Gate by Lownineu/Zewen_Senpai · Aug 13, 2020 · image
- View of the interior of a cathedral by Jenaro Pérez Villaamilu/WillTook · Oct 4, 2021 · 1,253 points · 14 comments · image
- Slum Towersu/newcube · Jun 27, 2021 · image
- Victorian mega-ship by artist Mitchell Stuartu/Anon_Ymou5 · Sep 26, 2022 · 1,117 points · 15 comments · image
Activity and best time to post
r/ImaginaryArchitecture gets about 1.1 new posts a day. The public archive holds 9,495 posts and 22,438 comments in total, about 2.4 comments per post.
Rules of r/ImaginaryArchitecture
The moderators of r/ImaginaryArchitecture list 3 rules. In short:
- Submit credited, sourced paintings and drawings.
- Make quality submissions.
- This sub focuses on art appreciation.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/ImaginaryArchitecture 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/ImaginaryArchitecture have?
r/ImaginaryArchitecture has 1,233,654 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #855 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 2,603 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/ImaginaryArchitecture?
r/ImaginaryArchitecture was created on Apr 30, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Aug 7, 2013.
How active is r/ImaginaryArchitecture?
Moderately: r/ImaginaryArchitecture gets about 1.1 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 9,495 posts and 22,438 comments.
What is r/ImaginaryArchitecture about?
The community describes itself as: “Paintings and drawings featuring architecturally interesting buildings and structures, real or imagined.” Recent post titles often mention gate and yexil.
Is r/ImaginaryArchitecture safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/ImaginaryArchitecture as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/ImaginaryArchitecture?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/ImaginaryArchitecture accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images enabled. It has 3 posted rules, starting with: “Submit credited, sourced paintings and drawings.”; “Make quality submissions.”; “This sub focuses on art appreciation.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/ImaginaryArchitecture?
Communities with similar topics include r/architecture (2.1M), r/InteriorDesign (1.2M), r/oilpainting (1.1M), r/Art (22.6M) and r/SpecArt (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/ImaginaryArchitecture.