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r/Simulated

Computer Simulated Animations

r/Simulated is a safe-for-work community on Reddit, ranked #757 on SubMouse with 1,403,953 subscribers and about 6.4 new posts a day.

Rank (SFW)#757
Subscribers1.4M
Growth since Nov 2+183
Posts per day6.4
Posts all time28.7K
CreatedMay 2015
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About r/Simulated

In its own words:

A subreddit for all things computer generated simulations!

Community guide

r/Simulated (#757, about 1.4 million subscribers) — A subreddit for all things computer generated simulations! A recent sample averaged 6.4 posts a day (~70% video, ~13% image, ~13% text). Its public rules include: No animations allowed!; No unrelated content; Flair your posts!; Mark Original Creations as [OC]; Include sources.

What belongs here

Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: No animations allowed!; No unrelated content; Flair your posts!; Mark Original Creations as [OC].

How it differs from lookalikes

Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.

Practical pointers

Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Search before reposting common clips or questions. Common flairs include: Proprietary Software, Research Simulation, Houdini, Interactive.

The community was created on May 5, 2015, which makes it 11 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 183 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/DecidingToBeBetter (#756) and ahead of r/parrots (#758) in our ranking.

What sets r/Simulated apart

Compared with other large communities, r/Simulated leans heavily on videos (70% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 4%).

Subscriber growth

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Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/Simulated grew from 1,402,452 to 1,403,953 subscribers (+1.5K, +0.11%). That is about 29 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.

Top posts on r/Simulated this week

The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).

  1. Stable Fluids And Simulated Sounds [OC]u/dangi12012 · Nov 1 · video
  2. Vein Clotu/ArcanePolygon · Nov 7 · video
  3. Liquid Brezel 🥨u/Maxwellbundy · Nov 4 · video
  4. Earth torn apart by tidal forces around a black hole. One million SPH particles, running live on the GPU.u/Greenleaf_dk · Nov 4 · video
  5. 3d whitewater in UEu/jasonkeyVFX · Nov 2 · video
  6. [OC] Ex-Ubisoft dev here: fully destructible village, mushroom cloud, vortex and beam spells, all hand-made physics in three.jsu/nofuture09 · Nov 3 · video
  7. Pushing GSplat in Unity: Drones scanning and bringing a 3D World to Lifeu/gabriverga2 · Nov 5 · video
  8. 40,000 starlings flocking live in the browser, a 3D murmuration made with LittleJSu/Slackluster · Nov 6 · video
  9. Heatpath - Heating and airflow simulation in the browser.u/superglidestrawberry · Nov 4 · image
  10. Water WIPu/Any-Tap-1503 · Nov 7 · video

All-time top posts

The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/Simulated, from 2017 to 2021, ranked by Reddit.

  1. The ultimate wednesday.u/Ethiarpus · Jul 4, 2018 · 68,318 points · 534 comments · video
  2. Notificationsu/offshootuk · Jan 13, 2018 · 46,692 points · 658 comments · video
  3. Net Flowu/Rexjericho · Dec 15, 2017 · 42,655 points · 661 comments · video
  4. The GPU Slayeru/lotsalote · Feb 27, 2019 · 39,493 points · 628 comments · video
  5. Cola + Mentos! Classic...u/Patiffonka · Oct 27, 2020 · video
  6. How to Protect Your Coastlines 101: A FLIP Fluid Simulationu/chargedcapacitor · Jul 3, 2019 · 36,000 points · 515 comments · video
  7. How to Melt a GPU 101: Simulating Furu/chargedcapacitor · Feb 24, 2019 · 34,729 points · 426 comments · video
  8. Simulation from BMWu/zotti_d · Apr 10, 2020 · 31,326 points · 412 comments · video
  9. Fluid in an Invisible Box (in an Invisible Box)u/Rexjericho · Mar 21, 2018 · 30,824 points · 625 comments · video
  10. Zombie Disintegrationu/RenceJaeger · Nov 29, 2018 · 32,112 points · 484 comments · video

What r/Simulated talks about

We read the titles of 53 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “simulation”, “physics”, “sand”, “real” and “pendulum”. Other frequent themes are falling, circulation, black, hole, houdini and scene. Recurring phrases include “black hole”, “falling sand”, “sand pendulum” and “pendulum drawing”. By format, 70% are videos, 13% are images and 13% are text posts.

  • simulation 16
  • physics 7
  • sand 6
  • real 5
  • pendulum 4
  • falling 4
  • circulation 3
  • black 3
  • hole 3
  • houdini 3
  • scene 3
  • simulating 2
  • vortex 2
  • earth 2
  • live 2
  • gpu 2
  • happens 2
  • simulations 2

Popular post flairs: Proprietary Software (14), Research Simulation (13), Houdini (7), Interactive (6), Blender (5), Softimage (3).

Activity and best time to post

r/Simulated gets about 6.4 new posts a day. The public archive holds 28,657 posts and 361,004 comments in total, about 12.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (9 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (3). Posting peaks around 07:00 UTC and is lowest around 01:00 UTC.

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Posts per hour of the day, UTC, Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 4, 2026
Videos 70%Images 13%Text posts 13%Links 4%

Rules of r/Simulated

The moderators of r/Simulated list 9 rules. In short:

  1. No animations allowed!
  2. No unrelated content
  3. Flair your posts!
  4. Mark Original Creations as [OC]
  5. Include sources
  6. Made with Tutorial? Mark as such!
  7. Be gentle with the reposts
  8. No stolen compilations/crossposts
  9. Please refrain from posting political or religious content

How to join

Open reddit.com/r/Simulated 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/Simulated?

r/Simulated has 1,403,953 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #757 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,501 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.

When was r/Simulated created?

r/Simulated was created on May 5, 2015, so it has been around for 11 years.

Is r/Simulated still active?

Yes. r/Simulated gets about 6.4 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 28,657 posts and 361,004 comments. In a sample of 53 recent posts we counted 42 different authors.

What is the best time to post in r/Simulated?

Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 07:00 UTC, with the fewest around 01:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.

What kind of posts are on r/Simulated?

The community describes itself as: “A subreddit for all things computer generated simulations!” Recent post titles often mention simulation, physics, sand, real and pendulum. Most posts are videos (70%).

Is r/Simulated SFW?

Yes. Reddit does not mark r/Simulated as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.

What are the rules of r/Simulated?

Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/Simulated accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “No animations allowed!”; “No unrelated content”; “Flair your posts!”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.

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/Simulated.

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