About r/animation
In its own words:
News, Shorts, and Everything Else in the World of Animation
Community guide
r/animation (#546, about 2.0 million) — News, Shorts, and Everything Else in the World of Animation Collected rules highlight No content theft - Permaban; Admissible Content; Quality Control, among 7 listed. Activity mix in sample: video:421, text:89, image:66, link:41. Bu.
Scope and newsroom norms
On-scope means developments, reporting, and discussion tied to the stated topic: News, Shorts, and Everything Else in the World of Animation. Moderation themes: No content theft - Permaban; Admissible Content; Quality Control; Rules for Hiring Animators. Keep headlines factual when rules ask for objective titles; advice-seeking and soapboxing are common off-ramps.
Before you post
Common flairs in the sample: Sharing, Question, Beginner, Critique. Recent sample composition: video:421, text:89, image:66, link:41. Bu. Skim the full rules before posting; listed highlights include: No content theft - Permaban; Admissible Content; Quality Control. Treat subscriber and posts-per-day figures as directory snapshots, not live Reddit counters.
How it differs
Distinctions here come from the public description and rule list rather than firsthand culture reporting. If a sibling subreddit is a tighter fit, prefer that.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Aug 26, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,177 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/Skincare_Addiction (#545) and ahead of r/holdmycosmo (#547) in our ranking.
What sets r/animation apart
r/animation is far more video-driven than most big subreddits: 65% of its recent posts are videos, against a median of 4% across the Top 100. r/animation is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 2.6 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.3. For its size it is unusually busy: about 42.9 new posts a day per million members, more than 89% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (15:00 UTC) sees about 3.4× as many posts as the quietest (07:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/animation went up from 2,001,725 to 2,008,216 subscribers (+6.5K, +0.32%). That is about 148 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/animation talks about
We read the titles of 650 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “animated”, “short”, “film”, “halloween” and “motion”. Other frequent themes are video, series, project, indie, animations and help. Recurring phrases include “short film”, “animated short”, “stop motion” and “happy halloween”. By format, 65% are videos, 14% are text posts and 10% are images.
Popular post flairs: Sharing (409), Question (81), Beginner (55), Critique (36), Discussion (21), Collaboration (14).
Activity and best time to post
r/animation gets about 86 new posts a day. The public archive holds 346,329 posts and 912,654 comments in total, about 2.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (112 posts) and the quietest was Monday (84). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/animation
The moderators of r/animation list 7 rules. In short:
- No content theft - Permaban
- Admissible Content
- Quality Control
- Rules for Hiring Animators
- Rules for Collaboration Projects
- Implicit Rules
- Reasons your posts doesn't show up immediately or at all
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/animation 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 members does r/animation have?
r/animation has 2,008,216 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #546 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 6,491 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/animation created?
r/animation was created on Aug 26, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/animation still active?
Yes. r/animation gets about 86 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 346,329 posts and 912,654 comments. In a sample of 650 recent posts we counted 525 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/animation?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/animation?
The community describes itself as: “News, Shorts, and Everything Else in the World of Animation” Recent post titles often mention animated, short, film, halloween and motion. Most posts are videos (65%).
Is r/animation SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/animation as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/animation?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/animation accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 7 posted rules, starting with: “No content theft - Permaban”; “Admissible Content”; “Quality Control”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/animation?
Communities with similar topics include r/HunterXHunter (2.1M), r/flexibility (2.4M), r/DoesAnybodyElse (2.8M), r/electronicmusic (2.7M) and r/Tinder (6M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 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/animation.