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r/Foodforthought

FoodForThought: Intellectual Nourishment. Intelligent and thought-provoking commentaries on life and culture with an emphasis on longform articles and essays that stimulate intellectual discourse. Founded 2009 · 467.8K members · links only

467.3K members. The best post we have captured here reached 76.4K upvotes, which works out to 163 per 1,000 members.

163peak upvotes per 1,000 members
467.3Kmembers
76.4Kbest post
4.1Kmost comments
199posts we track

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What the ceiling looks like

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

Mike Johnson Breaks With Trump, Calls Putin a 'Threat to America,' Warns of New Axis Forming on President’s Watch

↑ 76.4K 💬 4.1K link 2025

Bombshell report reveals staggering amount of government funds paid to Elon Musk

↑ 66K 💬 2.5K link 2025

Trump is the most unpopular president in more than 70 years. Sorry, MAGA.

↑ 65.4K 💬 3.8K link 2025

Elon Musk Has Full Blown Meltdown After Three Judges Block Trump Orders

↑ 63K 💬 1.8K link 2025

Washington Post refuses to run $115,000 ad titled ‘Fire Elon Musk,’ report says

↑ 52.6K 💬 752 link 2025

I’m a former U.S. intelligence officer. Trump's Ukraine betrayal will have terrible consequences.

↑ 41.5K 💬 2K link 2025

Elon Musk’s DOGE Shares Classified U.S. Intel With Entire World

↑ 38.3K 💬 2.2K link 2025

'I Feel So Stupid': Poll Shows Huge Percentage of Trump Voters Regretful After His Sweeping Dismantling of American Values

↑ 37.3K 💬 2.7K link 2025

Trump suggests 'dwarves, amputees and epileptics' are 'DEI hires' and not qualified for Air Traffic Control positions

↑ 34.7K 💬 4.1K link 2025

'Democracy weeks away from disintegrating': Democratic senator issues warning — and a plan

↑ 34K 💬 856 link 2025

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r/Foodforthought, in numbers

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What is r/Foodforthought?
r/Foodforthought ("FoodForThought: Intellectual Nourishment") describes itself this way: Intelligent and thought-provoking commentaries on life and culture with an emphasis on longform articles and essays that stimulate intellectual discourse. It was founded in 2009 and has 467.8K members.
How many members does r/Foodforthought have?
r/Foodforthought has about 467.3K members. ViralHunt has tracked 199 of its posts; the biggest reached 76.4K upvotes, which is 163 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/Foodforthought?
"Mike Johnson Breaks With Trump, Calls Putin a 'Threat to America,' Warns of New Axis Forming on President’s Watch" reached 76.4K upvotes and 4.1K comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/Foodforthought.
What subreddits are similar to r/Foodforthought?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/alaska, r/popculture, r/BlueskySkeets, r/ProgressiveHQ, r/Snorkblot, r/Yosemite.
What kind of posts do best on r/Foodforthought?
Of the posts we hold, 100% are link posts.
When is the best time to post on r/Foodforthought?
Across 199 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 13:00 UTC (26K avg upvotes), Sunday at 22:00 UTC (24.2K avg upvotes), Friday at 17:00 UTC (21.4K 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/Foodforthought?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/Foodforthought has 17K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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