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City Illustrations

Papertowns is dedicated to well-crafted pictorial maps, detailed panoramic cityscapes, broad aerial vistas, intricate bird's-eye views, even full 3D reconstructions of cities, towns and citadels from any place.

148k subscribers68 posts / mo in Sep 202618 authors / mosince 2014

r/papertowns has 148k members (+9.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 68 posts a month from 18 people. Top topics: German Castles and Landscapes, Cornwall Landscapes and Ancient Discoveries in Turkey.

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Size and growth

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+9.8%in 12 months · +2.3% in 3 months · +0.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026148k
Growing148k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+15%vs Sep 2025 · +62% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202668
BusierPeaked at 114 in Jan 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/papertowns

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. German Castles and Landscapes7.2%
  2. Cornwall Landscapes1.2%
  3. Ancient Discoveries in Turkey0.7%
  4. Chicago Cityscapes and Street Art0.7%
  5. Italian Landscapes and Architecture0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Wikimedia
  2. English Heritage
  3. Behance
  4. Academia
  5. Amazon

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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