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r/DIY

27.5M members. The best post we have captured here reached 705 upvotes, which works out to 0 per 1,000 members.

0peak upvotes per 1,000 members
27.5Mmembers
705best post
721most comments
300posts 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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The topics it labels

Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.

help 151 home improvement 45 woodworking 19 outdoor 17 other 9 metalworking 6 electronic 4 carpentry 3 weekly thread 2 3d printing 1

What the ceiling looks like

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

Stairs for fat people

↑ 705 πŸ’¬ 347 text 2026

Leveled up today!

↑ 645 πŸ’¬ 69 text 2026

Best cordless drills for basic home projects under $200?

↑ 208 πŸ’¬ 721 question 2026

re-caulking bathroom, how long do I leave the bathtub filled with water?

↑ 189 πŸ’¬ 98 question 2026

thinking about digging a french drain with a shovel

↑ 185 πŸ’¬ 334 text 2026

My wife got me a cordless drill for my birthday, and now I actually enjoy fixing things around the house. What should I buy next?

↑ 176 πŸ’¬ 262 question 2026

Polymeric Sand

↑ 170 πŸ’¬ 70 text 2026

Worth attempting to change anode rod on 14 year old water heater?

↑ 117 πŸ’¬ 113 question 2026

Remove old phone lines?

↑ 106 πŸ’¬ 114 question 2026

Need to improve airflow in shed. Gonna install solar Exhaust fan. Should i also install an intake fan to get fresh air moving in?

↑ 98 πŸ’¬ 59 question 2026

Communities its size

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

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ViralHunt tracks Reddit and eight other networks, records how every post grows, and puts what is taking off in front of your team in one list.

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 We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong.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