How the drawing communities compare
A few giants dominate — r/drawing, r/AnimeSketch and r/characterdrawing together account for 94% of the combined membership. r/drawing is both the biggest and the busiest, with about 108 new posts a day. Per member, the liveliest is r/Sketch: 35 posts a day from 48.4K members — a smaller crowd, but an engaged one. Among the communities we track weekly, r/drawing grew fastest recently (+0.05%, +3K members since Oct 19). The oldest is r/sketches, founded in 2008, and every community here is more than five years old — this is a long-established corner of Reddit.
The 9 biggest drawing subreddits
r/drawing 5,806,554 members · ~108 posts/day · +3K since Oct 19 · since 2009Drawing is the act of making marks on a substrate by moving something across it. Discussion, technique, gear, and all kinds of artwork are welcome. Make yourself at home!
r/AnimeSketch 1,418,363 members · ~15 posts/day · +124 since Oct 19 · since 2011A place for anyone who loves anime to show their art to the rest of the world.
- Cr/characterdrawing ↗ 291,283 members · ~10 posts/day · since 2012
A place to draw characters for each other, and check out cool character art. This sub focuses on requests for D&D or other TTRPG characters, and the artists who draw them.
- Sr/sketches ↗ 282,264 members · ~73 posts/day · since 2008
A place where all sketches are welcomed!
- Sr/sketchbooks ↗ 48,525 members · ~15 posts/day · since 2010
Sketchbooks. Make them a routine. Use them as therapy. Paint, draw, collage; Do whatever you want to do in them, and then share them here :) Bonus points for sharing your ENTIRE sketchbook. Vulnerability and empathy are key ingre…
- Sr/Sketch ↗ 48,351 members · ~35 posts/day · since 2012
Fuck /u/spez but enjoy sharing your sketches.
- Dr/drawings ↗ 42,620 members · ~15 posts/day · since 2009
A drawing is a graphic representation by lines of an object or idea, as with a pencil; a delineation of form without reference to color or a sketch, plan, or design, esp. one made with pen, pencil, or crayon.
- Ur/urbansketchers ↗ 40,070 members · ~7.4 posts/day · since 2012
Drawing on location around the world.
- Sr/sketchpad ↗ 26,448 members · ~2.3 posts/day · since 2012
Share your sketches and art, and provide feedback for others!
Choosing where to post
r/drawing moves fastest, with about 108 new posts a day, so posts there get replies quickly but also slide off the front page within hours. Rule sets vary: of the communities we have rules for, r/drawing lists 13, against 8 in r/AnimeSketch, so a post that is fine in one can be removed in another.
A simple rule of thumb: ask questions in the specialised communities and share your best finds in the big ones, where they can reach the most people. Always read the rules in the sidebar first — each community is run by its own volunteer moderators. Our guide to searching Reddit explains how to dig through any of these communities, and the subreddit info tool gives you the stats of one we don't list.
Frequently asked questions
Which drawing subreddit has the most members?
r/drawing is the largest, with 5,806,554 members, followed by r/AnimeSketch (1.4M) and r/characterdrawing (291.3K).
Where are the most new drawing posts?
By new posts per day, r/drawing leads with about 108, ahead of r/sketches (73). Counts are averages over the last seven days.
How many drawing communities are on this list?
We list 9 active, safe-for-work drawing communities with at least 25,000 members each, 8M members in total (people can be in several). Reddit has many smaller ones too; our guide on searching Reddit shows how to find them.
What is the oldest drawing subreddit?
r/sketches, created on Oct 9, 2008.
Are these drawing subreddits safe for work?
Yes. Every community on this page is public and not marked 18+ by Reddit, and we filter out communities whose name or description points to adult content.
Data: Reddit's public subreddit search and the Arctic Shift archive (Oct 30, 2026), growth from SubMouse's weekly snapshots. Member counts of communities outside our Top 1000 come from the archive and can lag a little. Not affiliated with Reddit.