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Following news and developments on ALL sides of the AI art debate (and more)

174k subscribers4,470 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)1,619 authors / mosince 2022

r/aiwars has 174k members (+95% over the last 12 months). It gets about 4,470 posts a month from 1,619 people. Top topics: Pro vs Anti AI, AI Art Controversy and AI Art Ethics.

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How r/aiwars has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+95%in 12 months · +8.6% in 3 months · +2.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026174k
Growing174k 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

+83%vs Sep 2025 · +20% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20264.5k
BusierPeaked at 4.5k in Sep 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/aiwars

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Pro vs Anti AI7.9%
  2. AI Art Controversy6.7%
  3. AI Art Ethics2.8%
  4. AI Art Controversy2.1%
  5. AI Art Controversy1.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. arXiv.org e-Print archive
  2. Nature
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  4. Merriam-Webster
  5. Substack

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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