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r/surrealismNSFW

This subreddit is for the free exchange of surreal visual art. Post your own work or that of other artists (please make sure to give credit) Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artefact. Founded 2009 · 290.2K members

291.1K members. The best post we have captured here reached 10K upvotes, which works out to 34 per 1,000 members.

34peak upvotes per 1,000 members
291.1Kmembers
10Kbest post
510most comments
406posts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

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Image 69% Gallery 20% Video 7% Link 3%

The topics it labels

Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.

Artwork 187 OC 23 Discussion 8 Critque 8

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

I did this and I’ve named it Regret.

↑ 10K 💬 265 image 2026

I keep telling my husband to share more of his work on Reddit…

↑ 9K 💬 161 gallery 2025

I tried to draw a feeling I couldn’t explain ✍️

↑ 8.7K 💬 242 image 2026

Hello I'm Jimmy Alonzo and this is my artwork

↑ 8.5K 💬 510 gallery 2025

Some of my self portrait photos I’ve taken the past year or so.

↑ 8.3K 💬 155 gallery 2025

I posted one of my husband’s paintings here recently, and the response was amazing, thank you all for your kindness.

↑ 7.9K 💬 147 gallery 2025

The Passing Days, my oil painting

↑ 5.7K 💬 80 image 2026

"High Anxiety". 20x34". Pen on paper. This one took me over 100 hours.

↑ 5.3K 💬 159 gallery 2024

My kid’s surrealism painting

↑ 5K 💬 74 image 2025

What it took to get this painting out of my head.

↑ 4.8K 💬 186 gallery 2025

Communities its size

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r/surrealism, in numbers

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What is r/surrealism?
r/surrealism describes itself this way: This subreddit is for the free exchange of surreal visual art. Post your own work or that of other artists (please make sure to give credit) Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artefact. It was founded in 2009 and has 290.2K members.
How many members does r/surrealism have?
r/surrealism has about 291.1K members. ViralHunt has tracked 406 of its posts; the biggest reached 10K upvotes, which is 34 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/surrealism?
"I did this and I’ve named it Regret." reached 10K upvotes and 265 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/surrealism.
What subreddits are similar to r/surrealism?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Global_News_Hub, r/FBI, r/Trumpvirus, r/alaska, r/Whistleblowers, r/Louisiana.
What kind of posts do best on r/surrealism?
Of the posts we hold, 69% are image posts and 20% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/surrealism?
Across 406 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 21:00 UTC (3.2K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 00:00 UTC (2.8K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 12:00 UTC (2.7K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Tuesday. For Reddit as a whole, see the best time to post on Reddit page.
How many upvotes does a post need to reach the top of r/surrealism?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/surrealism has 3.8K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 61 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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