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r/bookshelf

Stacks of books on display. A place to show off collections of books. Founded 2011 · 356.1K members

357.2K members. The best post we have captured here reached 27.7K upvotes, which works out to 78 per 1,000 members.

78peak upvotes per 1,000 members
357.2Kmembers
27.7Kbest post
735most comments
107posts 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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What the ceiling looks like

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

My dream bookshelf realized.

↑ 27.7K 💬 735 image 2024

My custom bookshelf that I built from scratch with my dad! (And my book collection)

↑ 9.6K 💬 423 gallery 2026

The second library is finished!

↑ 8.7K 💬 362 gallery 2025

My Basement Library 📚🕯️ (Update: 6 Months later)

↑ 8.4K 💬 194 image 2024

Here's my library as of December 2025

↑ 8.1K 💬 325 gallery 2025

My office library 📚

↑ 7.8K 💬 178 gallery 2026

Our bookshelf walls

↑ 7.4K 💬 272 gallery 2025

I quit drinking-Started reading

↑ 6.8K 💬 288 gallery 2025

Built my wife a library

↑ 6.2K 💬 187 gallery 2025

IKEA bookshelf hack

↑ 6.1K 💬 134 gallery 2025

Communities its size

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

r/bookshelf, in numbers

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

What is r/bookshelf?
r/bookshelf ("Stacks of books on display") describes itself this way: A place to show off collections of books. It was founded in 2011 and has 356.1K members.
How many members does r/bookshelf have?
r/bookshelf has about 357.2K members. ViralHunt has tracked 107 of its posts; the biggest reached 27.7K upvotes, which is 78 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/bookshelf?
"My dream bookshelf realized." reached 27.7K upvotes and 735 comments in 2024, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/bookshelf.
What subreddits are similar to r/bookshelf?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Trumpvirus, r/alaska, r/Louisiana, r/popculture, r/Antimoneymemes, r/BlueskySkeets.
What kind of posts do best on r/bookshelf?
Of the posts we hold, 50% are image posts and 50% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/bookshelf?
Across 107 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Friday at 21:00 UTC (11.3K avg upvotes), Thursday at 15:00 UTC (3.9K avg upvotes), Friday at 16:00 UTC (3.8K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Friday. 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/bookshelf?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/bookshelf has 4.8K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 2 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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