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/r/hardware: a technology subreddit for computer hardware news, reviews and discussion.. r/hardware is a place for quality computer hardware news, reviews, and intelligent discussion. r/hardware IS NOT the place to come for help of any kind. Founded 2008 · 4.4M members

4.4M members. The best post we have captured here reached 11.8K upvotes, which works out to 3 per 1,000 members.

3peak upvotes per 1,000 members
4.4Mmembers
11.8Kbest post
3.4Kmost comments
606posts 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.

75% 16%
Link 75% Video 16% Text 7% Question 2%

The topics it labels

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

News 301 Info 86 Discussion 74 Rumor 55 Review 49 Video Review 34 MSI Responded 1 PSA 1 Unverified 1 Rest in Peace 1

What the ceiling looks like

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

MSI scalping their own 3080s on ebay, links included.

↑ 11.8K 💬 1.8K text 2020

NVIDIA will no longer be sending Hardware Unboxed review samples due to focus on rasterization vs raytracing

↑ 11.1K 💬 2.6K text 2020

Trump tariffs would increase laptop prices by $350+, other electronics by as much as 40%

↑ 8.3K 💬 216 link 2024

The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility

↑ 7.4K 💬 1.7K video 2023

Do we want to participate in the blackout to save 3rd party apps?

↑ 5.5K 💬 304 question 2023

Intel has denied two of my 14900K RMAs (instability) and stated they will confiscate or destroy them if I proceed with the warranty process.

↑ 5.3K 💬 814 text 2024

RTX 3080 Starting at $699 | RTX 3070 Starting at $499

↑ 5.1K 💬 1.8K text 2020

EVGA Terminates NVIDIA Partnership, Cites Disrespectful Treatment

↑ 5.1K 💬 1.2K video 2022

Democrats Push Bill to Outlaw Bots From Snatching Up Online Goods

↑ 4.7K 💬 529 link 2021

NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3080 Review Megathread

↑ 4.3K 💬 3.4K text 2020

Communities its size

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

r/hardware, in numbers

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

What is r/hardware?
r/hardware ("/r/hardware: a technology subreddit for computer hardware news, reviews and discussion.") describes itself this way: r/hardware is a place for quality computer hardware news, reviews, and intelligent discussion. r/hardware IS NOT the place to come for help of any kind. It was founded in 2008 and has 4.4M members.
How many members does r/hardware have?
r/hardware has about 4.4M members. ViralHunt has tracked 606 of its posts; the biggest reached 11.8K upvotes, which is 3 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/hardware?
"MSI scalping their own 3080s on ebay, links included." reached 11.8K upvotes and 1.8K comments in 2020, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/hardware.
What subreddits are similar to r/hardware?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/LeopardsAteMyFace, r/awfuleverything, r/interesting, r/dogpictures, r/im14andthisisdeep, r/JustGuysBeingDudes.
What kind of posts do best on r/hardware?
Of the posts we hold, 75% are link posts and 16% are video posts.
When is the best time to post on r/hardware?
Across 606 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 01:00 UTC (3.6K avg upvotes), Friday at 23:00 UTC (2.5K avg upvotes), Saturday at 14:00 UTC (2.1K 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/hardware?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/hardware has 3.3K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 143 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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