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Sub for posts about Ancient Greek history, archaeology, language, philosophy, art, poetry, theatre - anything interesting about the culture and history of the ancient Hellenes, from around 1500 BCE until the demise of the Ancient World (approximately 400 CE). This is a history sub, so try to keep it on topic. Conspiracies, memes, AI and pseudo history are not welcome, and will result in a ban. So Χαίρετε to you all! Founded 2011 · 99.2K members

95.7K members. The best post we have captured here reached 11.2K upvotes, which works out to 117 per 1,000 members.

117peak upvotes per 1,000 members
95.7Kmembers
11.2Kbest post
1.3Kmost comments
189posts 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 47% Link 17% Gallery 15% Text 10% Question 6% Video 5%

What the ceiling looks like

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

Impressive collection of ancient Greek helmets

↑ 11.2K 💬 116 image 2026

The Parthenon. 1875–2026

↑ 7K 💬 249 image 2026

Per usual, a film about Mediterranean/Greek history and folk tales, without a single Mediterranean/Greek actor.

↑ 5K 💬 1.1K image 2024

Delphi is one of the most stunning places I’ve been

↑ 5K 💬 68 gallery 2026

How did netflix get this so wrong about Cleopatra? Are they saying she isn’t greek/Macedonian?

↑ 3.6K 💬 1.3K image 2024

This is apparently the ship being filmed for Christopher Nolan's Odyssey...

↑ 3.3K 💬 183 video 2025

Neptune Temple, Paestum Italy (Campania)

↑ 2.8K 💬 29 gallery 2026

Greek polytheists inaugurate first new Ancient Greek temple in 1700 years

↑ 2.7K 💬 253 link 2025

The Antikythera Mechanism is absolutely insane

↑ 2.6K 💬 102 image 2026

The Ancient Greek Baby Potty: A Glimpse into Everyday Life 2,500 Years Ago

↑ 2.6K 💬 9 image 2026

Communities its size

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

r/ancientgreece, in numbers

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

What is r/ancientgreece?
r/ancientgreece describes itself this way: Sub for posts about Ancient Greek history, archaeology, language, philosophy, art, poetry, theatre - anything interesting about the culture and history of the ancient Hellenes, from around 1500 BCE until the demise of the Ancient World (approximately 400 CE). This is a history sub, so try to keep it on topic. Conspiracies, memes, AI and pseudo history are not welcome, and will result in a ban. So Χαίρετε to you all. It was founded in 2011 and has 99.2K members.
How many members does r/ancientgreece have?
r/ancientgreece has about 95.7K members. ViralHunt has tracked 189 of its posts; the biggest reached 11.2K upvotes, which is 117 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/ancientgreece?
"Impressive collection of ancient Greek helmets" reached 11.2K upvotes and 116 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/ancientgreece.
What subreddits are similar to r/ancientgreece?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/greenland, r/Leakednews, r/LetsDiscussThis, r/stevehofstetter, r/StrikeAtPsyche, r/InvictaSolaris.
What kind of posts do best on r/ancientgreece?
Of the posts we hold, 47% are image posts and 17% are link posts.
When is the best time to post on r/ancientgreece?
Across 189 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Thursday at 03:00 UTC (1.4K avg upvotes), Thursday at 20:00 UTC (1.2K avg upvotes), Thursday at 10:00 UTC (925 avg upvotes). The busiest day is Tuesday. 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/ancientgreece?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/ancientgreece has 1.4K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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