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r/mahabharata

The Mahabharata. r/Mahabharata is a community for discussing the epic Mahabharata- its characters, stories, philosophies, and cultural significance. Works inspired from the epic Mahabharata like poems, novels, songs, tv-serials and retellings are discussed here as well. Join us to explore the timeless wisdom and profound lessons of this ancient text. This subreddit is primarily about Mahabharata but Ramayana can also be discussed here. Founded 2012 · 106.2K members

106.6K members. The best post we have captured here reached 7.4K upvotes, which works out to 69 per 1,000 members.

69peak upvotes per 1,000 members
106.6Kmembers
7.4Kbest post
652most comments
409posts 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.

56% 17% 11% 8% 8%
Image 56% Video 17% Text 11% Question 8% Gallery 8%

The topics it labels

Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.

General discussions 70 Art/pics/etc 69 question 49 Veda Vyasa Mahabharata 36 retellings/tv-serials/folklore/etc 28 meme 27 Character Study 7 Debate / Multiple Views 7 Interpretation / Analysis 5 Ved Vyasa Mahabharata 4

What the ceiling looks like

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

Mahabharat shooting last day..!

↑ 7.4K 💬 61 video 2025

100% AI generated Mahabharata!

↑ 5.9K 💬 280 video 2024

In the biggest Muslim country.

↑ 5.9K 💬 279 image 2025

Could you tell me any interesting story of him that I don’t know?

↑ 4.9K 💬 365 image 2026

Was the 2013 Mahabharat title track the most powerful intro in Indian mythological TV?

↑ 4.8K 💬 170 video 2026

You aren’t Alone, Krishna is always with you 🙏🏼🦚

↑ 4.6K 💬 70 image 2025

साक्षात गोविंद 🌸

↑ 4.4K 💬 73 video 2025

Hope memes are allowed 🤞

↑ 4.2K 💬 45 image 2024

And Krishna asks me to get cold coffee next time

↑ 4.1K 💬 87 video 2025

AI” beautifully depicts how Ved Vyasa met Bhagwaan Ganesha to write the Mahabharata.

↑ 3.7K 💬 72 video 2025

Communities its size

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

r/mahabharata, in numbers

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What is r/mahabharata?
r/mahabharata ("The Mahabharata") describes itself this way: r/Mahabharata is a community for discussing the epic Mahabharata- its characters, stories, philosophies, and cultural significance. Works inspired from the epic Mahabharata like poems, novels, songs, tv-serials and retellings are discussed here as well. Join us to explore the timeless wisdom and profound lessons of this ancient text. This subreddit is primarily about Mahabharata but Ramayana can also be discussed here. It was founded in 2012 and has 106.2K members.
How many members does r/mahabharata have?
r/mahabharata has about 106.6K members. ViralHunt has tracked 409 of its posts; the biggest reached 7.4K upvotes, which is 69 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/mahabharata?
"Mahabharat shooting last day..!" reached 7.4K upvotes and 61 comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/mahabharata.
What subreddits are similar to r/mahabharata?
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/mahabharata?
Of the posts we hold, 56% are image posts and 17% are video posts.
When is the best time to post on r/mahabharata?
Across 409 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Tuesday at 07:00 UTC (2.5K avg upvotes), Thursday at 10:00 UTC (2.4K avg upvotes), Monday at 04:00 UTC (2.4K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Friday. 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/mahabharata?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/mahabharata has 2.9K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 26 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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