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137.1K members. The best post we have captured here reached 19.2K upvotes, which works out to 140 per 1,000 members.

140peak upvotes per 1,000 members
137.1Kmembers
19.2Kbest post
244most comments
301posts 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.

74% 26%
Image 74% Gallery 26%

What the ceiling looks like

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

My dad and Dolly Parton when he played bass for her. She was wearing a bow on her dress but toddler me ripped it off. Early 2000s

↑ 19.2K 💬 44 image 2026

My Grandma Verna Jean. She passed at 23 when my mom was 3 yo.

↑ 6.3K 💬 244 gallery 2026

A member of the 369th infantry regiment AKA the "Harlem hellfighters" hold the puppy he saved in world War I. Cicra 1911 🪖

↑ 4.2K 💬 32 image 2026

My mom, Debbie, approx. 1960-61. She passed away at 68 on 8/30/26 and I got to rediscover this gem. I always loved this picture and was happy to see …

↑ 3.2K 💬 68 image 2026

One of my favorite photos of my dad (left) and my uncle, circa 1942.

↑ 3K 💬 33 image 2026

From the family files: pic of me drinking next to Dolly Parton ~1974

↑ 2.9K 💬 26 image 2026

My dad in 1948. A great father and solid human passed this week. My heart is broken.

↑ 2.8K 💬 93 image 2026

Glass negative of a family, 1913.

↑ 2.5K 💬 39 image 2026

My aunt and her cat, 1930

↑ 2.3K 💬 15 image 2026

My Dad, Larry, at 15 years old in 1967. He passed away in July of this year after a battle with combined illnesses. He loved his family and classic r…

↑ 1.8K 💬 57 image 2026

Communities its size

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r/oldphotos, in numbers

Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.

How many members does r/oldphotos have?
r/oldphotos has about 137.1K members. ViralHunt has tracked 301 of its posts; the biggest reached 19.2K upvotes, which is 140 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/oldphotos?
"My dad and Dolly Parton when he played bass for her. She was wearing a bow on her dress but toddler me ripped it off. Early 2000s" reached 19.2K upvotes and 44 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/oldphotos.
What subreddits are similar to r/oldphotos?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/greenland, r/Leakednews, r/stevehofstetter, r/StrikeAtPsyche, r/topofreddit, r/PopCultureV2.
What kind of posts do best on r/oldphotos?
Of the posts we hold, 74% are image posts and 26% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/oldphotos?
Across 301 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Monday at 05:00 UTC (1.4K avg upvotes), Friday at 01:00 UTC (1.4K avg upvotes), Sunday at 13:00 UTC (797 avg upvotes). The busiest day is Friday. 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/oldphotos?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/oldphotos has 1.2K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 301 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/oldphotos, 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.