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r/mesoamerica

Mesoamerica, Aztec, Huastec, Mixtec, Maya, Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacán, Totonac, Zapotec, West Mexico, shaft tomb, Huichol, Cora Founded 2011 · 78.9K members

77.2K members. The best post we have captured here reached 9.9K upvotes, which works out to 128 per 1,000 members.

128peak upvotes per 1,000 members
77.2Kmembers
9.9Kbest post
145most comments
198posts 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.

45% 23% 16% 8%
Image 45% Gallery 23% Link 16% Video 8% Text 7% Question 2%

What the ceiling looks like

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

Centuries before dental clinics, the ancient Maya used sophisticated jade fillings to treat toothaches.

↑ 9.9K 💬 55 image 2026

You can't spell cowardice without ICE — Art by me

↑ 3K 💬 79 image 2026

Xochipala style figurine from around 1000BC Mexico.

↑ 2.5K 💬 48 image 2025

I visited Uxmal recently and I believe it is the most amazing archeological site I have ever seen. 10x more impressive than Chichen Itza.

↑ 2.4K 💬 61 gallery 2026

Tourist Attacked by Locals After Climbing Forbidden Mayan Temple in Mexico

↑ 2.3K 💬 122 link 2025

Mural del Templo Rojo, Cacaxtla

↑ 1.9K 💬 21 video 2025

Lamanai Mayan Ruins, Belize

↑ 1.8K 💬 14 gallery 2025

Porfirio Díaz and me(during the pandemic) with the Aztec Calendar

↑ 1.7K 💬 20 image 2025

700 years since the founding of Tenochtitlan

↑ 1.7K 💬 27 gallery 2025

in Mexico City uncovered an extraordinary Aztec stone chest. Inside were 15 anthropomorphic figurines, Most notably, these figurines were identified …

↑ 1.6K 💬 17 image 2025

Communities its size

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

r/mesoamerica, in numbers

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What is r/mesoamerica?
r/mesoamerica describes itself this way: Mesoamerica, Aztec, Huastec, Mixtec, Maya, Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacán, Totonac, Zapotec, West Mexico, shaft tomb, Huichol, Cora. It was founded in 2011 and has 78.9K members.
How many members does r/mesoamerica have?
r/mesoamerica has about 77.2K members. ViralHunt has tracked 198 of its posts; the biggest reached 9.9K upvotes, which is 128 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/mesoamerica?
"Centuries before dental clinics, the ancient Maya used sophisticated jade fillings to treat toothaches." reached 9.9K upvotes and 55 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/mesoamerica.
What subreddits are similar to r/mesoamerica?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/greenland, r/Leakednews, r/LetsDiscussThis, r/stevehofstetter, r/StrikeAtPsyche, r/InvictaSolaris.
What kind of posts do best on r/mesoamerica?
Of the posts we hold, 45% are image posts and 23% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/mesoamerica?
Across 198 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Sunday at 03:00 UTC (1.6K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 21:00 UTC (1.3K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 18:00 UTC (1.2K 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/mesoamerica?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/mesoamerica has 1.2K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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