261.6K members. The best post we have captured here reached 2.1K upvotes, which works out to 8 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.
The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.
Who was considered "the Hitler" of the pre-Hitler world?
Around the year 1000, the Norse set up a colony in North America that lasted several generations. How did Europe then just forget about it until Colu…
When people lived in one room houses, did they just have sex in front of their families/children?
Has a dictator ever been killed by his security?
Tony Blair once said that "there has never been a war between two democratic nations". Is that the case?
What are some good "you have no concept of time" facts?
How come the beaches at D-Day weren't softened up by air before the invasion?
There is a greek proverb : "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in". What are the greatest exam…
is there a anti Hannibal? someone who lost every battle but won the war?
A common trope in medieval inspired fiction is 'lords having their way with maids, female servants and peasant women living under there rule. Was thi…
Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.
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Start free →Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/AskHistory, 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 We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong.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.