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r/metalworking

1.1M members. The best post we have captured here reached 4.4K upvotes, which works out to 4 per 1,000 members.

4peak upvotes per 1,000 members
1.1Mmembers
4.4Kbest post
305most comments
300posts 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.

29% 23% 18% 13% 10%
Gallery 29% Image 23% Text 18% Link 13% Question 10% Video 7%

What the ceiling looks like

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

Teaching someone to weld and these were their first 2 ever

↑ 4.4K 💬 285 image 2026

My graduation project for design school

↑ 1.4K 💬 305 gallery 2026

Cutlery bird i made today.

↑ 1.1K 💬 55 gallery 2026

I made a teeny sword!

↑ 651 💬 16 image 2026

Smooth circular welding

↑ 649 💬 43 video 2026

A+ job from engineering, this is going to be really easy to tig.

↑ 426 💬 121 gallery 2026

Stainless Steel Sculptures

↑ 417 💬 22 gallery 2026

Out with the old. In with the new!

↑ 396 💬 56 gallery 2026

I know it's not conventional metal working, but this is what I make in my full time profession. What do you guys think?

↑ 349 💬 47 gallery 2026

Copper belt buckle, inspired by wood grain.

↑ 300 💬 24 gallery 2026

Communities its size

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

r/metalworking, in numbers

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

How many members does r/metalworking have?
r/metalworking has about 1.1M members. ViralHunt has tracked 300 of its posts; the biggest reached 4.4K upvotes, which is 4 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/metalworking?
"Teaching someone to weld and these were their first 2 ever" reached 4.4K upvotes and 285 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/metalworking.
What subreddits are similar to r/metalworking?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/popculture, r/StarWarsBattlefront, r/BlackPeopleofReddit, r/Archaeology, r/illinois, r/PastAndPresentPics.
What kind of posts do best on r/metalworking?
Of the posts we hold, 29% are gallery posts and 23% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/metalworking?
Across 300 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Sunday at 17:00 UTC (381 avg upvotes), Wednesday at 11:00 UTC (374 avg upvotes), Saturday at 15:00 UTC (163 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/metalworking?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/metalworking has 138 upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 300 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/metalworking, not everything the community has ever posted. We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong. Peak per 1,000 members is computed the same way for every community listed. See how we measure.