About r/blender
In its own words:
A home for the Blender community on Reddit. Blender is a community-driven, free, and open-source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering and more. Download it today at www.blender.org
Community guide
r/blender (#727, about 1.5 million subscribers) — A home for the Blender community on Reddit. Blender is a community-driven, free, and open-source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering and more. Download it today at www.blender.org A recent sample averaged 188 posts a day (~34% video, ~26% gallery, ~18% image). Its public rules include: Images Must Be Created In Blender; Be Civil; Photorealistic Require Evidence; No Deception; No Memes.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Civility/anti-harassment rules apply; personal attacks get removed. Match posts to: Images Must Be Created In Blender; Be Civil; Photorealistic Require Evidence; No Deception.
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. Common flairs include: Original Content Showcase,:need_help: Need Help!, Critique My Work, Paid Product/Service Promotion. Volume is high—clear titles help your post survive the firehose.
The community was created on Jun 8, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,675 subscribers (+0.12%). It sits just behind r/soccercirclejerk (#725) and ahead of r/cursedimages (#727) in our ranking.
What sets r/blender apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 5.1 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit. For its size it is unusually busy: about 128.7 new posts a day per million members, more than 97% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 1.06% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 91% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 3.0× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/blender climbed from 1,448,975 to 1,464,400 subscribers (+15.4K, +1.06%). That is about 302 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/blender this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- this thing kept showing up in my head so i finally recreated it after like a year or sou/Designer-Stand-7197 · Nov 3 · image
- Environment I madeu/hansolonoooo · Nov 2 · gallery
- Modifiers tier listu/Proud-Elk8926 · Nov 1 · image
- Laios (Dungeon Meshi) — 3D project (BLENDER + PAINTER)u/ManiSalguero · Nov 6 · video
- Jiggle 🥞u/ikea_meat_ball · Nov 1 · video
- I made an add-on that plays a cool animation when you delete the default cubeu/Reasonable-Fig-2554 · Nov 4 · video
- Just sharing work in progressu/deepak365days · Nov 6 · video
- First renders of my Jet Engine starting. Looks promising 👀u/DemNikoArt · Nov 4 · image
- A maybe too complex jet engine! 😵🔥u/DemNikoArt · Nov 6 · video
- I recreated an AI Generated Asset by hand for my gameu/wolfinganger · Nov 1 · gallery
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/blender, from 2018 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- My first animation without following a tutorial :Du/Belgrifex · Nov 16, 2024 · video
- Is this realistic enough to fool someone?u/rawrcewas · Jan 13, 2025 · video
- Switching Pendulumsu/kinetic-graphics · Aug 2, 2022 · 46,882 points · 666 comments · video
- Watch an anime girl breaking the fourth wall and playing around with Blender's UI in Kensyouen_Y's latest masterpieceu/80lv · Aug 7, 2024 · video
- Pencilu/morelebaks · Apr 16, 2025 · video
- I am an engineer, and I do 3D for fun. Somehow my managers knew this and asked me for an emergency escape demonstration video. This's what I sent themu/DogeoftheShibe · Jun 30, 2021 · video
- Default cube trying to escape deletionu/chrispy_wav · Sep 16, 2020 · image
- The Trolley Problemu/Coffeeviber · Nov 17, 2022 · 26,431 points · 505 comments · video
- Spider-Man: Never Been Doneu/Tonqart · Sep 22, 2026 · video
- Is this normal?u/The_Deep_Chaos · Dec 26, 2022 · 26,917 points · 657 comments · video
What r/blender talks about
We read the titles of 600 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “model”, “animation”, “render”, “help” and “character”. Other frequent themes are feedback, rig, halloween, looking, add-on and free. Recurring phrases include “happy halloween”, “unreal engine”, “open source” and “automate ball”. By format, 35% are videos, 26% are galleries and 18% are images.
Popular post flairs: Original Content Showcase (246), :need_help: Need Help! (144), Critique My Work (118), Paid Product/Service Promotion (33), :discussion: Discussion (26), Free Tutorials & Guides (16).
Activity and best time to post
r/blender gets about 190 new posts a day. The public archive holds 750,539 posts and 3,853,400 comments in total, about 5.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Saturday (232 posts) and the quietest was Friday (154). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/blender
The moderators of r/blender list 6 rules. In short:
- Images Must Be Created In Blender
- Be Civil
- Photorealistic Require Evidence
- No Deception
- No Memes
- No Tutorial Pieces
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/blender 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/blender?
r/blender has 1,464,400 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #726 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 15,425 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/blender?
r/blender was created on Jun 8, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/blender?
Very active: r/blender gets about 190 new posts a day (average of the last week). Over its lifetime the archive counts 750,539 posts and 3,853,400 comments. In a sample of 600 recent posts we counted 506 different authors.
When is r/blender most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Saturday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/blender about?
The community describes itself as: “A home for the Blender community on Reddit. Blender is a community-driven, free, and open-source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering and more. Download it today at www.blender.org” Recent post titles often mention model, animation, render, help and character. Most posts are videos (35%).
Is r/blender safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/blender as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/blender?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/blender accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 6 posted rules, starting with: “Images Must Be Created In Blender”; “Be Civil”; “Photorealistic Require Evidence”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/blender?
Communities with similar topics include r/animation (2M), r/OpenAI (2.9M) and r/conspiracy (2.4M).
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/blender.