The future is saved 200KB at a time.. A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the late 70s and early 80s. Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies. Founded 2018 · 177.7K members
179.5K members. The best post we have captured here reached
11.3K upvotes, which works out to
63 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 47%Gallery 29%Video 14%Link 8%Text 2%
The topics it labels
Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.
Computers 55Cars 49Design 23CRT Screen 22Buildings 21Retro 20Electronic gadgets 20Hi-Fi Systems 19Own Work 18Synths / Musical Instruments 13
What the ceiling looks like
The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.
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What is r/cassettefuturism?
r/cassettefuturism ("The future is saved 200KB at a time.") describes itself this way: A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the late 70s and early 80s. Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies. It was founded in 2018 and has 177.7K members.
How many members does r/cassettefuturism have?
r/cassettefuturism has about 179.5K members. ViralHunt has tracked 408 of its posts; the biggest reached 11.3K upvotes, which is 63 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/cassettefuturism?
"A man checks his email on a public pay phone" reached 11.3K upvotes and 223 comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/cassettefuturism.
What subreddits are similar to r/cassettefuturism?
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/cassettefuturism?
Of the posts we hold, 47% are image posts and 29% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/cassettefuturism?
Across 408 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Monday at 14:00 UTC (2.9K avg upvotes), Friday at 17:00 UTC (2.8K avg upvotes), Saturday at 15:00 UTC (2.5K 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/cassettefuturism?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/cassettefuturism has 4.3K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 44 posts from it in the last 30 days.
See what is climbing here before you write
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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/cassettefuturism, 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.