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Historical Costuming. The art and appreciation of historical costuming whether it's your own work, something you bought, or inspiration you enjoy. Share your photos, your suggestions, your skills, and your thoughts on historical costumes. Founded 2012 · 126.5K members

128.4K members. The best post we have captured here reached 19.3K upvotes, which works out to 150 per 1,000 members.

150peak upvotes per 1,000 members
128.4Kmembers
19.3Kbest post
442most comments
595posts 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.

34% 24% 18% 15%
Gallery 34% Image 24% Text 18% Question 15% Link 7% Video 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.

I have a question! 212 Finished Project/Outfit 72 In Progress Piece/Outfit 31 Purchasing Historical Costume 23 Design 16 Historical Hair and/or Makeup 2

What the ceiling looks like

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

Finished Robe à l’Anglaise

↑ 19.3K 💬 442 gallery 2026

I made this cool thing and I need u guys to look at it

↑ 7.7K 💬 155 video 2026

I made a tudor Renaissance gown

↑ 6.1K 💬 164 gallery 2026

My version of Madame X by Sargent

↑ 5.9K 💬 93 gallery 2026

Landsknecht inspired by a Hans Hohlbein picture

↑ 5.1K 💬 191 gallery 2026

18th Century Salon

↑ 4.3K 💬 98 gallery 2026

Late 15th century armor/dress I made :)

↑ 4.1K 💬 62 image 2026

Some historical costumes from the palace in Nieborów, Poland.

↑ 4K 💬 73 gallery 2026

The only thing bigger than my hair, was the dog.

↑ 3.6K 💬 49 image 2026

Finished Tudor Suit- 2

↑ 3.4K 💬 138 gallery 2026

Communities its size

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

r/HistoricalCostuming, in numbers

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

What is r/HistoricalCostuming?
r/HistoricalCostuming ("Historical Costuming") describes itself this way: The art and appreciation of historical costuming whether it's your own work, something you bought, or inspiration you enjoy. Share your photos, your suggestions, your skills, and your thoughts on historical costumes. It was founded in 2012 and has 126.5K members.
How many members does r/HistoricalCostuming have?
r/HistoricalCostuming has about 128.4K members. ViralHunt has tracked 595 of its posts; the biggest reached 19.3K upvotes, which is 150 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/HistoricalCostuming?
"Finished Robe à l’Anglaise" reached 19.3K upvotes and 442 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/HistoricalCostuming.
What subreddits are similar to r/HistoricalCostuming?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Trumpvirus, r/alaska, r/Louisiana, r/popculture, r/Antimoneymemes, r/BlueskySkeets.
What kind of posts do best on r/HistoricalCostuming?
Of the posts we hold, 34% are gallery posts and 24% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/HistoricalCostuming?
Across 595 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Friday at 01:00 UTC (4.8K avg upvotes), Friday at 17:00 UTC (3K avg upvotes), Thursday at 12:00 UTC (1.5K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Monday. 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/HistoricalCostuming?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/HistoricalCostuming has 2.1K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 190 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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