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r/coolguides

6.1M members. The best post we have captured here reached 20.7K upvotes, which works out to 3 per 1,000 members.

3peak upvotes per 1,000 members
6.1Mmembers
20.7Kbest post
2.3Kmost comments
301posts 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.

A cool guide to spiders that are your friends.

↑ 20.7K 💬 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 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 about stealing an election

↑ 11.2K 💬 452 image 2026

A cool guide to the Paradox of Tolerance

↑ 8.1K 💬 621 image 2026

A cool guide to why time seems to fly sometimes.

↑ 6.2K 💬 53 image 2026

A cool guide for fresh vs. dried peppers

↑ 6.1K 💬 80 image 2026

A cool guide to understanding different cane colors and what they signify

↑ 5.7K 💬 103 image 2026

A cool guide to understanding emotions

↑ 4.9K 💬 110 image 2026

Communities its size

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

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/coolguides, 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 We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong.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.