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r/FirstTimeHomeBuyer

994K members. The best post we have captured here reached 114.3K upvotes, which works out to 115 per 1,000 members.

115peak upvotes per 1,000 members
994Kmembers
114.3Kbest post
22.9Kmost comments
104posts 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.

58% 32%
Image 58% Gallery 32% Text 5% Video 4% Link 1% Question 1%

The topics it labels

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

GOT THE KEYS! πŸ”‘ 🏑 63 GOT THE KEYS! - New Build πŸ”‘ 🏑 5 UPDATE: 2 Rant 2 Appraisal 1 Need Advice 1 Seller's Agent 1

What the ceiling looks like

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

I did it. Single mom of two. Florida, 275k, 3.9%

↑ 114.3K πŸ’¬ 2.2K image 2026

Interior pics of my home! Valencia, Spain 120k @ 2.1%

↑ 70K πŸ’¬ 2.5K gallery 2026

We did it chat! 6.25% 30yr

↑ 69.2K πŸ’¬ 2.2K image 2025

27 M & 27 F. VA Loan $318k @6.625!

↑ 57.5K πŸ’¬ 6.6K gallery 2025

I did it! West Tokyo, $106K USD, 1.1%

↑ 52.4K πŸ’¬ 2K image 2026

We did it! Upstate NY $160k 6.5%

↑ 51.4K πŸ’¬ 3.5K gallery 2026

Finally decided to settle down. Tokyo, 87m yen, 1.03%

↑ 43.5K πŸ’¬ 1.6K gallery 2026

First home at 30. 195k. Couldn’t be happier

↑ 42.3K πŸ’¬ 1.1K image 2025

Our first home is finally ours! $700k, Auckland, 6.2%

↑ 42.2K πŸ’¬ 1K image 2025

I DID IT! πŸŽ‰

↑ 38.7K πŸ’¬ 571 image 2024

Communities its size

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

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/FirstTimeHomeBuyer, 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 We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong.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.