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Libraries and librarians. A place to discuss all aspects of libraries and library work. Subreddit icon: "book" by smallcurio, CC BY 2.0, https://flic.kr/p/2aGBkSF Subreddit banner: "Books" by Gael Varoquaux, CC BY 2.0, https://flic.kr/p/EUh17c Founded 2008 · 159.1K members

158.5K members. The best post we have captured here reached 8.1K upvotes, which works out to 51 per 1,000 members.

51peak upvotes per 1,000 members
158.5Kmembers
8.1Kbest post
370most comments
616posts 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.

43% 23% 19% 10%
Text 43% Question 23% Link 19% Image 10% Gallery 3% 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.

Other 139 Books & Materials 70 Job Hunting 67 Technology 60 Patron Issues 54 Staffing/Employment Issues 41 Programs & Programming 38 Library Trends 34 Education - Library School 28 Venting & Commiseration 27

What the ceiling looks like

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

Truth

↑ 8.1K 💬 55 image 2026

Our libraries Dolly Display

↑ 7.4K 💬 23 gallery 2026

It feels so rare to see an influential person her age who fully believes in the power of libraries.

↑ 7K 💬 73 video 2026

I have been making these for friends’ weddings and baby showers - here’s mine!

↑ 4.8K 💬 63 image 2026

Dolly Parton and Tim Curry book tribute at NYPL's Mid Manhattan branch ❤️

↑ 3.4K 💬 9 gallery 2026

A small-town library's "Bye Bye AI" class helps patrons disable AI features on their phones

↑ 3.3K 💬 40 link 2026

Last place with no advertisements

↑ 3.1K 💬 113 image 2026

Helsinki's Library

↑ 2.3K 💬 33 image 2026

The Donald Trump/Jeffrey Epstein Files bookmobile is going on tour

↑ 2.2K 💬 22 link 2026

excuse me?

↑ 2.2K 💬 142 image 2026

Communities its size

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

r/Libraries, in numbers

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

What is r/Libraries?
r/Libraries ("Libraries and librarians") describes itself this way: A place to discuss all aspects of libraries and library work. Subreddit icon: "book" by smallcurio, CC BY 2.0, https://flic.kr/p/2aGBkSF Subreddit banner: "Books" by Gael Varoquaux, CC BY 2.0, https://flic.kr/p/EUh17c. It was founded in 2008 and has 159.1K members.
How many members does r/Libraries have?
r/Libraries has about 158.5K members. ViralHunt has tracked 616 of its posts; the biggest reached 8.1K upvotes, which is 51 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/Libraries?
"Truth" reached 8.1K upvotes and 55 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/Libraries.
What subreddits are similar to r/Libraries?
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/Libraries?
Of the posts we hold, 43% are text posts and 23% are question posts.
When is the best time to post on r/Libraries?
Across 616 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 18:00 UTC (1.6K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 12:00 UTC (1.4K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 22:00 UTC (891 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/Libraries?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/Libraries has 1.2K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 158 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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