Before the days of of Reddit, Facebook, and most other social networks, DeviantArt was fostering an online community dedicated to artists and art lovers. Featuring a vast array of exciting and innovative projects across photography, painting, design, comics, and much more, the platform has spent the last 25 years connecting creators, collectors, and sellers working in every style and medium.
DeviantArt is now home to a diverse, active global community of more than 108 million members. Offering far beyond the traditional social networks, the platform enables users to discover art, build audiences, and grow their creative businesses—all within a single ecosystem. “At its heart, DeviantArt is an art community,” says Chief Revenue Officer Liat Karpel Gurwicz. “Today, DeviantArt is a complete creative home, where artists can publish work, grow their audience, and earn, while collectors and art lovers can discover, curate, and directly support the creators they care about. Every tool they need is all in one place, built around the community that’s been here for 25 years.”
DeviantArt’s dedicated creator economy offers artists everything they need to build long-term creative careers where their audience already exists. A holistic monetization ecosystem for creators and sellers, including features such as Shop, Studio (a centralized backend dashboard), Discounts, Analytics, and other tools. “In 2025 alone, our community made over $23 million in sales. To put that in perspective, creator sales in 2025 actually exceeded the previous five years combined!” Karpel Gurwicz adds.
Plus, DeviantArt doesn’t allow third-party advertisements. Instead, the platform focuses on promoting its creators and only makes money when artists succeed. DeviantArt fully bets on its community, the way a true creative network should.
“Staying true to what makes the platform special guides every decision we make,” Karpel Gurwicz says. “For artists, we provide the tools and infrastructure to connect, grow, and earn. For art lovers, it means offering a home to discover, browse, and collect art, while enabling meaningful, direct support for creators they care about.”
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