About r/dataisbeautiful
In its own words:
DataIsBeautiful is for visualizations that effectively convey information. Aesthetics are an important part of information visualization, but pretty pictures are not the sole aim of this subreddit.
The community was created on Feb 14, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 3,318 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/personalfinance (#32) and ahead of r/Futurology (#34) in our ranking.
What sets r/dataisbeautiful apart
Compared with other large communities, r/dataisbeautiful leans heavily on images (71% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 9%). It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 34.6 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 16.2.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/dataisbeautiful went up from 21,834,125 to 21,848,997 subscribers (+14.9K, +0.07%). That is about 372 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/dataisbeautiful this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Oct 29, 2026).
- [OC] GTA III cost $94.79 in today's money. GTA 6 costs $79.99. Every GTA's US launch price, adjusted for inflationu/razewerz · Oct 27 · image
- StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a monthu/madredditscientist · Oct 28 · link
- [OC] How far $100 of fuel takes you in America's best-selling carsu/madredditscientist · Oct 26 · image
- [OC] The U.S. supplies about 70% of the world's blood plasma, despite having just 4% of its populationu/Flimsy-Breakfast7792 · Oct 25 · image
- [OC] 1 in 10 members of Congress traded stocks in companies their committees overseeu/madredditscientist · Oct 29 · link
- [OC] PEGI age ratings in Europe before and after the new loot box rule, compared with US ESRB ratingsu/BTA_Labs · Oct 23 · image
- [OC] I checked 17.7 million Redditors who mentioned their age and gender. The subreddit each age is most over-represented in, women vs men (updated with the ratios)u/krutitsky · Oct 25 · gallery
- No matter what poverty line you choose, the share of the global population below it has declinedu/Changaco · Oct 24 · link
- [OC] Electricity generation per person in the United Kingdom has fallen by a third from its early-2000s peaku/ourworldindata · Oct 23 · image
- [OC] Ships crossing Hormuz by week since January 1, 2026u/siorge · Oct 26 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/dataisbeautiful, from 2018 to 2020, ranked by Reddit.
- [OC] Trending Google Searches by State Between 2018 and 2020u/V1Analytics · Jul 16, 2020 · video
- I analysed 70 years of baby names in the US to decide what to call a male Karen. It's Terry. [OC]u/nathcun · Aug 14, 2020 · image
- For everyone asking why i didn't include the Spanish Flu and other plagues in my last post... [OC]u/harry29ford · Apr 9, 2020 · 114,126 points · 3,206 comments · video
- Let's hear it for the lurkers! The vast majority of Reddit users don't post or comment. [OC]u/TrueBirch · Mar 25, 2019 · 107,297 points · 4,850 comments · image
- US College Tuition & Fees vs. Overall Inflation [OC]u/chartr · Jul 8, 2020 · image
- A wish for election night data visualization [OC]u/svenliden · Oct 1, 2020 · image
- [OC] u/IHateTheLetterF is a mad ladu/moelf · Nov 21, 2020 · image
- Area of land burnt in Australia and area of smoke coverage shown as equivalent area over Europe [OC]u/neilrkaye · Jan 3, 2020 · 102,599 points · 2,437 comments · image
- Light Speed – fast, but slow [OC]u/physicsJ · Oct 1, 2019 · 101,560 points · 2,004 comments · video
- Cause of Death - Reality vs. Google vs. Media [OC]u/aaronpenne · Apr 17, 2018 · 99,339 points · 2,935 comments · image
What r/dataisbeautiful talks about
We read the titles of 335 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “world”, “prices”, “data”, “average” and “oct”. Other frequent themes are women, map, china, states, countries and men. Recurring phrases include “china nepal”, “nepal border”, “border port” and “port debris”. By format, 71% are images, 15% are galleries and 13% are links.
Activity and best time to post
r/dataisbeautiful gets about 52 new posts a day. The public archive holds 318,526 posts and 11,032,380 comments in total, about 34.6 comments per post.
Rules of r/dataisbeautiful
The moderators of r/dataisbeautiful list 12 rules. In short:
- A post must be (or contain) a qualifying data visualization.
- Directly link to the original source article of the visualization.
- [OC] posts must state the data source(s) and tool(s) used.
- DO NOT claim "[OC]" for visualizations that are not yours.
- All diagrams must have at least one computer generated element.
- No reposts of popular posts within 1 month.
- Post titles must describe the data plainly without using sensationalized headlines.
- Posts involving U.S. politics are allowed only on Thursday (ET).
- Posts regarding Personal Data are permissible only on Mondays (ET).
- No hate speech or dogwhistling.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful 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/dataisbeautiful have?
r/dataisbeautiful has 21,848,997 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #33 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 14,872 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
When was r/dataisbeautiful created?
r/dataisbeautiful was created on Feb 14, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.
Is r/dataisbeautiful still active?
Yes. r/dataisbeautiful gets about 52 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 318,526 posts and 11,032,380 comments. In a sample of 335 recent posts we counted 238 different authors.
What kind of posts are on r/dataisbeautiful?
The community describes itself as: “DataIsBeautiful is for visualizations that effectively convey information. Aesthetics are an important part of information visualization, but pretty pictures are not the sole aim of this subreddit.” Recent post titles often mention world, prices, data, average and oct. Most posts are images (71%).
Is r/dataisbeautiful SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/dataisbeautiful as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/dataisbeautiful?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/dataisbeautiful accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images and galleries enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “A post must be (or contain) a qualifying data visualization.”; “Directly link to the original source article of the visualization.”; “[OC] posts must state the data source(s) and tool(s) used.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/dataisbeautiful?
Communities with similar topics include r/Economics (5.8M), r/NintendoSwitch (8M), r/boardgames (5.5M), r/InternetIsBeautiful (16.6M) and r/Damnthatsinteresting (20.6M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 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/dataisbeautiful.