r/Design

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Design

Members: 4,465,291
Created: 2008
Posts a day: 13
Avg comments, top posts this week: 27

r/Design is a Reddit community with 4,465,291 members, created in 2008. It averaged about 13 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 14 and an average of 27 comments each. Design, designer and graphic are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 18:00 UTC, and most often on a Wednesday.

Only approved members can post in r/Design.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

131Should I tell my daughter to quit her college in graphic design?161 comments · October 17, 2026
97What small everyday problem have you just accepted as “normal”?148 comments · September 26, 2026
47What everyday object do you think desperately needs a redesign?132 comments · October 13, 2026
14How did you learn to use Adobe Photoshop?129 comments · October 15, 2026
249whoever designed this needs to be fired98 comments · October 4, 2026
213McLaren’s new wordmark feels more luxury than motorsport—does the Speedmark still fit?98 comments · September 23, 2026

Common words in titles

design 15
designer 7
graphic 6
house 6
designed 3
product 3
advice 2
anymore 2
art 2
associates 2
build 2
built 2

Best time to post

18:00 UTC · 4 top posts
14:00 UTC · 3 top posts
21:00 UTC · 3 top posts
Wednesday · 5 top posts
Saturday · 5 top posts

These are counted from the timestamps of this month's 25 top posts. They show when popular posts went up and don't guarantee reach.

Rules

No promotional/commercial activities.
If posting someone else's work, credit them appropriately.
All shared work must have a comment for context.
No basic/repeated questions.
This is not a “homework” forum.
No off-topic/non-civil discussion.
No memes, AI farming and low-quality posts
Is it suitable for this sub?

How to post in r/Design without breaking its rules

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Member growth

We started recording r/Design member counts on October 18, 2026. Growth will show here once we have a few weeks of history.

Get this data from the API

Every number on this page comes from ChatterAPI's Reddit endpoints and is refreshed about once a week. You can pull the same data for any subreddit from your own code or AI agent.

curl "https://chatterapi.com/v1/reddit/subreddits/Design" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Design/",
    "name": "Design",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "design",
    "createdAt": "2008-01-25T17:37:19.000Z",
    "description": "Design",
    "subscribers": 4465291
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/Design

How many members does r/Design have?

r/Design had 4,465,291 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/Design?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 13 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 27 comments each.

When is the best time to post in r/Design?

This month's top posts in r/Design went up most often around 18:00 UTC, and most often on a Wednesday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/Design data through an API?

Yes. Call GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/Design for members, rules and description, and GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/Design/posts for its posts. Each call costs 2 credits, and new accounts get 100 free credits.