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Art Business

r/artbusiness is a place to discuss everything related to the business side of art: from dealing with clients and contracts to marketing, social media (megathreads only) and merch production. Please use the dedicated megathreads if you wish to share your business, talk about social media, or ask about pricing your work.

148k subscribers417 posts / mo in Sep 2026365 authors / mosince 2013

r/artbusiness has 148k members (+33% over the last 12 months). It gets about 417 posts a month from 365 people. Top topics: Art Career Navigation, Artists on Social Media and Etsy Marketplace.

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Size and growth

How r/artbusiness has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+33%in 12 months · +4.9% in 3 months · +1.0% in 1 month
Oct 2026148k
Growing148k subscribers
Data since Jun 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−11%vs Sep 2025 · −23% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026417
QuieterPeaked at 784 in Jan 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/artbusiness

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Art Career Navigation3.0%
  2. Artists on Social Media2.5%
  3. Etsy Marketplace0.8%
  4. Craft Fairs & Booths0.7%
  5. Art Critique0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Vgen
  2. etsy
  3. Bluesky Social
  4. Toyhouse
  5. Cara

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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