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r/ParentsAreFuckingDumbNSFW

Parents are just really fucking stupid sometimes. Welcome to ParentsAreFuckingDumb, the ultimate subreddit to share and laugh at the most mind-boggling, hilarious, and downright ridiculous things parents say and do. Founded 2018 · 284.2K members · links only

284.2K members. The best post we have captured here reached 10.9K upvotes, which works out to 38 per 1,000 members.

38peak upvotes per 1,000 members
284.2Kmembers
10.9Kbest post
960most comments
400posts 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.

68% 29%
Video 68% Image 29% Link 3% Gallery 1%

The topics it labels

Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.

Parent stupidity 182 Shitpost 13 NSFL 2 Babysitter stupidity 2

What the ceiling looks like

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

And i know that from home

↑ 10.9K 💬 153 image 2021

They'd better not sue when that child is yeeted off a ride like a drunken flea.

↑ 10.9K 💬 301 image 2020

Mother accidentally pushes kid in water

↑ 10.6K 💬 279 video 2024

My parents think this is a cute decoration..

↑ 10.4K 💬 760 image 2020

Oh Dear Mom

↑ 10.1K 💬 79 image 2025

Really stuck it to her

↑ 10K 💬 850 video 2021

We Know Everything About You.....

↑ 9.8K 💬 119 image 2021

Issa routine nowadays

↑ 9.2K 💬 82 image 2020

I feel like this fits here better

↑ 9.1K 💬 211 image 2021

Parents theory.

↑ 9.1K 💬 51 image 2020

Communities its size

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

r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb, in numbers

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What is r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb?
r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb ("Parents are just really fucking stupid sometimes") describes itself this way: Welcome to ParentsAreFuckingDumb, the ultimate subreddit to share and laugh at the most mind-boggling, hilarious, and downright ridiculous things parents say and do. It was founded in 2018 and has 284.2K members.
How many members does r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb have?
r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb has about 284.2K members. ViralHunt has tracked 400 of its posts; the biggest reached 10.9K upvotes, which is 38 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb?
"And i know that from home" reached 10.9K upvotes and 153 comments in 2021, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb.
What subreddits are similar to r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Global_News_Hub, r/FBI, r/Trumpvirus, r/alaska, r/Whistleblowers, r/Louisiana.
What kind of posts do best on r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb?
Of the posts we hold, 68% are video posts and 29% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb?
Across 400 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Friday at 14:00 UTC (7.9K avg upvotes), Thursday at 15:00 UTC (6.7K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 04:00 UTC (4.9K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Wednesday. 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/ParentsAreFuckingDumb?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/ParentsAreFuckingDumb has 7.4K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 6 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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