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Fasting: willingly abstaining for a period of time. A fast is "a period of such abstention or self-denial". For most fasts, there are no set rules on when to start or how long they should last. Your own instincts are usually your best guide. A fast can be from traditional things like 3 solid meals, from social media like Reddit, Google Plus or Facebook or even quitting smoking for a day. The great comedian, Ed Wynn said, "Without your health, riches, possessions and fame are all mud." Founded 2011 · 575.4K members

573K members. The best post we have captured here reached 38.2K upvotes, which works out to 67 per 1,000 members.

67peak upvotes per 1,000 members
573Kmembers
38.2Kbest post
1.1Kmost comments
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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

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What the ceiling looks like

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

166lbs down after 8 months of fasting. I'm so happy I made a terrible podcast yapping about it.

↑ 38.2K 💬 1.1K image 2019

I lost 104lbs over 4 months water fasting. This is my most recent before/after 😁 forget fads or surgery; just let your body do what it does best: ea…

↑ 12.2K 💬 627 image 2019

Lost 50lb since April and feeling good for the first time in a very long time.

↑ 11.6K 💬 690 gallery 2024

Today marks 2 years of fasting and lifting weights.

↑ 11.2K 💬 658 image 2019

Nearly 90 pounds down (89.7) in one year!

↑ 9.1K 💬 176 image 2020

This

↑ 8.7K 💬 216 image 2020

Six months 225. -55pnds

↑ 8.7K 💬 228 image 2020

87 kgs lighter thanks to fasting. Crazy the difference a year can make.

↑ 7.9K 💬 417 gallery 2025

-130 pounds, no loose skin ~ yvettebam

↑ 7.6K 💬 437 image 2020

1,000hr extended water fast completed. 520 to 430. 90lbs down.

↑ 7.5K 💬 407 image 2020

Communities its size

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r/fasting, in numbers

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What is r/fasting?
r/fasting ("Fasting: willingly abstaining for a period of time") describes itself this way: A fast is "a period of such abstention or self-denial". For most fasts, there are no set rules on when to start or how long they should last. Your own instincts are usually your best guide. A fast can be from traditional things like 3 solid meals, from social media like Reddit, Google Plus or Facebook or even quitting smoking for a day. The great comedian, Ed Wynn said, "Without your health, riches, possessions and fame are all mud.". It was founded in 2011 and has 575.4K members.
How many members does r/fasting have?
r/fasting has about 573K members. ViralHunt has tracked 100 of its posts; the biggest reached 38.2K upvotes, which is 67 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/fasting?
"166lbs down after 8 months of fasting. I'm so happy I made a terrible podcast yapping about it." reached 38.2K upvotes and 1.1K comments in 2019, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/fasting.
What subreddits are similar to r/fasting?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/popculture, r/ProgressiveHQ, r/Snorkblot, r/Yosemite, r/DailyShow, r/complaints.
What kind of posts do best on r/fasting?
Of the posts we hold, 77% are image posts and 23% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/fasting?
Across 100 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 19:00 UTC (5.4K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 19:00 UTC (4.3K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 16:00 UTC (4.3K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Sunday. 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/fasting?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/fasting has 5.1K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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