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r/notthebeaverton

Sadly, this is not The Beaverton. Subreddit for Canadian news that is too ridiculous to be real. But it is. Founded 2013 · 45.1K members · links only

44.6K members. The best post we have captured here reached 13.5K upvotes, which works out to 302 per 1,000 members.

302peak upvotes per 1,000 members
44.6Kmembers
13.5Kbest post
1.4Kmost comments
200posts 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.

99%
Link 99% Image 1% Text 1%

What the ceiling looks like

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

Pierre Poilievre named politician most likely to sell out Canada to Trump

↑ 13.5K 💬 847 link 2025

Prospect of Poilievre as PM found to 'induce unease' among Canadians, especially women

↑ 8.9K 💬 647 link 2025

White House official threatens to redraw Canadian border

↑ 6.1K 💬 1.4K link 2025

Canadian authorities display 835 kilograms of seized drugs smuggled across US border into Canada

↑ 5.5K 💬 270 image 2025

Donald Trump puts tariffs on islands inhabited only by penguins

↑ 5.4K 💬 320 link 2025

Trump: ‘I’m really not trolling’ with talk of Canada as 51st state

↑ 4.8K 💬 1K link 2025

William Shatner says Mark Carney should offer to make the U.S. the 11th province

↑ 4.4K 💬 255 link 2025

White House official says he 'never agreed' Canada won't be 51st state in meeting with premiers

↑ 3.8K 💬 850 link 2025

Trump says Ontario ‘not allowed’ to slap surcharge on electricity sent to U.S. states

↑ 3.8K 💬 984 link 2025

CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

↑ 3.8K 💬 317 link 2025

Communities its size

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

r/notthebeaverton, in numbers

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What is r/notthebeaverton?
r/notthebeaverton ("Sadly, this is not The Beaverton") describes itself this way: Subreddit for Canadian news that is too ridiculous to be real. But it is. It was founded in 2013 and has 45.1K members.
How many members does r/notthebeaverton have?
r/notthebeaverton has about 44.6K members. ViralHunt has tracked 200 of its posts; the biggest reached 13.5K upvotes, which is 302 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/notthebeaverton?
"Pierre Poilievre named politician most likely to sell out Canada to Trump" reached 13.5K upvotes and 847 comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/notthebeaverton.
What subreddits are similar to r/notthebeaverton?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/greenland, r/Leakednews, r/LetsDiscussThis, r/stevehofstetter, r/StrikeAtPsyche, r/InvictaSolaris.
What kind of posts do best on r/notthebeaverton?
Of the posts we hold, 99% are link posts and 1% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/notthebeaverton?
Across 200 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Thursday at 18:00 UTC (4.2K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 19:00 UTC (3.2K avg upvotes), Thursday at 02:00 UTC (2.2K 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/notthebeaverton?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/notthebeaverton has 2.9K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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