Appreciating armour that shows off more than it protects.. r/ImpracticalArmour collects, appreciates, and respectfully critiques art and cosplay featuring any form of costume which resembles armour but just looks unapologetically stylish. Founded 2015 · 183.7K members
184.5K members. The best post we have captured here reached
43.2K upvotes, which works out to
234 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.
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Image 85%Gallery 13%Video 1%Link 1%
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The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.
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What is r/ImpracticalArmour?
r/ImpracticalArmour ("Appreciating armour that shows off more than it protects.") describes itself this way: r/ImpracticalArmour collects, appreciates, and respectfully critiques art and cosplay featuring any form of costume which resembles armour but just looks unapologetically stylish. It was founded in 2015 and has 183.7K members.
How many members does r/ImpracticalArmour have?
r/ImpracticalArmour has about 184.5K members. ViralHunt has tracked 415 of its posts; the biggest reached 43.2K upvotes, which is 234 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/ImpracticalArmour?
"chainmail bikini (OC)" reached 43.2K upvotes and 238 comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/ImpracticalArmour.
What subreddits are similar to r/ImpracticalArmour?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Leakednews, r/SpaceXBets, r/circled, r/International, r/Global_News_Hub, r/FBI.
What kind of posts do best on r/ImpracticalArmour?
Of the posts we hold, 85% are image posts and 13% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/ImpracticalArmour?
Across 415 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Thursday at 20:00 UTC (15.3K avg upvotes), Saturday at 15:00 UTC (13.8K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 15:00 UTC (12.7K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Thursday. 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/ImpracticalArmour?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/ImpracticalArmour has 15.4K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 123 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/ImpracticalArmour, 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.
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