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Photo Critique

This is a community of passionate photographers to work together to improve one another's work. Our goal might be described as making this a place geared toward helping aspiring and even professional photographers with honest feedback. We would like the information given here to be a tool to help those that are serious about their photography to improve.

1.8M subscribers1,104 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)776 authors / mosince 2009

r/photocritique has 1.8M members (+1.9% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,104 posts a month from 776 people. Top topics: Composition & Editing, Beginner Tips and Photo Improvement Tips.

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Size and growth

How r/photocritique has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+1.9%in 12 months · +0.4% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 20261.8M
Growing1.8M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/photocritique

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−35%vs Sep 2025 · −5.8% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.1k
QuieterPeaked at 2.5k in Sep 2023
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/photocritique

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Composition & Editing3.8%
  2. Beginner Tips2.8%
  3. Photo Improvement Tips1.6%
  4. Photography Critique1.0%
  5. Street Photography0.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Flickr
  2. Photography Life
  3. Unsplash
  4. Adobe
  5. Magnum Photos

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Everything else about r/photocritique

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