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For photos that are, you know, mildly interesting. Aww, cripes. I didn't know I'd have to write a description. How many words is that so far, like a hundred? Soooo, yeah. Mildly interesting stuff. Stuff that interests you. Mildly. It's in the name, ffs. Founded 2012 · 25.4M members · links only

25.4M members. The best post we have captured here reached 264.2K upvotes, which works out to 10 per 1,000 members.

10peak upvotes per 1,000 members
25.4Mmembers
264.2Kbest post
13.2Kmost comments
5.1Kposts we track

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What actually lands here

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The topics it labels

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What the ceiling looks like

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

Local Mexican restaurant used to be a Chinese restaurant. Instead of painting over a mural, they just put sombreros on the pandas.

↑ 264.2K 💬 3.5K image 2018

Found a random guy who looks like me waiting for the subway the other day.

↑ 222.2K 💬 2.8K image 2025

Found the cliff this Clif bar came from.

↑ 198K 💬 2.4K image 2018

I found a wallet on a Saturday, I left a note in a way so only the real owner could contact me

↑ 193.2K 💬 3.7K image 2025

I put a pinecone in my shower. It closes when I shower and opens again when it dries.

↑ 185.8K 💬 1.5K image 2026

the taco bell in my hometown hasn't been updated since the 90s

↑ 173.9K 💬 3.6K image 2025

I bought some suspiciously perfect bananas yesterday

↑ 169K 💬 2.6K image 2020

My hotel phone in Iceland has a special button that will wake you up if there are northern lights in the sky.

↑ 166.8K 💬 2K image 2021

I have a hereditary gap in my eyebrow

↑ 165.5K 💬 2.7K image 2019

The corrosion on this water tap looks like a map

↑ 164K 💬 1.9K image 2018

Communities its size

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

r/mildlyinteresting, in numbers

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What is r/mildlyinteresting?
r/mildlyinteresting ("For photos that are, you know, mildly interesting") describes itself this way: Aww, cripes. I didn't know I'd have to write a description. How many words is that so far, like a hundred? Soooo, yeah. Mildly interesting stuff. Stuff that interests you. Mildly. It's in the name, ffs. It was founded in 2012 and has 25.4M members.
How many members does r/mildlyinteresting have?
r/mildlyinteresting has about 25.4M members. ViralHunt has tracked 5.1K of its posts; the biggest reached 264.2K upvotes, which is 10 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/mildlyinteresting?
"Local Mexican restaurant used to be a Chinese restaurant. Instead of painting over a mural, they just put sombreros on the pandas." reached 264.2K upvotes and 3.5K comments in 2018, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/mildlyinteresting.
What subreddits are similar to r/mildlyinteresting?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/therewasanattempt, r/me_irl, r/nextfuckinglevel, r/WatchPeopleDieInside, r/oddlysatisfying, r/MadeMeSmile.
What kind of posts do best on r/mildlyinteresting?
Of the posts we hold, 100% are image posts and 0% are question posts.
When is the best time to post on r/mildlyinteresting?
Across 5.1K timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Tuesday at 10:00 UTC (37.7K avg upvotes), Thursday at 14:00 UTC (36K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 11:00 UTC (35.7K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Sunday. 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/mildlyinteresting?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/mildlyinteresting has 153.7K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 880 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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