Fashion History. A place for historical garments, past patterns, illustrations, demonstrations, perukes, petticoats, hoops, codpieces, houppelandes, hennins, restorations and recreations from long ago. Fashion historians, costumers and enthusiasts are welcome to celebrate some good-old-fashioned fashion. Founded 2012 · 173.3K members
174.4K members. The best post we have captured here reached
8.4K upvotes, which works out to
48 per 1,000 members.
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.
Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.
What is r/fashionhistory?
r/fashionhistory ("Fashion History") describes itself this way: A place for historical garments, past patterns, illustrations, demonstrations, perukes, petticoats, hoops, codpieces, houppelandes, hennins, restorations and recreations from long ago. Fashion historians, costumers and enthusiasts are welcome to celebrate some good-old-fashioned fashion. It was founded in 2012 and has 173.3K members.
How many members does r/fashionhistory have?
r/fashionhistory has about 174.4K members. ViralHunt has tracked 410 of its posts; the biggest reached 8.4K upvotes, which is 48 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/fashionhistory?
"My uncles 1973 Nudie Suit" reached 8.4K upvotes and 210 comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/fashionhistory.
What subreddits are similar to r/fashionhistory?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Leakednews, r/SpaceXBets, r/circled, r/International, r/Global_News_Hub, r/FBI.
What kind of posts do best on r/fashionhistory?
Of the posts we hold, 55% are gallery posts and 36% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/fashionhistory?
Across 410 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Tuesday at 19:00 UTC (3.6K avg upvotes), Saturday at 19:00 UTC (3.5K avg upvotes), Sunday at 18:00 UTC (3.4K 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/fashionhistory?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/fashionhistory has 4.4K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 33 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/fashionhistory, 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.
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