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r/Hiking. The hikers' subreddit. Founded 2009 · 2.7M members

2.6M members. The best post we have captured here reached 31.2K upvotes, which works out to 12 per 1,000 members.

12peak upvotes per 1,000 members
2.6Mmembers
31.2Kbest post
1.6Kmost comments
248posts 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.

40% 31% 14% 8%
Gallery 40% Image 31% Text 14% Video 8% Question 7% Link 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.

Pictures 76 Video 4 Discussion 4 Link 1 Question 1

What the ceiling looks like

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

My cousin Ling attempted to hike Mount Whitney last Wednesday and has not been heard from since. Please help spread the word in case anyone anywhere …

↑ 31.2K 💬 387 image 2019

So glad my mom convinced me to get outside and hike over a year ago now.

↑ 26.6K 💬 707 image 2018

I walked from Mexico to Canada on the Continental Divide Trail, United States

↑ 15.3K 💬 412 gallery 2024

Two years of hiking in California in nine pictures

↑ 13.4K 💬 269 gallery 2026

This guy lugged up dry ice and boxes of ice cream sandwiches to give out to passing hikers. Huron Peak, Colorado, USA

↑ 12.9K 💬 144 image 2025

Everywhere, United States.

↑ 12.1K 💬 99 image 2022

First hike since I was a kid. Didn’t reach the top of the mountain but I’m gonna keep coming back til I do! (Kennesaw mountain, Georgia)

↑ 11.6K 💬 344 gallery 2024

I build and modify equipment to allow me to hike on my hands. Here is my latest development: a butt pad to get me out of the mud and rocks, as well a…

↑ 10.7K 💬 326 video 2021

Patagonia to sue Trump for shrinking national monuments

↑ 10.4K 💬 516 link 2017

My parents have never really hiked. Invited them to Utah and took them to the Narrows in Zion National Park.

↑ 10.4K 💬 290 gallery 2026

Communities its size

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

r/hiking, in numbers

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

What is r/hiking?
r/hiking ("r/Hiking") describes itself this way: The hikers' subreddit. It was founded in 2009 and has 2.7M members.
How many members does r/hiking have?
r/hiking has about 2.6M members. ViralHunt has tracked 248 of its posts; the biggest reached 31.2K upvotes, which is 12 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/hiking?
"My cousin Ling attempted to hike Mount Whitney last Wednesday and has not been heard from since. Please help spread the word in case anyone " reached 31.2K upvotes and 387 comments in 2019, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/hiking.
What subreddits are similar to r/hiking?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/PcBuild, r/ukraine, r/LosAngeles, r/mildyinteresting, r/LeopardsAteMyFace, r/okbuddycinephile.
What kind of posts do best on r/hiking?
Of the posts we hold, 40% are gallery posts and 31% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/hiking?
Across 248 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Thursday at 18:00 UTC (5.7K avg upvotes), Sunday at 22:00 UTC (5.7K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 23:00 UTC (5.4K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Saturday. 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/hiking?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/hiking has 7.1K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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