About r/learnart
In its own words:
LearnArt is a free open art learning resource built on the principles of free education and art access to all. Come check us out for feedback, guidance, and discussion!
Community guide
r/learnart (#631, about 1.7 million subscribers) — LearnArt is a free open art learning resource built on the principles of free education and art access to all. Come check us out for feedback, guidance, and discussion! A recent sample averaged 13 posts a day (~41% image, ~27% text, ~26% gallery). Its public rules include: Remember the person; Be civil.; Give constructive feedback, including examples; Post titles should include descriptions of the art or questions, not personal details; Include images.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and advertising are tightly limited—read those rules before linking your own channel, shop, or site. Civility and anti-harassment rules are explicit; personal attacks get you removed regardless of how right you think you are.
How it differs from lookalikes
The length of the public rule list is itself a signal: skim all of them once before assuming defaults from similar communities.
Practical pointers
Read the current sidebar/rules on Reddit before posting; rules can change. Avoid clickbait titles; say what the post actually is. Common flairs include: Digital, Question, Drawing, Painting.
The community was created on Nov 8, 2010, which makes it 16 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 229 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/privacy (#631) and ahead of r/ShittyLifeProTips (#633) in our ranking.
What sets r/learnart apart
Compared with other large communities, r/learnart leans heavily on images (41% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 22%). r/learnart is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 3.6 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.0.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/learnart went up from 1,680,264 to 1,682,187 subscribers (+1.9K, +0.11%). That is about 38 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/learnart this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Back anatomy & lighting study from reference. Focusing on muscle volume and skin tension — feedback is welcome!u/TinoRoRe · Nov 2 · image
- Hand drawing practice, looking for feedbacku/Rayko134 · Nov 5 · image
- Dr. Pigeon by meu/Greatest_Gokutard · Nov 1 · image
- Feel like I'm stuck at intermediate level and don't know what to do to progressu/Gaviotapepera · Nov 4 · gallery
- First Time with Watercolor Crayonsu/PoeticFelony · Nov 5 · gallery
- Tips to improve art pleaseu/kforKurama · Nov 4 · gallery
- just sketchingu/Calixtothiago88 · Nov 5 · image
- Week 2 of Drawing my First Comic Book. The Struggle of Hand Lettering.u/SketchySamArt · Nov 3 · gallery
- Looking for guidence on coloring with pencils,and what shape to give shadowsu/theMrink · Nov 1 · gallery
- Pencil sketch of a girl — looking for feedbacku/Limp_Necessary7636 · Nov 5 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/learnart, from 2019 to 2021, ranked by Reddit.
- 2 and a half years of practice!u/Jacato · Apr 7, 2020 · 6,473 points · 106 comments · image
- Proud of how much I’ve progressed in a year.u/Macaveli54 · Aug 2, 2020 · image
- A few iridescent fabric studiesu/Evayne · Mar 22, 2019 · 5,125 points · 104 comments · image
- 2 years of practice paying off, here’s my 2018, 2019 and 2020 Walter White drawings.u/Macaveli54 · Sep 24, 2020 · image
- I was finally brave enough to tackle this reference!u/flxngynofficial · Apr 6, 2020 · 3,523 points · 56 comments · image
- Reference texture page.u/eames_era_fo_life · Sep 5, 2020 · image
- I like to practice freehand drawing by copying famous paintings but I hate to draw facesu/FireButt6000 · Mar 26, 2020 · 3,434 points · 83 comments · link
- I painted over my older work, subtle differences, but still an improvementu/extrasolarnomad · Sep 15, 2020 · image
- I made some among us art hahau/Ich_bin_bewolkt · Sep 19, 2020 · image
- One year differenceu/InstructionCrafty156 · May 14, 2021 · image
What r/learnart talks about
Across 102 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “drawing”, “looking”, “feedback”, “art” and “painting”. Other frequent themes are improve, advice, critique, draw, help and tips. Recurring phrases include “gesture drawing”, “quick figure”, “figure study” and “geometric method”. By format, 41% are images, 27% are text posts and 26% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Digital (28), Question (17), Drawing (12), Painting (6), Traditional (5), Tutorial (4).
Activity and best time to post
r/learnart gets about 13 new posts a day. The public archive holds 182,212 posts and 653,981 comments in total, about 3.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (20 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (11). Posting peaks around 16:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/learnart
The moderators of r/learnart list 10 rules. In short:
- Remember the person
- Be civil.
- Give constructive feedback, including examples
- Post titles should include descriptions of the art or questions, not personal details
- Include images
- Group multiple drawings into one post
- Keep it on-topic.
- Unhelpful tutorials will be removed.
- No Spam.
- NSFW tag
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/learnart 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/learnart have?
r/learnart has 1,682,187 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #632 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,923 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/learnart?
r/learnart was created on Nov 8, 2010, so it has been around for 16 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jan 28, 2011.
How active is r/learnart?
Moderately: r/learnart gets about 13 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 182,212 posts and 653,981 comments. In a sample of 102 recent posts we counted 80 different authors.
When is r/learnart most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 16:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/learnart about?
The community describes itself as: “LearnArt is a free open art learning resource built on the principles of free education and art access to all. Come check us out for feedback, guidance, and discussion!” Recent post titles often mention drawing, looking, feedback, art and painting. Most posts are images (41%).
Is r/learnart safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/learnart as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/learnart?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/learnart accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Remember the person”; “Be civil.”; “Give constructive feedback, including examples”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/learnart?
Communities with similar topics include r/Art (22.6M), r/learntodraw (3.2M), r/PixelArt (2.7M), r/Watercolor (1.1M) and r/freefolk (1.4M).
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/learnart.