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r/news

31.5M members. The best post we have captured here reached 37.3K upvotes, which works out to 1 per 1,000 members.

1peak upvotes per 1,000 members
31.5Mmembers
37.3Kbest post
3.7Kmost comments
158posts 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.

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What the ceiling looks like

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

Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits as boot camp outbreak sickens nearly 300

↑ 37.3K πŸ’¬ 1.4K link 2026

Military services again requiring recruits to get flu shots as Air Force outbreak grows

↑ 33.2K πŸ’¬ 1.1K link 2026

Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial postponed indefinitely amid double jeopardy fight

↑ 31.9K πŸ’¬ 1.4K link 2026

Hayden Panettiere dies at 36

↑ 31.4K πŸ’¬ 3K link 2026

Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison

↑ 31.1K πŸ’¬ 3.7K link 2026

Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil killed by Israeli strike

↑ 24.9K πŸ’¬ 689 link 2026

Flint Twp. 7-year-old dies weighing 255 lbs.; parents charged with 2nd-degree murder

↑ 24.2K πŸ’¬ 2.4K link 2026

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show

↑ 22.8K πŸ’¬ 1.1K link 2026

Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against maker of Roundup weedkiller

↑ 20.1K πŸ’¬ 1.5K link 2026

US law to investigate foodborne illness outbreaks has been delayed for 15 years

↑ 19.8K πŸ’¬ 451 link 2026

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/news, 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 We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong.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.