Reddit.com/r/Idiocracy: It's got what Reddits crave. It's a world where stupid people reproduce more often than the intelligent ones, leading to "a dumbing down" of the population. Intellectual curiosity and social responsibility are mocked, society is consumed by cheap entertainment and commercialism, and the government makes its decisions in the best interests of big corporations. This subreddit is devoted to the film *Idiocracy* and to documenting the evolution of modern society predicted by it. Founded 2009 · 230.6K members
230.9K members. The best post we have captured here reached
29.4K upvotes, which works out to
127 per 1,000 members.
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.
Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.
a dumbing down 104brought to you by Carl's Jr 44I love you. 34it's got electrolytes 25your shit's all retarded 18"Full Body" Latte 17I like money. 17I know shit's bad right now. 16Extra Big-Ass 15The Thirst Mutilator 14
What the ceiling looks like
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What is r/idiocracy?
r/idiocracy ("Reddit.com/r/Idiocracy: It's got what Reddits crave") describes itself this way: It's a world where stupid people reproduce more often than the intelligent ones, leading to "a dumbing down" of the population. Intellectual curiosity and social responsibility are mocked, society is consumed by cheap entertainment and commercialism, and the government makes its decisions in the best interests of big corporations. This subreddit is devoted to the film *Idiocracy* and to documenting the evolution of modern society predicted by it. It was founded in 2009 and has 230.6K members.
How many members does r/idiocracy have?
r/idiocracy has about 230.9K members. ViralHunt has tracked 415 of its posts; the biggest reached 29.4K upvotes, which is 127 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/idiocracy?
"Breaking News" reached 29.4K upvotes and 162 comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/idiocracy.
What subreddits are similar to r/idiocracy?
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/idiocracy?
Of the posts we hold, 69% are image posts and 12% are link posts.
When is the best time to post on r/idiocracy?
Across 415 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Friday at 18:00 UTC (8.3K avg upvotes), Saturday at 06:00 UTC (7.6K avg upvotes), Friday at 19:00 UTC (7.4K 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/idiocracy?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/idiocracy has 10.1K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 47 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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