Nostalgia is often triggered by something reminding you of a happier time. Whether it's an old commercial or a book from your past, it belongs in /r/nostalgia. Here we can take pleasure in reminiscing about the good ol' days... times we shared with loved ones, both humorous and sad. So grab your Pogs, Surge cans and Thriller cassettes, and we'll see you in /r/nostalgia! Founded 2008 · 1.6M members
1.6M members. The best post we have captured here reached
80.2K upvotes, which works out to
49 per 1,000 members.
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.
Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.
What is r/nostalgia?
r/nostalgia describes itself this way: Nostalgia is often triggered by something reminding you of a happier time. Whether it's an old commercial or a book from your past, it belongs in /r/nostalgia. Here we can take pleasure in reminiscing about the good ol' days... times we shared with loved ones, both humorous and sad. So grab your Pogs, Surge cans and Thriller cassettes, and we'll see you in /r/nostalgia. It was founded in 2008 and has 1.6M members.
How many members does r/nostalgia have?
r/nostalgia has about 1.6M members. ViralHunt has tracked 1.2K of its posts; the biggest reached 80.2K upvotes, which is 49 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/nostalgia?
"Peak luxury on buses in the 90s" reached 80.2K upvotes and 898 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/nostalgia.
What subreddits are similar to r/nostalgia?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/StarWarsBattlefront, r/alberta, r/goodnews, r/AnarchyChess, r/minnesota, r/Amazing.
What kind of posts do best on r/nostalgia?
Of the posts we hold, 61% are image posts and 20% are video posts.
When is the best time to post on r/nostalgia?
Across 1.2K timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Monday at 01:00 UTC (19.2K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 18:00 UTC (18.1K avg upvotes), Saturday at 13:00 UTC (12.2K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Thursday. 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/nostalgia?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/nostalgia has 44.5K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 330 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/nostalgia, 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.
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