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r/DefendingAIArt↗

Fighting misinformation and attempts at legislation against AI (Artificial Intelligence) generated artwork.

76k subscribers2,138 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)931 authors / mosince 2022

r/DefendingAIArt has 76k members (+63% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,138 posts a month from 931 people. Top topics: Pro vs Anti AI, AI Art Controversy and AI Art Controversy.

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How r/DefendingAIArt has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+63%in 12 months · +9.4% in 3 months · +2.0% in 1 month
Oct 202676k
Growing76k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Dec 2022)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+90%vs Sep 2025 · +21% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20262.1k
BusierPeaked at 2.4k in Aug 2026
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/DefendingAIArt

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Pro vs Anti AI7.5%
  2. AI Art Controversy4.6%
  3. AI Art Controversy3.8%
  4. AI Art Controversy3.4%
  5. AI Art Exploration2.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Suno
  2. Substack
  3. GenTube
  4. ChatGPT
  5. arXiv.org e-Print archive

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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