About r/SpecArt
In its own words:
SF, fantasy, and post-apocalypse visual arts. Explore the visual aspects of imagined worlds. All speculative visual arts are welcome, from space vistas to fantasy landscapes to ruined cities to psychedelic paintings to dreaded monsters to f'ing dinosaurs!
Community guide
r/SpecArt (#723, about 1.5 million subscribers) — SF, fantasy, and post-apocalypse visual arts. Explore the visual aspects of imagined worlds. All speculative visual arts are welcome, from space vistas to fantasy landscapes to ruined cities to psychedelic paintings… A recent sample averaged 2.8 posts a day (~62% image, ~38% gallery). Its public rules include: All posts must be images links to visual art in the sci-fi, fantasy, horror, surrealist, etc. genres; Identify the artist in the title of the post; No porn, erotica, or "upvote because girl" content; No advertising of any kind.
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: All posts must be images links to visual art in the sci-fi, fantasy, horror, surrealist, etc. genres; Identify the artist in the title of the post; No porn, erotica, or "upvote because girl" content; No advertising of any kind. 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.
The community was created on May 5, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 122 subscribers (+0.01%). Among the 20 communities on our art list it is number 5 by size. It sits just behind r/JustGuysBeingDudes (#722) and ahead of r/cringepics (#724) in our ranking.
What sets r/SpecArt apart
Compared with other large communities, r/SpecArt leans heavily on images (62% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 22%). People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 2.4 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 1.9 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/SpecArt climbed from 1,467,332 to 1,468,288 subscribers (+956, +0.07%). That is about 19 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/SpecArt this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- [oc] At the gates of the Underworldu/Benbauchau · Nov 4 · image
- Conserved, Nivjag, Digital, 2026 [OC]u/Nivjag · Nov 2 · image
- Alien abduction. Acrylic 14" x 14" painted by me.u/unclegrandpa · Nov 3 · image
- a drawing I madeu/BazaarMonk · Nov 3 · gallery
- Paintings of Alien Movie Monster Invaders by Gary Wray 2010 - The Crawling Eye / It Conquered The World / The Atomic Submarine / It Came From Outer Spaceu/GaryWray · Nov 6 · gallery
- We should move in togetheru/HereWhitMyBike · Nov 7 · image
- Returning Home [OC]u/MrMarkIrish · Nov 6 · image
- METEOR MONSTERS / Gary Wray 2014u/GaryWray · Nov 1 · gallery
- New sketches, by meu/the-empty-tree · Nov 2 · gallery
- Spiral eye- ink and acrylic on woodu/StephenFerris · Nov 1 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/SpecArt, from 2020 to 2021, ranked by Reddit.
- I wanted to recreate one of my first paintings. Here’s the comparison. [OC]u/EPDArt · Jun 2, 2021 · image
- Wakanda for everu/kamronX1 · Aug 29, 2020 · image
- Coloring with red led light.u/_CoJo_ · Jan 19, 2021 · video
- Operation Juno's Rosehip, me, digital, 2020u/stereozont · Nov 3, 2020 · image
- Dangerous Waters by Artem Chebokhau/MusaibWadkar · Nov 8, 2020 · image
- Heartbreak (digital art 2020) by meu/Tmdesigns · Jun 3, 2020 · image
- Grandma's Cloak by Heikalau/MusaibWadkar · Oct 3, 2020 · image
- The Fast Food Wars by Meu/MPvisual · Apr 27, 2020 · 2,874 points · 56 comments · image
- Nostalgia | piece I made yesterday. Thought it belonged hereu/ArtOfBaka · Jan 11, 2020 · 2,850 points · 65 comments · image
- A new world [digital art 2020] by meu/Tmdesigns · May 21, 2020 · image
What r/SpecArt talks about
Looking at the titles of 26 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “art”, “open”, “gary”, “wray” and “acrylic”. Recurring phrases include “gary wray”. By format, 62% are images and 38% are galleries.
Activity and best time to post
r/SpecArt gets about 2.8 new posts a day. The public archive holds 51,642 posts and 122,343 comments in total, about 2.4 comments per post.
Rules of r/SpecArt
The moderators of r/SpecArt list 4 rules. In short:
- All posts must be images links to visual art in the sci-fi, fantasy, horror, surrealist, etc. genres
- Identify the artist in the title of the post
- No porn, erotica, or "upvote because girl" content
- No advertising of any kind.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/SpecArt 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/SpecArt have?
r/SpecArt has 1,468,288 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #723 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 956 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/SpecArt?
r/SpecArt was created on May 5, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from May 22, 2011.
How active is r/SpecArt?
Moderately: r/SpecArt gets about 2.8 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 51,642 posts and 122,343 comments.
What is r/SpecArt about?
The community describes itself as: “SF, fantasy, and post-apocalypse visual arts. Explore the visual aspects of imagined worlds. All speculative visual arts are welcome, from space vistas to fantasy landscapes to ruined cities to psychedelic paintings to …” Recent post titles often mention art, open, gary, wray and acrylic. Most posts are images (62%).
Is r/SpecArt safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/SpecArt as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/SpecArt?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/SpecArt accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “All posts must be images links to visual art in the sci-fi, fantasy, horror, surrealist, etc. genres”; “Identify the artist in the title of the post”; “No porn, erotica, or "upvote because girl" content”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/SpecArt?
Communities with similar topics include r/ImaginaryArchitecture (1.2M), r/oilpainting (1.1M), r/Art (22.6M), r/Fantasy (4M) and r/DigitalPainting (3.7M).
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/SpecArt.