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r/inthenews

r/inthenews: Opinion, analysis, and discussion about recent events. /r/inthenews is the subreddit for opinion, analysis, and discussion of recent events. Founded 2010 · 411.8K members · links only

412.7K members. The best post we have captured here reached 74.8K upvotes, which works out to 181 per 1,000 members.

181peak upvotes per 1,000 members
412.7Kmembers
74.8Kbest post
6.7Kmost comments
1Kposts 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.

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The topics it labels

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What the ceiling looks like

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

Harris to propose federal ban on 'corporate price-gouging' in food and groceries

↑ 74.8K 💬 2.8K link 2024

Trump Warns That if Kamala Harris Wins, ‘Everybody Gets Health Care’

↑ 73.2K 💬 4.5K link 2024

AOC wants to impeach SCOTUS justices following Trump immunity ruling

↑ 66.2K 💬 806 link 2024

Trump's Project 2025 is now being searched in Google more than Taylor Swift and the NFL

↑ 63.7K 💬 2.4K link 2024

Lauren Boebert once told women in rocky marriages that they just need to start 'chasing Jesus' to solve their marital issues. Now she's getting divor…

↑ 63.2K 💬 2.5K link 2023

Wife of dead rally-goer says she hasn’t heard from Trump

↑ 61.8K 💬 6.5K link 2024

JD Vance Owns Company That Sells American Real Estate to Foreign Investors

↑ 58.8K 💬 1.2K link 2024

Town hall ignites fierce debate: Why must Harris be 'flawless' while Trump goes 'lawless?'

↑ 56.3K 💬 2.8K link 2024

‘Trump Raped Her’: Biden Goes All Out Against Former President, Cites Sexual Assault Judgment

↑ 55.6K 💬 2.6K link 2024

Congressman shames media for ignoring Trump's name in newly released Epstein documents

↑ 55.5K 💬 1.3K link 2024

Communities its size

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r/inthenews, in numbers

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What is r/inthenews?
r/inthenews ("r/inthenews: Opinion, analysis, and discussion about recent events") describes itself this way: /r/inthenews is the subreddit for opinion, analysis, and discussion of recent events. It was founded in 2010 and has 411.8K members.
How many members does r/inthenews have?
r/inthenews has about 412.7K members. ViralHunt has tracked 1K of its posts; the biggest reached 74.8K upvotes, which is 181 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/inthenews?
"Harris to propose federal ban on 'corporate price-gouging' in food and groceries" reached 74.8K upvotes and 2.8K comments in 2024, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/inthenews.
What subreddits are similar to r/inthenews?
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/inthenews?
Of the posts we hold, 100% are link posts.
When is the best time to post on r/inthenews?
Across 1K timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Tuesday at 00:00 UTC (48.2K avg upvotes), Saturday at 02:00 UTC (33K avg upvotes), Friday at 01:00 UTC (18.4K 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/inthenews?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/inthenews has 47.2K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 309 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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