Behind the Bastards: A podcast about modern and historical bastards.. From Hitler’s love of young adult fiction to Saddam Hussein's shameful romance novels, this podcast sheds new, weird light on history's monsters. The host, Robert Evans, is a journalist at Bellingcat, a former editor at Cracked.com and author of the books 'A Brief History of Vice' and 'After the Revolution'. BtB is one of the shows within the 'Cool Zone Media' podcast network. You can contact the Cool Zone Media team with tips and suggestions at coolzonemedia.com/contact/ Founded 2018 · 161.3K members
159.9K members. The best post we have captured here reached
14.2K upvotes, which works out to
89 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.
Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.
Look at this bastard 20Meme 13Politics 11Anti-Bastard 10General discussion 8Discussion 5It Could Happen Here 4Other Robert Evans Projects 3It is happening here 2SATIRE 2
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The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.
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What is r/behindthebastards?
r/behindthebastards ("Behind the Bastards: A podcast about modern and historical bastards.") describes itself this way: From Hitler’s love of young adult fiction to Saddam Hussein's shameful romance novels, this podcast sheds new, weird light on history's monsters. The host, Robert Evans, is a journalist at Bellingcat, a former editor at Cracked.com and author of the books 'A Brief History of Vice' and 'After the Revolution'. BtB is one of the shows within the 'Cool Zone Media' podcast network. You can contact the Cool Zone Media team with tips and suggestions at coolzonemedia.com/contact/. It was founded in 2018 and has 161.3K members.
How many members does r/behindthebastards have?
r/behindthebastards has about 159.9K members. ViralHunt has tracked 237 of its posts; the biggest reached 14.2K upvotes, which is 89 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/behindthebastards?
"Payed My Respects To Cousin Rush" reached 14.2K upvotes and 757 comments in 2022, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/behindthebastards.
What subreddits are similar to r/behindthebastards?
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/behindthebastards?
Of the posts we hold, 59% are image posts and 14% are link posts.
When is the best time to post on r/behindthebastards?
Across 237 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Sunday at 16:00 UTC (4.5K avg upvotes), Sunday at 02:00 UTC (4.2K avg upvotes), Sunday at 01:00 UTC (4.2K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Wednesday. 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/behindthebastards?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/behindthebastards has 5.1K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.
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