About r/photocritique
In its own words:
This is a community of passionate photographers to work together to improve one another's work. Our goal might be described as making this a place geared toward helping aspiring and even professional photographers with honest feedback. We would like the information given here to be a tool to help those that are serious about their photography to improve.
Community guide
r/photocritique (#617, about 1.8 million subscribers) — This is a community of passionate photographers to work together to improve one another's work. Our goal might be described as making this a place geared toward helping aspiring and even professional photographers… A recent sample averaged 32 posts a day (~98% image, ~1% link, ~1% text). Its public rules include: Post only photos you took; One photo per submission; Follow up critique requests are required; NSFW content must be marked; Comments must be critiques.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent fandoms or general off-topic dumps. Recent samples are image-heavy; if you post media, make the title explain why it belongs here.
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. Submission type is set to “link”—link/text expectations may differ from open “any” rooms.
Practical pointers
Read the current sidebar/rules on Reddit before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: approved, Great Critique in Comments.
The community was created on May 16, 2009, which makes it 17 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 402 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/Cinemagraphs (#617) and ahead of r/pregnant (#619) in our ranking.
What sets r/photocritique apart
Compared with other large communities, r/photocritique leans heavily on images (98% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 22%). r/photocritique is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 5.1 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.0. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 16.0× as many posts as the quietest (09:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/photocritique grew from 1,751,511 to 1,755,129 subscribers (+3.6K, +0.21%). That is about 71 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/photocritique this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Vintage Inspired Portraitu/lawriejaffa · Nov 3 · image
- Early Morning at Boston Commonsu/Diligent_Diver_9437 · Nov 3 · image
- Grain, color and slow shutteru/uncreativewastaken · Nov 3 · image
- Jetty Jump, Diamond Harbouru/fleebooskee · Nov 4 · image
- How would you crop this photo?u/deadSpeakerIsDead · Nov 6 · image
- Morning Mushroomu/Ambitious-Revenue-59 · Nov 2 · image
- Fall From The Skyu/EquivalentVisual9306 · Nov 5 · image
- Watched in the Rain. What do you think of the composition and black&white processing?u/yoiuoi891 · Nov 5 · image
- La Catrinitau/oniricsunset · Nov 4 · image
- Night shot of industrial rural townu/aGiggleBlizzard · Nov 2 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/photocritique, from 2018 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- One of my favorite photos. Ready for some critiques. Thanks!u/lwizvisuals · Jun 18, 2025 · image
- I’m color blind so I edit photos to what I can see.u/unkonfined · Feb 19, 2020 · 5,275 points · 290 comments · image
- Lucky enough to catch this moment.u/JayGlacier · Aug 20, 2020 · image
- Is there anything I should do to this photo?u/mytonsilshurt · Nov 10, 2025 · image
- Is this too minimalistic?u/mahendru1992 · Feb 8, 2025 · image
- Downtown Manhattan at Nightu/yushi_95 · Oct 27, 2024 · image
- First attempt at a double exposure compositeu/PNW-photographer · Aug 23, 2025 · image
- I really like this photo. Instagram doesn't.u/hhpl15 · Feb 14, 2021 · image
- Long exposure of a plane taking off.u/i-am-will-will-i-am · Nov 2, 2019 · 4,377 points · 91 comments · image
- Took this photo by mistake, no editsu/lorkeetv · Mar 6, 2025 · image
What r/photocritique talks about
We read the titles of 166 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “feedback”, “composition”, “photo”, “beginner” and “looking”. Other frequent themes are photography, love, portrait, editing, work and critique. Recurring phrases include “ashtray breath”, “critique welcome”, “fall foliage” and “early morning”. By format, 98% are images, 1% are links and 1% are text posts.
Popular post flairs: approved (71), Great Critique in Comments (5).
Activity and best time to post
r/photocritique gets about 32 new posts a day. The public archive holds 314,836 posts and 1,613,410 comments in total, about 5.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (30 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (15). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 09:00 UTC.
Rules of r/photocritique
The moderators of r/photocritique list 9 rules. In short:
- Post only photos you took
- One photo per submission
- Follow up critique requests are required
- NSFW content must be marked
- Comments must be critiques
- You must engage with the community
- Post direct links to photos
- No self promotion/karma whoring
- Be nice!
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/photocritique 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/photocritique have?
r/photocritique has 1,755,129 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #618 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,618 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/photocritique?
r/photocritique was created on May 16, 2009, so it has been around for 17 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from May 17, 2009.
How active is r/photocritique?
Very active: r/photocritique gets about 32 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 314,836 posts and 1,613,410 comments. In a sample of 166 recent posts we counted 134 different authors.
When is r/photocritique most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 09:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/photocritique about?
The community describes itself as: “This is a community of passionate photographers to work together to improve one another's work. Our goal might be described as making this a place geared toward helping aspiring and even professional photographers with …” Recent post titles often mention feedback, composition, photo, beginner and looking. Most posts are images (98%).
Is r/photocritique safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/photocritique 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/photocritique?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/photocritique accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts), with images enabled. It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Post only photos you took”; “One photo per submission”; “Follow up critique requests are required”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/photocritique?
Communities with similar topics include r/photography (5.7M) and r/Entrepreneur (5.3M).
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/photocritique.