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🖼️ Skip trudging through the swamp of AI and get real, hand-made artwork from real, human artists! 🖌️ r/ArtStore is your one-stop-subreddit to connect you with artists for commissions, original artwork, handmade crafts and so much more. Search our tabs to find beautiful custom artwork and handmade crafted goods by real artists!

152k subscribers1,401 posts / mo in Sep 2026699 authors / mosince 2011

r/artstore has 152k members (+7.4% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,401 posts a month from 699 people. Top topics: Pet Portraits for Hire, Hire Portraits and Hire Art Commissions.

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Size and growth

How r/artstore has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+7.4%in 12 months · +1.4% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026152k
Growing152k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−36%vs Sep 2025 · −13% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.4k
QuieterPeaked at 3.2k in Nov 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/artstore

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Pet Portraits for Hire2.7%
  2. Hire Portraits2.5%
  3. Hire Art Commissions2.1%
  4. Character Commissions1.7%
  5. Hire Illustrations Character Designs1.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Behance
  2. etsy
  3. Ko-fi
  4. Bluesky Social
  5. Adobe Portfolio

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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