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Golden Retrievers. A heartwarming subreddit celebrating the lovable and loyal breed through captivating photos and heartwarming stories. Join the community for endless adorable moments and engaging discussions. Founded 2011 · 1.1M members

1.1M members. The best post we have captured here reached 72K upvotes, which works out to 65 per 1,000 members.

65peak upvotes per 1,000 members
1.1Mmembers
72Kbest post
4.2Kmost comments
469posts 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.

45% 35% 9% 8%
Image 45% Gallery 35% Video 9% Text 8% Question 4%

The topics it labels

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

Cute/Funny 243 New puppy 49 RIP 48 Health Advice 43 Discussion 35 Training Advice/Tips 20 Happy Birthday! 🎂🎉 12 Get better soon 4 Grooming 4 Breeder Advice 3

What the ceiling looks like

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

her final hour. rest in peace my little girl

↑ 72K 💬 1.9K gallery 2026

Celebrate Pennie! She’s 14 today.

↑ 64.6K 💬 1.1K gallery 2025

Taking my 13 year old man to get euthanized in 2 hours. My heart is boken.

↑ 62.3K 💬 3K image 2025

I found out I had cancer, and this was my dogs reaction to my tears.

↑ 52.9K 💬 621 image 2026

Owning a golden retriever as a Black woman

↑ 47.7K 💬 3.7K gallery 2026

Our old boy's last boat ride

↑ 36.2K 💬 534 image 2026

Pancake was reunited with his Mum!

↑ 34.5K 💬 155 image 2022

First day home alone with no accidents and no destruction! WOOO

↑ 32.8K 💬 339 image 2024

They removed my old pal from r/aww because apparently missing an eye is a “sob story” - Meet my happy and healthy 12 year old, Payton!

↑ 32.1K 💬 504 image 2017

Hi, I'm Hank and I refuse to go on walks unless mom lets me bring a friend along.

↑ 31.6K 💬 547 gallery 2024

Communities its size

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

r/goldenretrievers, in numbers

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

What is r/goldenretrievers?
r/goldenretrievers ("Golden Retrievers") describes itself this way: A heartwarming subreddit celebrating the lovable and loyal breed through captivating photos and heartwarming stories. Join the community for endless adorable moments and engaging discussions. It was founded in 2011 and has 1.1M members.
How many members does r/goldenretrievers have?
r/goldenretrievers has about 1.1M members. ViralHunt has tracked 469 of its posts; the biggest reached 72K upvotes, which is 65 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/goldenretrievers?
"her final hour. rest in peace my little girl" reached 72K upvotes and 1.9K comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/goldenretrievers.
What subreddits are similar to r/goldenretrievers?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/popculture, r/StarWarsBattlefront, r/BlackPeopleofReddit, r/Archaeology, r/illinois, r/PastAndPresentPics.
What kind of posts do best on r/goldenretrievers?
Of the posts we hold, 45% are image posts and 35% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/goldenretrievers?
Across 469 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Sunday at 03:00 UTC (16.9K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 10:00 UTC (15.8K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 00:00 UTC (15.5K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Tuesday. 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/goldenretrievers?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/goldenretrievers has 20K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 66 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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