r/painting peaks Wednesdays 12pm-2pm UTC
r/painting was created on June 12, 2008, making it 17 years and 9 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 4,468,822 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/painting is steadily growing, with 11,554 new members in the last 30 days.
r/painting shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 318.8 upvotes per post across its 4,468,822 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.12. To reach the Hot section of r/painting, posts typically need at least 8 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/painting receive an average of 37.8 comments, indicating a community that primarily engages through upvoting content. Posts tend to be appreciated more through voting than through discussion in the comments.
Based on an analysis of 100 top posts from the past week, Wednesday is the most active day with 17 posts reaching the top, while Friday sees the least activity with 11 posts. Weekday activity is higher than weekends, suggesting a more professionally-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 12pm UTC (10 posts), 10pm UTC (7 posts), and 8pm UTC (7 posts). The quietest hours are 5am UTC, 9am UTC, and 2am UTC, with only 2-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (14), Tuesday (16), Wednesday (17), Thursday (16), Friday (11), Saturday (12), Sunday (14) posts reaching the top.
r/painting currently has 4,468,822 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 11,554 members (0.26%), averaging 312 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/painting in the top 19% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/painting has gained 36,714 subscribers (0.83%). Since tracking began 589 days ago, the community has added 1,359,291 total subscribers. Growth has been accelerating recently compared to the longer-term trend.
r/painting is steadily growing, with 11,554 new members in the last 30 days.
r/painting has 4,468,822 subscribers as of March 2026.
The best time to post on r/painting is Wednesdays 12pm-2pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/painting is steadily growing, with 11,554 new members in the last 30 days.
r/painting was created on June 12, 2008, making it 17 years old.
Posts on r/painting typically need at least 8 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/painting is a Reddit community with 4,468,822 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "Welcome to /r/Painting! Functioning like an artist cooperative gallery, this is the place where beginning to advanced painters display their work in an ongoing group discussion. Artists who post..." The best time to post on r/painting is Wednesdays 12pm-2pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 318.8 upvotes and 37.8 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 8. The subreddit is adding approximately 312 new members each day. Founded 17 years ago, r/painting is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,347 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-03-20 17:17:14