The most-mentioned books on r/learnart

May 8, 2024

Reddit is a social media and news aggregation website that ranks content based on a voting system. People worldwide post content (usually links, but also original content), and other users can “upvote” or “downvote” posts, pushing the most interesting content to the top.

It’s a place where you can find groups of like-minded people. Reddit calls these groups subreddits, and they cover different topics, including niche interests, politics, hobbies, and thousands of other topics people want to talk about.

Since its launch in 2005, the site has become one of the most popular social media sites with millions of monthly active users.

We've processed billions of comments to find the books most mentioned on Reddit.

Table of Contents

The most-mentioned books on r/learnart
Our methodology
Who are we

The most-mentioned books on r/learnart

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain	54 users
Figure Drawing	49 users
How to Draw	41 users
Color and Light	39 users
Figure Drawing for All It's Worth	32 users
Drawing the Head and Hands	16 users
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain	15 users
How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way	14 users
Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist	13 users
Art and Fear	13 users
Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life	12 users
Perspective Made Easy	11 users
Keys to Drawing	11 users
Drawing the Head and Figure	10 users
Constructive Anatomy	10 users
Framed Ink	10 users
Force	9 users
Dynamic Figure Drawing	9 users
The Animator's Survival Kit	8 users
How to Render	8 users
Human Anatomy for Artists	7 users
Drawing Scenery	7 users
Imaginative Realism	7 users
The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression	7 users
Dynamic Anatomy	7 users
Creative Illustration	7 users
Charles Bargue	7 users
Understanding Comics	6 users
The Natural Way to Draw	6 users
The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques	6 users
Anatomy for the Artist	6 users
Facial Expressions	6 users
Classic Human Anatomy	6 users
Drawn to Life	5 users
The Art Spirit	5 users
Classic Human Anatomy in Motion	5 users
Perspective! for Comic Book Artists	5 users
Fun With A Pencil	5 users
Successful Drawing	5 users
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook	5 users
You Can Draw in 30 Days	4 users
Artistic Anatomy	4 users
Framed Perspective Vol. 2	4 users
How To Draw Manga	4 users
Making Comics	3 users
Dream Worlds	3 users
How to Draw Animals	3 users
Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting	3 users
The Artist's Complete Guide to Drawing the Head	3 users
Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner	3 users
Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters	3 users
Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery	3 users
Creating Characters with Personality	3 users
Extreme Perspective! For Artists	3 users
Animation 1	3 users
Anatomy for Sculptors Understanding the Human Form	3 users
Pen and Ink Drawing	3 users
Mastering Manga with Mark Crilley	3 users
Vanishing Point	3 users
Learn to Paint in Acrylics with 50 Small Paintings	3 users
Light for Visual Artists	3 users
Vilppu Drawing Manual	3 users

Our methodology

Book mentions are found by checking every reddit comment for links to Amazon, Goodreads, Google Books, and O'Rielly Media. Non-link mentions are too tricky to parse in an unbiased way: books with short, simple titles like The Road get massively under- or over-counted.

When a user mentions the same book multiple times in the same subreddit, we only count the top-voted comment. This curbs users shilling a particular book, and gives a more representative feel for an entire subreddit.

Who are we

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