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r/centuryhomes

Century Homes. Century Homes is a place for those that enjoy homes that have reached or exceeded 100 years of age, or thereabouts. We enjoy sharing stories and seeking advice to help us be great stewards of our historic homes. Founded 2011 · 1.2M members

1.2M members. The best post we have captured here reached 118.4K upvotes, which works out to 96 per 1,000 members.

96peak upvotes per 1,000 members
1.2Mmembers
118.4Kbest post
6.5Kmost comments
710posts 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.

53% 24% 11%
Gallery 53% Image 24% Text 11% Question 7% Link 4% Video 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.

Advice Needed 356 Photos 160 🪚 Renovations and Rehab 😭 92 Story Time 15 👻 SpOoOoKy Basements 👻 13 📚 Information Sources and Research 📖 12 🚽ShitPost🚽 11 What Style Is This 10 🔨 Hardware 🔨 10 ⚡Electric⚡ 8

What the ceiling looks like

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

Before and afters of turning our formerly abandoned 1927 Detroit home into our forever home. Vacant for 7 years prior to start.

↑ 118.4K 💬 6.5K gallery 2025

Just won the floor jackpot!

↑ 63.3K 💬 906 image 2025

Floor lottery? Not quite sure, but a rare find to say the least

↑ 60.6K 💬 1.5K gallery 2026

Perpendicular Pocket Doors?

↑ 54.1K 💬 2.4K gallery 2026

We put our baby on the market today - gonna miss her.

↑ 46K 💬 1.6K gallery 2025

My parents 5 century old home

↑ 45.1K 💬 1.4K gallery 2025

Bathroom before and after renovation in our 1925 Craftsman

↑ 43.5K 💬 1.3K gallery 2025

Inherited my 5x great grandmas home.

↑ 43.5K 💬 1.2K image 2026

Our entire neighborhood of century homes is gone

↑ 41K 💬 1.2K image 2025

Being anti-fascists is not political, and this sub is not political.

↑ 40.4K 💬 2.3K text 2025

Communities its size

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r/centuryhomes, in numbers

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What is r/centuryhomes?
r/centuryhomes ("Century Homes") describes itself this way: Century Homes is a place for those that enjoy homes that have reached or exceeded 100 years of age, or thereabouts. We enjoy sharing stories and seeking advice to help us be great stewards of our historic homes. It was founded in 2011 and has 1.2M members.
How many members does r/centuryhomes have?
r/centuryhomes has about 1.2M members. ViralHunt has tracked 710 of its posts; the biggest reached 118.4K upvotes, which is 96 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/centuryhomes?
"Before and afters of turning our formerly abandoned 1927 Detroit home into our forever home. Vacant for 7 years prior to start." reached 118.4K upvotes and 6.5K comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/centuryhomes.
What subreddits are similar to r/centuryhomes?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/StarWarsBattlefront, r/BlackPeopleofReddit, r/illinois, r/alberta, r/massachusetts, r/TooMeIrlForMeIrl.
What kind of posts do best on r/centuryhomes?
Of the posts we hold, 53% are gallery posts and 24% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/centuryhomes?
Across 710 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Friday at 05:00 UTC (24.2K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 21:00 UTC (23.8K avg upvotes), Friday at 15:00 UTC (18.7K 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/centuryhomes?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/centuryhomes has 24.5K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 346 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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