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Sadly, this is not the Onion.. For true stories that you could have sworn were from The Onion. Founded 2008 · 26.1M members · links only

26.1M members. The best post we have captured here reached 188.8K upvotes, which works out to 7 per 1,000 members.

7peak upvotes per 1,000 members
26.1Mmembers
188.8Kbest post
11.5Kmost comments
906posts 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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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.

People Are Accusing Robinhood Of Stealing From The Poor To Give To The Rich After It Limited Trading On Gamestop Shares

↑ 188.8K 💬 4.4K link 2021

US Military Could Lose Space Force Trademark to Netflix Series

↑ 136.4K 💬 2.8K link 2020

Meta's threat to close down Facebook and Instagram in Europe backfires as EU leaders embrace shutdown: 'Life would be very good without'

↑ 134.8K 💬 3.7K link 2022

White House threatens to fire anyone who tries to quit

↑ 133.8K 💬 4.1K link 2020

Don't eat or inject yourself with disinfectant, warns FDA commissioner

↑ 130.8K 💬 7K link 2020

Hiker lost on mountain for 24 hours ignored calls from rescuers because he didn’t recognize phone number

↑ 129.9K 💬 3.3K link 2021

Coronavirus homeschooling: 77 percent of parents agree teachers should be paid more after teaching own kids, study says

↑ 122.8K 💬 3.9K link 2020

United States Risks Sanctions From Zimbabwe If Elections Are Not Free And Fair

↑ 118.4K 💬 2.7K link 2020

DoorDash Spent $5.5 Million To Advertise Their $1 Million Charity Donation

↑ 117.6K 💬 3K link 2021

Jake Angeli, horned man who stormed Capitol, refuses to eat as guards won't feed him 'organic food'

↑ 113.6K 💬 7K link 2021

Communities its size

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

r/nottheonion, in numbers

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What is r/nottheonion?
r/nottheonion ("Sadly, this is not the Onion.") describes itself this way: For true stories that you could have sworn were from The Onion. It was founded in 2008 and has 26.1M members.
How many members does r/nottheonion have?
r/nottheonion has about 26.1M members. ViralHunt has tracked 906 of its posts; the biggest reached 188.8K upvotes, which is 7 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/nottheonion?
"People Are Accusing Robinhood Of Stealing From The Poor To Give To The Rich After It Limited Trading On Gamestop Shares" reached 188.8K upvotes and 4.4K comments in 2021, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/nottheonion.
What subreddits are similar to r/nottheonion?
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/nottheonion?
Of the posts we hold, 100% are link posts.
When is the best time to post on r/nottheonion?
Across 906 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Monday at 16:00 UTC (55.7K avg upvotes), Saturday at 22:00 UTC (54.8K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 00:00 UTC (52.1K 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/nottheonion?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/nottheonion has 103.4K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 282 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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