r/DarkArts↗
The dark side of art and mind.
Creating art can be screaming our existence to the universe. /Darkarts is for sharing and discussing your art, as well as that which touches you. Please post the darkness you find around you! Personal Narrative! Obscure films, poetry, humor, erotic horror, artwork, abnormal psychology, Musical genres (Dark Cabaret, Steam Punk, Hellbilly, etc), photography, and everything else! Please come share your stories, your interests, your art with us! Join in the discussion and post the arts you love.
58k subscribers411 posts / mo in Sep 2026222 authors / mosince 2012
r/DarkArts has 58k members (+173% over the last 12 months). It gets about 411 posts a month from 222 people. Top topics: Oil Paintings on Canvas, New Paintings and Canvas Paintings.
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Topics and brands on r/DarkArts
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Oil Paintings on Canvas1.9%
- New Paintings1.2%
- Canvas Paintings1.2%
- Ink and Paper Art1.1%
- Canvas Paintings0.8%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Bluesky Social
- Bluesky
- etsy
- Spotify
- TikTok
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