/r/flatearth. Is the Earth actually flat? Where's the edge? How come we don't fall out? What about gravity? Learn all of this and more at this very serious subreddit. Founded 2012 · 123.5K members
124.1K members. The best post we have captured here reached
33.7K upvotes, which works out to
272 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.
90%
Image 90%Video 6%Gallery 2%Link 1%Text 1%
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The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.
Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.
What is r/flatearth?
r/flatearth ("/r/flatearth") describes itself this way: Is the Earth actually flat? Where's the edge? How come we don't fall out? What about gravity? Learn all of this and more at this very serious subreddit. It was founded in 2012 and has 123.5K members.
How many members does r/flatearth have?
r/flatearth has about 124.1K members. ViralHunt has tracked 102 of its posts; the biggest reached 33.7K upvotes, which is 272 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/flatearth?
"Artemis II captures first view of Earth from space that clearly show that Earth is NOT FLAT" reached 33.7K upvotes and 2.1K comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/flatearth.
What subreddits are similar to r/flatearth?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/greenland, r/Leakednews, r/stevehofstetter, r/StrikeAtPsyche, r/PopularCultureZone, r/topofreddit.
What kind of posts do best on r/flatearth?
Of the posts we hold, 90% are image posts and 6% are video posts.
When is the best time to post on r/flatearth?
Across 102 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Sunday at 18:00 UTC (5.3K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 09:00 UTC (5.2K avg upvotes), Saturday at 16:00 UTC (4.7K 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/flatearth?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/flatearth has 7.2K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 1 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/flatearth, 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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