Comparison of furry art sites (2024)

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A furry art website is any major community archive of graphic artwork, literature and/or audio files which is either entirely focused on furry content or contains a section(s) for indexed furry/anthropomorphic submissions. This is an evaluation of the major art sites that furries use today. It compares them to a list of common and ideal features.

This is not done as a way to glorify or insult any site in particular. It is created to answer two potential questions:

  • "If I had to choose just one site to use, which one has the features that are important to me?", and
  • "How can this one site be improved to better compete - or share success with - the other sites?"

This chart omits certain features common to all sites (private messages, watchlists, etc.) and certain esoteric features (SoFurry's random avatar feature, DeviantArt's "collections", etc.)

Comparison of user-to-user interaction and other features[edit]

SiteScoreGoogle ScoreComment managementCustomizable profileSocial networkingComment threadsBlockingIntegrated adsUser groupsSite skinsComplex watching systemCommission supportAdvanced content filteringCross-site Linking
Furiffic12Mobile usability: 99%;
Mobile speed: 83%;
Desktop speed: 89%
Yes (Partial, Control over visible sections and description styling) Yes
(Internally, Share links)
Yes
(Single depth)
Yes
(Full)
Yes Yes Yes (10) Yes Yes Yes Yes (Lots of options)
SoFurry9.5Mobile usability: N/A%;
Mobile speed: N/A%;
Desktop speed: N/A%
Yes Partial
(custom banners)
Full
(Profile links, Twitter Integration, Share Links)
Yes Full, not selective Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes (Fur Affinity and Inkbunny)
FurrTrax9Mobile usability: 58%;
Mobile speed: 64%;
Desktop speed: 77%
Yes(on profiles) Yes Full
(chatrooms, messaging, groups)
Partial
(not Gallery)
Partial
(Profile and Message Blocking)
Yes Yes Yes (Mobile ready, Normal) No No Yes Yes (All)
Inkbunny8Mobile usability: 65%;
Mobile speed: 71%;
Desktop speed: 89%
Yes No Full
(Profile links, Twitter Integration, Share Links)
Partial
(not Userpages)
Full, selective
(Comments, Notes, and Submissions individually blockable)
No No Yes
(Site Backgrounds and Banner)
Yes
(Filter content types, per-user and account-wise)
No Yes Yes (many, including DeviantArt, Fur Affinity, SoFurry, Weasyl)
Weasyl8Mobile usability: 94%;
Mobile speed: 55%;
Desktop speed: 61%
Yes Partial (custom banner) Partial (profile links) Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
DeviantArt7Mobile usability: 95%;
Mobile speed: 57%;
Desktop speed: 48%
Yes Yes Medium
(Share links, Core-only Twitter widget, Core-only shoutbox widget, Core-only personal forum widget)
Yes Partial
(Comment and note blocking)
Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Fur Affinity7Mobile usability: 67%;
Mobile speed: 81%;
Desktop speed: 87%
Yes No Medium
(Profile links)
Partial
(not Userpages)
Partial
(Comment and Note Blocking)
Yes No Yes (2) No Yes No Yes (DeviantArt, Inkbunny, SoFurry, VCL & Weasyl)
WildDream Art6Mobile usability: N/A;
Mobile speed: N/A;
Desktop speed: N/A
Yes Yes Yes (Profile links, Share Links, Messaging, @otheruser) Yes (Single depth) No Yes (Nonprofit, needs application) No No No Yes No Yes (DeviantArt, Fur Affinity, Facebook Page, Twitter, etc.)
Transfur5.5Mobile usability: 99%;
Mobile speed: 70%;
Desktop speed: 82%
Yes No Partial (Profile links) Partial
(not Userpages)
No No No Yes
(Site Background, choice of 5)
No No Yes Yes (DeviantArt, Fur Affinity, Inkbunny, Weasyl)
VCL1Mobile usability: 66%;
Mobile speed: 93%;
Desktop speed: 95%
N/A
(No comment system)
No NoN/A
(No comment system)
Partial (Submissions, via Sieve) No No No No No No No

Comparison of submission management features[edit]

SiteScoreMature contentSteps to uploadSubmission FoldersFolder subscriptionFeatured submissionIntegrated sales systemMusic and audio uploadsFlash uploadsScraps galleryStream Support
DeviantArt5 No1 Yes No Yes Yes (Prints) No Yes Yes No
Fur Affinity6.5 Yes3 Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Partial (Journals with "stream" in the title are highlighted)
Furiffic8 Yes1(Edit while uploading) / Optionally more control on step 2 (Scheduling/Multi edit) Yes (Simple(User managed), Advanced(Query managed)) Yes Yes Partial (Page shops for listing items that are for sale, with purchase button to quickly contact the seller) Yes Yes Yes(User managed/Visibility controls) Partial (Journals with "stream*" in the search fields are listed in dealers den)
Inkbunny7.5 Yes5 (6 if adding to Pool) Yes (one image may be in many "pools") No Yes Donations only (used to support Prints, Digital Content) Yes Yes Yes Yes
SoFurry8 Yes2 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
VCL2 Yes2 * Yes No No No No No No No
Weasyl7 Yes2 (3 if changing thumbnail) Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
WildDream Art2.5 No 2 Yes No No Partial (limited items) No No Yes (only uploader can view their scraps) No

Features in detail[edit]

Submission folders[edit]

Submission folders allow for users to index content from within their own galleries (and, on certain websites, other users' galleries), be it for purposes of segregating the content based upon topic or sequential events. For certain sites, folders might be indexable in the internal search engine. Only SoFurry 2.0, however, allows for watching folders for updates (i.e., comics, story series, audio dramas).

Steps to upload[edit]

The more pages are involved to upload art, the longer it takes, and the generally less easy-to-use experience it creates. This number is derived from the number of pages it takes when navigating from the index.

DeviantArt's process has been simplified to just one page over the years, two if you submit your art as a print. Inkbunny's upload process has been lowered from 8 to 5 recently.

Uploads to VCL have a delay of up to 30 minutes.

Comment management[edit]

It's debatable whether or not users should be able to delete comments on their work or profiles, as some view it as a way to create drama or silence out critics. On the contrary, comment deletion seems necessary when trolls or spam gets involved.

Customizable profile[edit]

This applies to the ability to add, subtract, or re-arrange elements and the appearance of the profile page, as opposed to entering profile information and links into specific blocks.

Social networking[edit]

To get a "Full", a site would need to have built in (or customizable) fields that link to the user's other sites (SF, DA, LJ, etc.) AND to have "Share on Facebook/Twitter etc." on the Submission pages.

Blocking[edit]

Inkbunny allows you to block a user's submissions but still receive comments from them, or visa versa.

Integrated ads[edit]

DeviantArt's AdCast does not allow ads to be bought by any website that runs ads or otherwise takes in income - such sites are thus forced to use the more expensive AdPro service.

Complex watching system[edit]

All art sites allow you to follow artists, but only some allow you to follow their art but ignore their journals, or follow/ignore their scraps.

Cross-Site linking[edit]

This allows you to link to user's profiles on other art sites with the same ease as someone on the same site. For example, simple BBCode allows an Inkbunny user to link to someone's Fur Affinity page.

Score[edit]

This is a quickly comparable score of overall features, 0 = No support, 0.5 = Partial support, 1 = Full support

Google Score[edit]

Site tested with https://testmysite.withgoogle.com for mobile and desktop usability

References[edit]

See also[edit]

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Web-based community archives for fiction, video and images

Comparison of furry art sites

Clean/PG-rated

Anthrofiction Network · Art Fight · Furaffinity.com· Bigfurs.com · DeviantArt · Fanart Central · Foxbox.cc · The Fursuit Archive · The Lion King Fan-Art Archive · Nursery Tails· Polfurs · Side 7 · Scratch.mit.edu · WildDream Art · YouTube

Mature content

AGNPH · Anthropomorphic Fandom Repository · Choose Your Own Change · Eka's Portal · e621 · Fur Affinity · furry.ink · Furry Network · Furry Play · Furtastic · Herpy Reference Archive · hentai-foundry ·Hotfurs.com · Inkbunny · InkedFur · The Jab Archives · Kemoner · KemonoArt · Macrophile.com · MamaBliss Story Archive · The Mark Stretch Gallery Of The Unusual· Newgrounds · Palcomix · Pixiv · Plush.yiff · SoFurry · Transfur · Weasyl · The Hot Lionsex · The Yiff Gallery · Yiff.ru · Yiffer.xyz · YiffTube · YiffyFur

Defunct(?) or not recently updated

AnthroArchives · Anthro World War II Art Bunker · AnthroNet · Antropomorfo.com · Anthrostar · ArtPlz · ArtSpots · ArtVark · Avatar Archive · Blue Taboo (Yiffit) · The Carpathia Project · CubAffinity · Cub Central · Elfwood · Furcadia Art Zone · FurLicious Studios · Furlook · Furocity.com · Furplz · Fur Paws · FurRag · Furry Play · Furry Pleasures· Furs4You · FurTube· Furverts · got fox? · House Rancourt · Mia's Index of Anthro' Stories · MobianLegends· Mpregfur· Offscale · Orlando Furry Archives · The Round House (updated 2010) · Y!Gallery · Yerf (archived by Yerf Historical Archive) · Transformation Story Archive (updated 2003) · VCL

Defunct

ArtPiles · ArtRise · Epilogue · Furiffic · Furry Art Pile · InflatableFurs.com · The InflatioNation · PlayMouse · Pregfur.org · PureYiff · Rubberfurs.org · SheezyArt· Storm-Artists.net (2019: data retrieval available) · TFCentral · Vor-Com · Xenographia · YiffCo · Yiffstar · yiff.party · Yiffy.net (2019: redirect to furry.ink) · Yiffy.Tk· Yiffy Flash · Yiffy International (2019: redirect to furry.ink) · YNA

Comparison of furry art sites (2024)

FAQs

What is the largest furry site? ›

Furry art sites: Index -- Fur Affinity [dot] net-By far the largest furry art site, most new furries start out here and begin meeting other furries through this site.

What is the oldest piece of furry art in the world? ›

The Löwenmensch figurine, discovered in Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany. Currently, the oldest known piece of anthropomorphic art in the world, carbon-dated to be approximately 35-40,000 years old. Anthropomorphism (from the Greek ánthrōpos, lit.

Is furry art really that profitable? ›

The Soatok blog suggests that furry artists should not be charging anything less than $24 an hour or at the very least $15 an hour. This is according to the federal minimum wage in the United States if it were based on productivity. Considering that full-time furry artists will usually work upwards of 8 hours a day.

What is the most popular furry in the world? ›

Contents
RankSpecies
1Fox
2Wolf
3Dog (Any Breed)
4Dragon
20 more rows
Jan 31, 2024

Which country banned furry? ›

Becoming the first country in the world, in July 2021 Israel announced a fur sales ban.

Are there furries in the military? ›

MILFurs, also known as MilFurs, Military Furs or Military Furries, is a term to describe any furry, or fan of furry interests, that is a present or former, active or reserve, member of a branch of a country's military or armed forces.

What are old furries called? ›

The term “greymuzzle” is sometimes used by furries who have been in the fandom for significantly longer (12.3 years vs. 6.2 years, on average) or who are older than the average furry (e.g., 42.2 years old, on average). Approximately 9% of furries self-identify as greymuzzles.

Who invented furries? ›

According to fandom historian Fred Patten, the concept of furry originated at a science fiction convention in 1980, when a character drawing from Steve Gallacci's Albedo Anthropomorphics started a discussion of anthropomorphic characters in science fiction novels.

Is furry a gender identity? ›

But is "furry" a gender identity in and of itself? We're in no position to police gender identities here (frankly, no one is), so we can't rule on this definitively. Still, most people in the furry fandom wouldn't consider their fursona to be the same thing as their gender identity.

Does watching furry stuff make you a furry? ›

The go-to answer is “you're only a furry if you consider yourself a furry.” But aside from that, at its very simplest, the furry fandom is defined by an interest in anthropomorphic animals. But this is not meant to imply that everyone who watches media containing anthropomorphized animals is a furry.

How rich is a furry? ›

When broken down by income bracket, the data in the figure below illustrate that more than half of furries earned less than $30,000 USD per year, and about 6% of furries had no annual income at all. To compare, 7.5% of furries earned more than $75,000 USD per year.

What art style is furry art? ›

Furry art is a term used to describe artwork depicting anthropomorphic (humanoid or feral) animal, characters, fursonas, avatars or personas. Usually created with furry fandom as the main audience, some works are intended for a larger, more mainstream audience. A person who creates furry art is called a furry artist.

What is it called when furries touch noses? ›

Furries often "boop" snoots; this means gently pushing or tapping a fursuiter or furry's nose, usually done as part of roleplay, as a greeting, or for fun.

What gender has the most furries? ›

Furry Identification
CategoryPrevalence
Male65.7%
Female20.9%
Transgender (Male to Female)3.3%
Transgender (Female to Male)2.6%
7 more rows

How do I know if I'm a furry? ›

Furries are people who are deeply interested in animal characters–real or mythical–with human characteristics. The furridom (or furry fandom) is a diverse and inclusive community of fans, artists, gamers, and writers who bond over this shared interest.

What is the most popular furry website? ›

Most Frequently Identified Furry Creators / Performers
RankWebsiteArtist/Writer
1FuraffinityBlotch
2SoFurryDark Natasha
3e621Wolfy-Nail
4DeviantArtJay Naylor
6 more rows

What place has the most furries? ›

A: Approximately 43% of all furries are estimated to be located in the United States. This would suggest a population of roughly 860,000 furries in the US.

Where is the biggest furry convention in the world? ›

As of 2024, the largest furry convention is Anthrocon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It had a self-reported attendance of 17,639 in 2024.

Are there any good furry dating sites? ›

Ferzu is a social network and community for furries of all kinds. Whether your fursona walks, flies or swims, whether you're looking for furry friends, dates or fun, whether you're young or old, chubby or thin, stripes or spots—welcome home.

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