Adulting: for those who are trying to be an adult.. This is a subreddit for people who are actively trying to be more of an adult. It can include tips, victories, and questions. Founded 2015 · 2.2M members
2.2M members. The best post we have captured here reached
92.6K upvotes, which works out to
41 per 1,000 members.
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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What the ceiling looks like
The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.
Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.
What is r/Adulting?
r/Adulting ("Adulting: for those who are trying to be an adult.") describes itself this way: This is a subreddit for people who are actively trying to be more of an adult. It can include tips, victories, and questions. It was founded in 2015 and has 2.2M members.
How many members does r/Adulting have?
r/Adulting has about 2.2M members. ViralHunt has tracked 1.4K of its posts; the biggest reached 92.6K upvotes, which is 41 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/Adulting?
"HR is upset we didn’t grow up wanting to be customer service reps" reached 92.6K upvotes and 2.6K comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/Adulting.
What subreddits are similar to r/Adulting?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/AnarchyChess, r/PcBuild, r/bald, r/ukraine, r/GlowUps, r/LosAngeles.
What kind of posts do best on r/Adulting?
Of the posts we hold, 34% are text posts and 29% are question posts.
When is the best time to post on r/Adulting?
Across 1.4K timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Saturday at 17:00 UTC (13.5K avg upvotes), Saturday at 14:00 UTC (10.9K avg upvotes), Saturday at 11:00 UTC (9.9K 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/Adulting?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/Adulting has 28.7K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 327 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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ViralHunt tracks Reddit and eight other networks, records how every post grows, and puts what is taking off in front of your team in one list.
Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/Adulting, not everything the
community has ever posted. We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is
weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong.
Peak per 1,000 members is computed the same way for every community listed.
See how we measure.