r/Minecraft vs r/Minecraftbuilds

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Minecraft room vs Minecraft builds showcase

r/Minecraft is the Minecraft community on Reddit. r/Minecraftbuilds is a place to showcase completed builds, from PC to Pocket Edition and from novice to professional.

Minecraft is much larger (about 8.8M, rank #87) than Minecraftbuilds (about 1.3M, rank #826) and far busier (~421 posts/day vs ~36). Minecraft’s sample mixes text, images, galleries and video under Discussion, Help, Builds & Maps, Seeds and Mods flairs; Minecraftbuilds’ sample has no text posts at all — only galleries, images and video, flaired House/Base, Towns/Cities, Megabuild and Castle. Our directory lists each among the other’s related communities.

Rule titles: Minecraft bans server advertising and memes and asks you to check the wiki or support first; Minecraftbuilds requires a screenshot or short video of an original build and bans asking for build ideas in the title.

Choose r/Minecraft for help, discussion, seeds and mods.
Choose r/Minecraftbuilds to show a finished build and get feedback.
Minecraft is a Top 100 community; Minecraftbuilds is image-only in recent posts.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.

r/Minecraft

Minecraft on reddit

Minecraft community on Reddit

Members: 8.8M
7-day growth: +3K
Posts/day: 395.8
Directory rank: #87
Created: Jun 11, 2009
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 39%, images 28%, galleries 17%

Topics: Minecraft

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Be civil
Don’t advertise servers or communities
No memes
Don’t post images of text
Do not promote illegal or unethical practices
Stay on topic
Avoid chain posting
Explain your suggestions with a text post
Use a search engine, the wiki or community support before asking questions here
Speak English only.
Keep self-promotion to a minimum
Follow our standards for quality.

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r/Minecraftbuilds

Minecraft Builds

r/MinecraftBuilds, a place to showcase your completed builds!From PC to Pocket Edition, professional to novice all are welcome. We want to see what you have created!

Members: 1.3M
7-day growth: +1.2K
Posts/day: 36.3
Directory rank: #826
Created: Mar 16, 2011
Submissions: Link posts

Sample mix: galleries 64%, images 29%, videos 7%

Topics: Minecraft

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Rule 1 - All posts must include a screenshot (or short Reddit video) of a Minecraft build
Rule 2 - Original content only
Rule 3 - No low effort meme/joke builds.
Rule 4 - Do not ask for build ideas in the title. Asking for feedback is fine.
Rule 5 - Be civil. Constructive criticism is welcome, attacking people's builds is not.
Rule 6 - Disallowed Builds
Rule 7 - The build must be fully visible in the image (subtle watermarks are fine)
Rule 8 - No begging for upvotes, clickbaity titles or TikTok content
Rule 9 - No selling builds.
Rule 10 - No Low Quality Screenshots

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Supported differences

Aspect	r/Minecraft	r/Minecraftbuilds
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	Minecraft community on Reddit	r/MinecraftBuilds, a place to showcase your completed builds!From PC to Pocket Edition, professional to novice all are welcome. We want to see what you have created!
Size r/Minecraft is larger in our directory (about 6.8×).	8.8M members	1.3M members
Posting activity (our sample)	395.8/day	36.3/day
Common post types in our sample	text posts 39%, images 28%, galleries 17%	galleries 64%, images 29%, videos 7%
Allowed submission type (meta)	Text or links	Link posts
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	Be civil; Don’t advertise servers or communities; No memes; Don’t post images of text; Do not promote illegal or unethical practices	Rule 1 - All posts must include a screenshot (or short Reddit video) of a Minecraft build; Rule 2 - Original content only; Rule 3 - No low effort meme/joke builds.; Rule 4 - Do not ask for build ideas in the title. Asking for feedback is fine.; Rule 5 - Be civil. Constructive criticism is welcome, attacking people's builds is not.

What they share

Shared SubMouse topics: Minecraft
Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

Minecraft short titles include: Be civil; Don’t advertise servers or communities; No memes; Don’t post images of text; Stay on topic; Avoid chain posting; Explain suggestions with a text post; Use a search engine, the wiki or community support before asking; Speak English only.

Minecraftbuilds: Posts must include a screenshot or short video of a Minecraft build; Original content only; No low-effort meme builds; Do not ask for build ideas in the title; Be civil; The build must be fully visible; No begging for upvotes; No selling builds; No low-quality screenshots.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short titles only. Mutual related-list links.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-09 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-11-02. Posts/day and post types are shown where recent activity is available. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order.