r/spaceporn
r/spaceporn is a Science & Education community on Reddit with 4,291,653 members, ranking #13 of 2,165 in Science & Education. SpacePorn is a subreddit devoted to beautiful space images 🚀🌌. As long as the focus of the image is related to space in some way, it is allowed. This includes photographs, composites, photoshops, simulation renders, artist's depictions, and artwork.
How big is r/spaceporn?
Created in 2011, r/spaceporn has had over a decade to grow and is a major community by Reddit standards. Within Science & Education it ranks #13 of 2,165 communities we track — the top 0.6% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 2,126× the median Science & Education subreddit, which has 2,019 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Science & Education community we track is r/science with 34,470,477 members — roughly 8 times the size of r/spaceporn. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2011 sits in the middle wave of community building on the platform. Subscriber counts indicate reach, not activity — a large community can be quiet, and a smaller one busy. Open r/spaceporn on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 4,291,653 |
|---|---|
| Category | Science & Education |
| Rank in category | #13 of 2,165 |
| Created | 2011 |
| Category median size | 2,019 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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