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God created Reddit to train the faithful.. Dune is a landmark science fiction novel first published in 1965 and the first in a 6-book saga penned by author Frank Herbert. Widely considered one of the greatest works within the sci-fi genre, Dune has been the subject of various film and TV adaptations, including the Academy Award winning 2021 film Dune directed by Denis Villeneuve. Dune: Part Two opened on March 1, 2024. Dune: Part Three is scheduled to open December 18, 2026. Founded 2010 · 664.8K members

666.2K members. The best post we have captured here reached 39K upvotes, which works out to 58 per 1,000 members.

58peak upvotes per 1,000 members
666.2Kmembers
39Kbest post
6.1Kmost comments
200posts 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.

27% 19% 19% 16% 10% 10%
Image 27% Text 19% Gallery 19% Question 16% Video 10% Link 10%

The topics it labels

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

Dune (2021) 26 Fan Art / Project 15 I Made This 12 Dune: Part Two (2024) 9 Dune (1984) 6 Dune: Part Two (2023) 5 Dune: Part Three / Messiah 5 Dune: Prophecy (Max) 4 General Discussion 4 Dune: Part Three (2026) 3

What the ceiling looks like

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

DUNE - Official Trailer

↑ 39K 💬 6.1K video 2020

Bene Gesserit Cosplay by My Friend and I

↑ 27.7K 💬 321 gallery 2024

Hi, I’m Kyle MacLachlan also known as the original Paul Atreides or Muad'Dib in Dune (1984). I’ve got my coffee ready. AskMeAnything

↑ 24.1K 💬 1.3K text 2022

It's here guys! Part II confirmed by Legendary

↑ 16.5K 💬 1K link 2021

Dune 2 Nears $500 Million Globally, Surpasses First Film at Box Office

↑ 12.9K 💬 837 link 2024

Denis Villeneuve Says ‘Dune 3’ Is ‘Not Like a Trilogy’ and Will Be His Last ‘Dune’ Movie: Other Directors Could Take Over So ‘I’m Not Closing the Doo…

↑ 12.4K 💬 713 link 2024

Alicia Witt holding a picture of herself from Dune (1984)

↑ 12.2K 💬 193 image 2025

Duke Leto and Gurney discover a gruesome chest with severed fingers of spice workers left by the Baron with a note that reads: "My dear cousin Leto. …

↑ 11K 💬 796 image 2021

Steven Spielberg Tells Denis Villeneuve That ‘Dune 2’ Is ‘One of the Most Brilliant Science-Fiction Films I’ve Ever Seen’

↑ 10.9K 💬 706 link 2024

Pronunciations straight from Frank Himself

↑ 10.9K 💬 592 gallery 2021

Communities its size

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

r/dune, in numbers

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

What is r/dune?
r/dune ("God created Reddit to train the faithful.") describes itself this way: Dune is a landmark science fiction novel first published in 1965 and the first in a 6-book saga penned by author Frank Herbert. Widely considered one of the greatest works within the sci-fi genre, Dune has been the subject of various film and TV adaptations, including the Academy Award winning 2021 film Dune directed by Denis Villeneuve. Dune: Part Two opened on March 1, 2024. Dune: Part Three is scheduled to open December 18, 2026. It was founded in 2010 and has 664.8K members.
How many members does r/dune have?
r/dune has about 666.2K members. ViralHunt has tracked 200 of its posts; the biggest reached 39K upvotes, which is 58 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/dune?
"DUNE - Official Trailer" reached 39K upvotes and 6.1K comments in 2020, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/dune.
What subreddits are similar to r/dune?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/popculture, r/ProgressiveHQ, r/Yosemite, r/StarWarsBattlefront, r/madisonwi, r/NoFilterNews.
What kind of posts do best on r/dune?
Of the posts we hold, 27% are image posts and 19% are text posts.
When is the best time to post on r/dune?
Across 200 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 16:00 UTC (14.4K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 00:00 UTC (11.6K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 21:00 UTC (10.6K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Thursday. 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/dune?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/dune has 8.3K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 2 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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