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Discussion about creating, analyzing, and loving maps.

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191k subscribers519 posts / mo in Sep 2026336 authors / mosince 2011

r/mapmaking has 191k members (+15% over the last 12 months). It gets about 519 posts a month from 336 people. Top topics: Campaign Maps, Fantasy Maps and Map Making Feedback.

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Size and growth

How r/mapmaking has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+15%in 12 months · +2.8% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026191k
Growing191k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+24%vs Sep 2025 · −2.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026519
BusierPeaked at 598 in May 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/mapmaking

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Campaign Maps4.8%
  2. Fantasy Maps3.6%
  3. Map Making Feedback3.1%
  4. Continent Maps3.1%
  5. Map Making1.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Paint
  2. NASA
  3. Ko-fi
  4. Inkarnate
  5. etsy

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Everything else about r/mapmaking

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