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Bad MakeUp Artists

A place to share and discuss genuinely bad makeup by MUAs and professionals. Keep the criticism focused on the makeup not the person. No harassment, personal info, edited/AI images, or misleading posts.

866k subscribers11 posts / mo in Sep 20267 authors / mosince 2017

r/BadMUAs has 866k members (+0.2% over the last 12 months). It gets about 11 posts a month from 7 people. Top topics: Foundation Matching, Makeup Critiques and Skin Tone Manipulation.

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How r/BadMUAs has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+0.2%in 12 months
Oct 2026866k
Growing866k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/BadMUAs

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+38%vs Sep 2025
Sep 202611
BusierPeaked at 285 in Sep 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/BadMUAs

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Foundation Matching4.9%
  2. Makeup Critiques2.7%
  3. Skin Tone Manipulation1.8%
  4. LipTalks1.4%
  5. Eyebrow Obsession1.0%

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research