r/art
How much gets removed or deleted, when it is active, and who posts most
In a sample of the most recent 300 posts and 300 comments in r/art, 21% of posts and 7% of comments were removed by moderators or Reddit, and about 1% were deleted by their authors. Overall, roughly 14% of what gets posted here is taken down by someone other than the author.
300 posts · 300 comments sampled (24 Aug 2026 → 26 Aug 2026)
Moderation in r/art
- removed by mods19 (6%)
- removed by Reddit / spam filters44 (15%)
- deleted by author5 (2%)
- still up232 (77%)
Comments: 7% of the last 300 were removed, and 0% deleted by their authors. Comment removals do not say who acted, so they are not split further.
When r/art is active (UTC)
Common words in r/art
Top contributors
- u/Dependent_Culture_688 (2p / 6c)
- u/Fun_General_7397 (1p / 6c)
- u/Art-ModTeam6 (0p / 6c)
- u/BoboSmooth6 (0p / 6c)
- u/No_Alternative51206 (6p / 0c)
- u/Provinz_Wartheland6 (6p / 0c)
- u/unpaid-pukegreencow6 (6p / 0c)
- u/Adorable_Ground_90895 (3p / 2c)
- u/CameraEmpty79435 (1p / 4c)
- u/Emotional-Swan93815 (4p / 1c)
- u/LauretiusArt5 (4p / 1c)
- u/Leas_arts5 (2p / 3c)
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Top posts (sampled)
- 5.9kShedding, Saz Morris, Postpartum hair on bathroom tile, 2026 [OC]
- 848Son of the Underlight, Daniele Castellano, Mixed Media on Paper, 2022
- 201Salt, Fio Lombardi, Oil, 2026
- 172only i know where all the bodies are buried, valdo, oil on canvas, 2026
- 134The yellow king, Caio Diniz, Digital, 2026 [OC]
- 59gemini, naohiko kuriyaki, colordpenciletc, 2026
- 50After Image of the Sun, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Oil/Canvas, 1920
- 37Portrait with a comb, Rusl, Oil on canvas, 2026
- 14Fragile, David Bezak, Oil on Canvas, 2009
- 12Anatomy of Emptiness, Umbrous Art, Colored Pencil, 2020
Based on the last 300 posts and 300 comments, not the subreddit's full history. Times are UTC.