Freelance, design & dev
r/Design stats
r/Design has 4,466,444 members and gets about 16.8 new posts a day. The best time to post is Monday around 12pm US Eastern.
- Members
- 4.5M
- Posts per day
- 16.8
- Avg comments
- 9.0
- Created
- 2008
From the subreddit: Design
Best time to post on r/Design
When this month's top 100 posts went up, weighted by score. Times are US Eastern.
- #1
Mon 12pm
- #2
Sun 11am
- #3
Thu 2pm
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Top posts this month
- Walking man designs from around the world🚶♂️▲ 3K
- This Banana Sign▲ 2K
- Beautiful brickwork bench in Shiraz, Iran.▲ 2K
- I designed a magnetic CD shelf▲ 1K
- In a world of AI slop graphic design and Inflation pricing… Laurel Lanes, you are a gem▲ 1K
Who buys on r/Design
People hiring developers, designers and writers, and freelancers swapping clients and referrals.
Useful for UX designers.
Find buyers in r/Design
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Common questions
r/Design has 4,466,444 members, read from Reddit on October 28, 2026.
Based on when this month's top posts went up, Monday around 12pm US Eastern. Check the heatmap for runner-up slots.
It gets about 16.8 new posts a day, and a new post averages 9.0 comments.
Read the subreddit rules first; most business subreddits remove promotional posts. What works is answering posts where someone asks for help, being genuinely useful, and disclosing when you mention your own product.
Watch for posts where someone asks for a recommendation, a quote, or an alternative to a tool. Leadhoot watches r/Design for you, scores every new post 0–100 for buyer intent, and alerts you within a minute of the high scorers.
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