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r/drones. /r/drones is a subreddit for aerial drone enthusiasts, focusing on consumer, commercial, and FPV drones. Topics include builds, regulations, flying tips, photography, and industry news. Founded 2010 · 292.3K members

289.6K members. The best post we have captured here reached 13.3K upvotes, which works out to 46 per 1,000 members.

46peak upvotes per 1,000 members
289.6Kmembers
13.3Kbest post
671most comments
100posts 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.

73% 20%
Video 73% Image 20% Gallery 5% 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.

Photo & Video 45 FPV 8 Discussion 8 Photo / Video 7 News 6 Rules / Regulations 5 Photo/Videography 4 Science & Research 3 DIY 1 Tech Support 1

What the ceiling looks like

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

The FAA sent me a letter today.

↑ 13.3K 💬 416 image 2024

Some of the footage I got right before an eagle stole my drone

↑ 11.1K 💬 461 video 2023

Luckiest shot of my life

↑ 5.6K 💬 93 video 2026

Drone fun

↑ 5.5K 💬 370 video 2018

One of the craziest flights of my life

↑ 5.1K 💬 300 video 2018

Whoever flying that drone deserves a raise

↑ 5.1K 💬 97 video 2023

1:1 scale recreation of the Titanic leaving Belfast docks using 1000 drones

↑ 4.9K 💬 78 video 2026

He can’t do that that’s illegal

↑ 4.7K 💬 378 video 2024

A Drone Has Been Successfully Flown Into a Tornado!

↑ 4.6K 💬 273 video 2025

Saw this Chad

↑ 4.1K 💬 202 image 2025

Communities its size

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

r/drones, in numbers

Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.

What is r/drones?
r/drones ("r/drones") describes itself this way: /r/drones is a subreddit for aerial drone enthusiasts, focusing on consumer, commercial, and FPV drones. Topics include builds, regulations, flying tips, photography, and industry news. It was founded in 2010 and has 292.3K members.
How many members does r/drones have?
r/drones has about 289.6K members. ViralHunt has tracked 100 of its posts; the biggest reached 13.3K upvotes, which is 46 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/drones?
"The FAA sent me a letter today." reached 13.3K upvotes and 416 comments in 2024, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/drones.
What subreddits are similar to r/drones?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Global_News_Hub, r/FBI, r/Trumpvirus, r/alaska, r/Whistleblowers, r/Louisiana.
What kind of posts do best on r/drones?
Of the posts we hold, 73% are video posts and 20% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/drones?
Across 100 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Thursday at 21:00 UTC (2.9K avg upvotes), Friday at 00:00 UTC (2.1K avg upvotes), Sunday at 01:00 UTC (1.8K 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/drones?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/drones has 2.6K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/drones, 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.