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r/poolsNSFW

A community for anyone connected to pools, whether you work with them, care for them, or are puzzled by what shows up in or around them, sharing knowledge, troubleshooting issues, and keeping water clear at every level of experience. Founded 2011 · 176.5K members · text posts only

175.1K members. The best post we have captured here reached 9.9K upvotes, which works out to 57 per 1,000 members.

57peak upvotes per 1,000 members
175.1Kmembers
9.9Kbest post
2.3Kmost comments
103posts 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.

53% 44%
Gallery 53% Image 44% Video 1% Link 1% Text 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.

Builds & Renos 6 Crystal Clear 2 Pool Help & Questions 2 Casual Splash 1 DIY & Repairs 1 Swamp Slayer '26 ⚔️ 1 Water Chemistry 1

What the ceiling looks like

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

My husband and kids really wanted to fix the pool

↑ 9.9K 💬 221 gallery 2026

My backyard transformation with the pool I always wanted. 2021-2023

↑ 5.7K 💬 285 gallery 2023

Just bought a house with a pool and have no idea how to maintain it

↑ 5.2K 💬 1.3K gallery 2023

Why didn't we do this sooner?!?

↑ 4.9K 💬 424 gallery 2024

Sand Filter Lid Keeps Popping Off

↑ 4.8K 💬 561 video 2023

Fresh water swimming pond

↑ 4.6K 💬 569 image 2023

Parents pool is always this color. They swear it’s fine. I don’t want to put my kids in it. What’s the deal?

↑ 4.2K 💬 1.6K image 2024

My work here is done. Customers ready to enjoy the view.

↑ 4.1K 💬 270 gallery 2023

Client called me Thursday, went to the pool Friday, started the clean up process. Before is from Friday and after is Tuesday, quick turn around in 10…

↑ 4K 💬 225 gallery 2023

Mom said her eyes keep burning….

↑ 3.8K 💬 201 image 2023

Communities its size

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

r/pools, in numbers

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

What is r/pools?
r/pools describes itself this way: A community for anyone connected to pools, whether you work with them, care for them, or are puzzled by what shows up in or around them, sharing knowledge, troubleshooting issues, and keeping water clear at every level of experience. It was founded in 2011 and has 176.5K members.
How many members does r/pools have?
r/pools has about 175.1K members. ViralHunt has tracked 103 of its posts; the biggest reached 9.9K upvotes, which is 57 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/pools?
"My husband and kids really wanted to fix the pool" reached 9.9K upvotes and 221 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/pools.
What subreddits are similar to r/pools?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Leakednews, r/SpaceXBets, r/circled, r/International, r/Global_News_Hub, r/FBI.
What kind of posts do best on r/pools?
Of the posts we hold, 53% are gallery posts and 44% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/pools?
Across 103 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 15:00 UTC (3.9K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 18:00 UTC (2.4K avg upvotes), Thursday at 18:00 UTC (1.7K 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/pools?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/pools has 2.8K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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