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r/coolguides

Cool Guides. Picture based reference guides for anything and everything. If it seems like something someone might print, physically post, and reference then it is a good link for this sub. Remember: Infographics are learning tools, guides are reference tools. Sometimes it's grey. Founded 2014 · 6.1M members · links only

6.1M members. The best post we have captured here reached 44K upvotes, which works out to 7 per 1,000 members.

7peak upvotes per 1,000 members
6.1Mmembers
44Kbest post
2.3Kmost comments
407posts 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.

90% 9%
Image 90% Gallery 9% Link 1%

What the ceiling looks like

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

A Cool guide on avoiding sexual assault

↑ 44K 💬 1.8K image 2026

A cool guide to visualize how the U.S. car colors have faded from 1996 to 2025

↑ 22K 💬 1K image 2026

A cool guide to spiders that are your friends.

↑ 20.8K 💬 1.2K image 2026

A cool guide about changing your Google Maps location names to a less-stupid version

↑ 19.3K 💬 801 gallery 2026

A cool guide about stealing an election

↑ 15.8K 💬 667 image 2026

A cool guide to how many weekly hours a single person receiving benefits must work at minimum wage to escape poverty.

↑ 14.5K 💬 1.8K image 2026

A Cool Guide My Dad Drew By Hand - Peppers Of The World

↑ 12.2K 💬 275 gallery 2026

A cool guide of every country the U.S. has attacked in the 21st Century and which president(s) authorized the strikes

↑ 12.1K 💬 876 image 2026

A cool guide about “true” true story in Hollywood

↑ 11.7K 💬 749 image 2026

A cool guide to the Paradox of Tolerance

↑ 8.2K 💬 623 image 2026

Communities its size

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r/coolguides, in numbers

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What is r/coolguides?
r/coolguides ("Cool Guides") describes itself this way: Picture based reference guides for anything and everything. If it seems like something someone might print, physically post, and reference then it is a good link for this sub. Remember: Infographics are learning tools, guides are reference tools. Sometimes it's grey. It was founded in 2014 and has 6.1M members.
How many members does r/coolguides have?
r/coolguides has about 6.1M members. ViralHunt has tracked 407 of its posts; the biggest reached 44K upvotes, which is 7 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/coolguides?
"A Cool guide on avoiding sexual assault" reached 44K upvotes and 1.8K comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/coolguides.
What subreddits are similar to r/coolguides?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/interesting, r/antiwork, r/urbanexploration, r/youseeingthisshit, r/AccidentalRenaissance, r/shittymoviedetails.
What kind of posts do best on r/coolguides?
Of the posts we hold, 90% are image posts and 9% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/coolguides?
Across 407 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Thursday at 16:00 UTC (11.6K avg upvotes), Sunday at 13:00 UTC (6.9K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 19:00 UTC (5.4K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Monday. 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/coolguides?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/coolguides has 4.9K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 75 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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