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r/Aging

A place to discuss the process of aging and the field of gerontology.. Welcome to r/Aging, a community for all generations to discuss the biological, social, and philosophical journey of getting older. From the science of gerontology to the personal experience of moving through life, we welcome perspectives from every age. To keep our focus on meaningful discussion, we have a strict "No Vanity" policy. This includes: No "How old do I look?" or "Then and Now" photos. No selfies or photos of wrinkles/skin/hair. No requests for skincare or cosmetic advice Founded 2009 · 171.8K members

165.4K members. The best post we have captured here reached 17.8K upvotes, which works out to 108 per 1,000 members.

108peak upvotes per 1,000 members
165.4Kmembers
17.8Kbest post
3.8Kmost comments
100posts 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.

38% 33% 11% 10%
Text 38% Image 33% Question 11% Gallery 10% Link 5% Video 3%

The topics it labels

Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.

Life & Living 11 Longevity 6 Research 3 Death & Dying 2 Social 2 Fitness 2 Loss 1 Loneliness 1

What the ceiling looks like

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

My 70th birthday card from Dad

↑ 17.8K 💬 591 image 2025

Muscle mass determines your independence in old age

↑ 17K 💬 1K text 2025

Me At 77 And 17

↑ 13.6K 💬 262 gallery 2025

A story for those with aging parents

↑ 10.9K 💬 291 text 2025

My grandma just had another birthday. Please wish her many more years 🙏

↑ 7.7K 💬 813 image 2025

Losing your youthful looks or your vitality as you grow old isn't the most painful part of it.

↑ 7.1K 💬 418 text 2025

The kind of influencers the world actually needs. 👏

↑ 7K 💬 61 video 2026

Mom at 90 and 96

↑ 6.1K 💬 250 gallery 2025

Kat Dennings at 19 and 39

↑ 6K 💬 171 image 2025

I’m 63 and unfiltered. Single and can’t find anyone for the life of me. Hope y’all have a great weekend.

↑ 4.7K 💬 2.2K image 2025

Communities its size

Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.

r/Aging, in numbers

Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.

What is r/Aging?
r/Aging ("A place to discuss the process of aging and the field of gerontology.") describes itself this way: Welcome to r/Aging, a community for all generations to discuss the biological, social, and philosophical journey of getting older. From the science of gerontology to the personal experience of moving through life, we welcome perspectives from every age. To keep our focus on meaningful discussion, we have a strict "No Vanity" policy. This includes: No "How old do I look?" or "Then and Now" photos. No selfies or photos of wrinkles/skin/hair. No requests for skincare or cosmetic advice. It was founded in 2009 and has 171.8K members.
How many members does r/Aging have?
r/Aging has about 165.4K members. ViralHunt has tracked 100 of its posts; the biggest reached 17.8K upvotes, which is 108 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/Aging?
"My 70th birthday card from Dad" reached 17.8K upvotes and 591 comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/Aging.
What subreddits are similar to r/Aging?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Leakednews, r/SpaceXBets, r/circled, r/International, r/Global_News_Hub, r/FBI.
What kind of posts do best on r/Aging?
Of the posts we hold, 38% are text posts and 33% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/Aging?
Across 100 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Tuesday at 13:00 UTC (2.9K avg upvotes), Sunday at 00:00 UTC (2.5K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 03:00 UTC (1.8K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Sunday. 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/Aging?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/Aging has 3.6K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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