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r/ferrets is a sub dedicated to all things ferrets. This is a place to get lots of information, share stories, and photos of your ferret friends! Founded 2008 · 178K members

178.5K members. The best post we have captured here reached 15.5K upvotes, which works out to 87 per 1,000 members.

87peak upvotes per 1,000 members
178.5Kmembers
15.5Kbest post
6.8Kmost comments
405posts 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.

33% 25% 25% 11%
Image 33% Video 25% Gallery 25% Text 11% Question 6%

The topics it labels

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

[Ferret Photo] 135 [Ferret Video] 74 [Help] 65 [Discussion] 62 [Health] 33 [Rainbow Bridge] 14 Fluff 9 Help Requested 1

What the ceiling looks like

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

Is this size difference normal or do I just have a big boy

↑ 15.5K 💬 270 image 2025

She is 5 years old this December...

↑ 10.3K 💬 85 video 2025

Why does she do this ?

↑ 9.4K 💬 122 video 2025

Last thing you ate will be his name.

↑ 8K 💬 6.8K gallery 2025

Crazy things I've built for my Ferrets! Episode 1: Ferret couch

↑ 7.7K 💬 110 gallery 2025

First time visiting this sub. Is this a wild version of a ferret or a lost pet that needs help?

↑ 7.5K 💬 250 gallery 2025

Last thing you ate would be her name

↑ 6.3K 💬 5.6K image 2025

My 2 boys are currently very comfy 🥰

↑ 5.6K 💬 37 image 2023

We have what we think is a Ferret living under the trailers at our work, how do we safely get it out?

↑ 5.5K 💬 289 gallery 2025

Cage door open vs cage door closed

↑ 5.2K 💬 54 gallery 2025

Communities its size

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

r/ferrets, in numbers

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

What is r/ferrets?
r/ferrets describes itself this way: r/ferrets is a sub dedicated to all things ferrets. This is a place to get lots of information, share stories, and photos of your ferret friends. It was founded in 2008 and has 178K members.
How many members does r/ferrets have?
r/ferrets has about 178.5K members. ViralHunt has tracked 405 of its posts; the biggest reached 15.5K upvotes, which is 87 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/ferrets?
"Is this size difference normal or do I just have a big boy" reached 15.5K upvotes and 270 comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/ferrets.
What subreddits are similar to r/ferrets?
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/ferrets?
Of the posts we hold, 33% are image posts and 25% are video posts.
When is the best time to post on r/ferrets?
Across 405 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Tuesday at 16:00 UTC (4.9K avg upvotes), Monday at 03:00 UTC (3.4K avg upvotes), Saturday at 14:00 UTC (3K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Wednesday. 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/ferrets?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/ferrets has 4.1K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 19 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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