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Commissions

For our purposes, a commission is defined as "an order for something, especially a work of art, to be produced." Artists, writers, musicians, animators, etc. can advertise their services here. Buyers can request specific things they'd like to commission. Please have a look at our rules before posting or commenting.

159k subscribers3,189 posts / mo in Sep 20261,634 authors / mosince 2012

r/commissions has 159k members (+8.3% over the last 12 months). It gets about 3,189 posts a month from 1,634 people. Top topics: Hire Art Commissions, Hire Portraits and Hire Art Commissions.

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Size and growth

How r/commissions has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+8.3%in 12 months · +1.5% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026158k
Growing158k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−41%vs Sep 2025 · −11% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20263.2k
QuieterPeaked at 6.6k in Jul 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/commissions

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Hire Art Commissions5.0%
  2. Hire Portraits3.3%
  3. Hire Art Commissions2.6%
  4. Character Commissions2.5%
  5. Anime Commissions2.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Ko-fi
  2. Cara
  3. Bluesky Social
  4. Adobe Portfolio
  5. Neocities

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research