Bird Photography. The goal of this subreddit is to unite bird photographers/videographers and enthusiasts of all skill levels to talk about bird photography, share birding pictures, and ask for critiques and advice relating to bird photography. General birding, general photography/videography, and environmental discussions are welcome as well. Generally related topics and limited advertising for other SFW subreddits are permitted. Founded 2015 · 104.3K members
105K members. The best post we have captured here reached
8.4K upvotes, which works out to
80 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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Image 58%Gallery 36%Link 4%Text 1%Question 1%
The topics it labels
Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.
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What is r/BirdPhotography?
r/BirdPhotography ("Bird Photography") describes itself this way: The goal of this subreddit is to unite bird photographers/videographers and enthusiasts of all skill levels to talk about bird photography, share birding pictures, and ask for critiques and advice relating to bird photography. General birding, general photography/videography, and environmental discussions are welcome as well. Generally related topics and limited advertising for other SFW subreddits are permitted. It was founded in 2015 and has 104.3K members.
How many members does r/BirdPhotography have?
r/BirdPhotography has about 105K members. ViralHunt has tracked 413 of its posts; the biggest reached 8.4K upvotes, which is 80 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/BirdPhotography?
"Extremely detailed Anna’s Hummingbird for your enjoyment" reached 8.4K upvotes and 141 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/BirdPhotography.
What subreddits are similar to r/BirdPhotography?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/greenland, r/Leakednews, r/LetsDiscussThis, r/stevehofstetter, r/StrikeAtPsyche, r/PopularCultureZone.
What kind of posts do best on r/BirdPhotography?
Of the posts we hold, 58% are image posts and 36% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/BirdPhotography?
Across 413 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Sunday at 13:00 UTC (3.4K avg upvotes), Thursday at 02:00 UTC (2.9K avg upvotes), Saturday at 13:00 UTC (2.6K 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/BirdPhotography?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/BirdPhotography has 3.8K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 78 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/BirdPhotography, 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.
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