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r/adorableoldpeople

Adorable Old People. Screenshots and pictures of old people being unknowingly adorable. Founded 2018 · 127.8K members

127.3K members. The best post we have captured here reached 18.5K upvotes, which works out to 146 per 1,000 members.

146peak upvotes per 1,000 members
127.3Kmembers
18.5Kbest post
710most comments
103posts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

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Image 52% Video 46% Gallery 2%

The topics it labels

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Top Post Of The Month 🏆 2 Post of the week 🏆 1

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

My mom turned 102 on August 9th, the “silent generation”

↑ 18.5K 💬 710 video 2026

Grandpa salutes granddaughter after attaining a higher rank than him in the army.

↑ 17K 💬 71 video 2026

Grandparents get a huge tiny suprise

↑ 13.6K 💬 89 video 2026

This 103 year old man reuniting with his wife after she spent a month in the hospital

↑ 11.1K 💬 59 video 2026

The first selfie my grandpa took with his new cell phone after my grandma passed away. He said he didn't smile because he had to concentrate on getti…

↑ 8.8K 💬 53 image 2025

This is quite possibly the sweetest thing I've ever seen

↑ 8.3K 💬 36 image 2026

MILLY GIRL. I LOVE YA.

↑ 7.8K 💬 42 image 2020

Grandma looks so beautiful ❤️

↑ 7.3K 💬 86 video 2025

This 88-year-old mom, resides in an assisted living with Alzheimer's, can still sing in perfect harmony with her son as she plays the guitar. He says…

↑ 6.9K 💬 61 video 2025

My grandpa has Alzheimer’s and can’t always remember his grandkids names, so we custom made a shirt that has all our names and it’s his new favourite…

↑ 6.6K 💬 67 image 2020

Communities its size

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r/adorableoldpeople, in numbers

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What is r/adorableoldpeople?
r/adorableoldpeople ("Adorable Old People") describes itself this way: Screenshots and pictures of old people being unknowingly adorable. It was founded in 2018 and has 127.8K members.
How many members does r/adorableoldpeople have?
r/adorableoldpeople has about 127.3K members. ViralHunt has tracked 103 of its posts; the biggest reached 18.5K upvotes, which is 146 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/adorableoldpeople?
"My mom turned 102 on August 9th, the “silent generation”" reached 18.5K upvotes and 710 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/adorableoldpeople.
What subreddits are similar to r/adorableoldpeople?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Trumpvirus, r/alaska, r/Louisiana, r/popculture, r/Antimoneymemes, r/BlueskySkeets.
What kind of posts do best on r/adorableoldpeople?
Of the posts we hold, 52% are image posts and 46% are video posts.
When is the best time to post on r/adorableoldpeople?
Across 103 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 02:00 UTC (4.3K avg upvotes), Thursday at 00:00 UTC (4.2K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 15:00 UTC (4K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Monday. For Reddit as a whole, see the best time to post on Reddit page.
How many upvotes does a post need to reach the top of r/adorableoldpeople?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/adorableoldpeople has 5.9K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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