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r/Mid_Century

"Who ever said that pleasure wasn't functional?" Charles Eames. A community for enthusiasts of Mid Century Modern design. From Charles and Ray Eames to Paul McCobb and Adrian Pearsall. Founded 2011 · 362.5K members

364.5K members. The best post we have captured here reached 61.9K upvotes, which works out to 170 per 1,000 members.

170peak upvotes per 1,000 members
364.5Kmembers
61.9Kbest post
2.1Kmost comments
402posts 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% 27% 11%
Gallery 57% Image 27% Link 11% Text 2% Question 2%

What the ceiling looks like

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

My girlfriend crocheted a mid century style cat couch

↑ 61.9K 💬 416 image 2025

Picked up this 60s light at a thrift shop because it looked funky. Then I plugged it in…

↑ 41.8K 💬 865 gallery 2024

My neighbor gave these to me 🥰

↑ 25.5K 💬 470 gallery 2024

Ditched the landlord special and added some color.

↑ 22.1K 💬 464 gallery 2026

I painted the TV wall.

↑ 17.7K 💬 326 gallery 2026

My recently acquired door did I do good? Lol

↑ 14.8K 💬 165 image 2024

Getting keys tomorrow and looking for ideas

↑ 13.6K 💬 1.4K gallery 2024

Snagged this full set for $100 :)

↑ 13.4K 💬 134 gallery 2025

slowly bringing the 1966 warmth back to our flipped house 💚

↑ 13.2K 💬 551 gallery 2024

After 5 years in our house, we removed our carpets. House built in 1962

↑ 13.2K 💬 190 gallery 2026

Communities its size

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

r/Mid_Century, in numbers

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What is r/Mid_Century?
r/Mid_Century (""Who ever said that pleasure wasn't functional?" Charles Eames") describes itself this way: A community for enthusiasts of Mid Century Modern design. From Charles and Ray Eames to Paul McCobb and Adrian Pearsall. It was founded in 2011 and has 362.5K members.
How many members does r/Mid_Century have?
r/Mid_Century has about 364.5K members. ViralHunt has tracked 402 of its posts; the biggest reached 61.9K upvotes, which is 170 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/Mid_Century?
"My girlfriend crocheted a mid century style cat couch" reached 61.9K upvotes and 416 comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/Mid_Century.
What subreddits are similar to r/Mid_Century?
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/Mid_Century?
Of the posts we hold, 57% are gallery posts and 27% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/Mid_Century?
Across 402 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Friday at 02:00 UTC (14K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 00:00 UTC (7.4K avg upvotes), Saturday at 18:00 UTC (6.4K 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/Mid_Century?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/Mid_Century has 7.6K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 22 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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