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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is an American late-night talk show airing Sundays on HBO in the United States and HBO Canada, and on Mondays (originally Tuesdays) on Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom. The half-hour-long show premiered on Sunday, April 27, 2014, and is hosted by comedian John Oliver. LWT takes a satirical look at news, politics and current events on a weekly basis. Founded 2014 · 140.8K members

140.9K members. The best post we have captured here reached 9.6K upvotes, which works out to 68 per 1,000 members.

68peak upvotes per 1,000 members
140.9Kmembers
9.6Kbest post
371most comments
642posts 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.

57% 16% 13% 9%
Image 57% Link 16% Video 13% Text 9% Question 5%

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.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

↑ 9.6K 💬 160 image 2024

We'll have our answer tomorrow!

↑ 5.7K 💬 120 image 2020

I yield my time

↑ 5.4K 💬 66 image 2020

You know shits really bad when Jon Stewart joins Twitter.

↑ 5.2K 💬 94 image 2021

This line gave me goosebumps.

↑ 5K 💬 85 image 2025

John Oliver Sued by Health Insurance Executive Over On-Air Rant

↑ 4.8K 💬 311 link 2025

How to be John Oliver

↑ 4.8K 💬 136 image 2020

John Oliver meets John Oliver

↑ 4.6K 💬 71 video 2021

Danbury’s response: It’s a deal, but you gotta be here to cut the ribbon. Otherwise all you get is a Porta-Potty.

↑ 4.3K 💬 237 video 2020

We got him!

↑ 4.3K 💬 98 image 2020

Communities its size

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

r/lastweektonight, in numbers

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What is r/lastweektonight?
r/lastweektonight ("Last Week Tonight with John Oliver") describes itself this way: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is an American late-night talk show airing Sundays on HBO in the United States and HBO Canada, and on Mondays (originally Tuesdays) on Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom. The half-hour-long show premiered on Sunday, April 27, 2014, and is hosted by comedian John Oliver. LWT takes a satirical look at news, politics and current events on a weekly basis. It was founded in 2014 and has 140.8K members.
How many members does r/lastweektonight have?
r/lastweektonight has about 140.9K members. ViralHunt has tracked 642 of its posts; the biggest reached 9.6K upvotes, which is 68 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/lastweektonight?
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN" reached 9.6K upvotes and 160 comments in 2024, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/lastweektonight.
What subreddits are similar to r/lastweektonight?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Leakednews, r/PopCultureV2, r/SpaceXBets, r/interestingnewsworld, r/circled, r/International.
What kind of posts do best on r/lastweektonight?
Of the posts we hold, 57% are image posts and 16% are link posts.
When is the best time to post on r/lastweektonight?
Across 642 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Friday at 14:00 UTC (3.5K avg upvotes), Thursday at 21:00 UTC (2.6K avg upvotes), Thursday at 03:00 UTC (2.4K 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/lastweektonight?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/lastweektonight has 3.5K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 1 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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