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Running Circlejerk. Jerkers of all things running Founded 2012 · 169.8K members

171.8K members. The best post we have captured here reached 15.1K upvotes, which works out to 88 per 1,000 members.

88peak upvotes per 1,000 members
171.8Kmembers
15.1Kbest post
758most comments
525posts 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.

52% 22% 16%
Image 52% Video 22% Link 16% Text 4% Question 3% Gallery 2%

The topics it labels

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

Poop 23 Shoes 11 Repost! 10 err!! 9 I Could Be A Doctor 9 Literally Hitler 7 Backjacking 6 My Butt Buddy! 5 PoopSmellersAnonymous 3 Doo-Doo 2

What the ceiling looks like

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

"IRAN this. ISRAEL that. IRAN 5KM and the pain ISREAL"

↑ 15.1K 💬 217 image 2026

My partner will never understand

↑ 11.2K 💬 86 video 2024

Never let your family stand in the way of your goals

↑ 9.2K 💬 758 video 2025

Girl invited me to go for a run today. I eagerly agreed, since I’m a semi-professional long-distance runner.

↑ 7.8K 💬 165 text 2025

Running isn’t a choice - it’s a lifestyle

↑ 7.4K 💬 112 video 2024

Going for a run 2000 vs 2023

↑ 7.4K 💬 66 video 2024

What do you think of my technique?

↑ 7K 💬 91 video 2025

Half marathon - Full confidence

↑ 6.6K 💬 208 image 2026

Just broke my PB. Can someone give me some advice on how to improve my time?

↑ 5.5K 💬 172 image 2026

Sub 1 min mile PR attempt

↑ 5.4K 💬 146 image 2025

Communities its size

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

r/RunningCirclejerk, in numbers

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

What is r/RunningCirclejerk?
r/RunningCirclejerk ("Running Circlejerk") describes itself this way: Jerkers of all things running. It was founded in 2012 and has 169.8K members.
How many members does r/RunningCirclejerk have?
r/RunningCirclejerk has about 171.8K members. ViralHunt has tracked 525 of its posts; the biggest reached 15.1K upvotes, which is 88 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/RunningCirclejerk?
""IRAN this. ISRAEL that. IRAN 5KM and the pain ISREAL"" reached 15.1K upvotes and 217 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/RunningCirclejerk.
What subreddits are similar to r/RunningCirclejerk?
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/RunningCirclejerk?
Of the posts we hold, 52% are image posts and 22% are video posts.
When is the best time to post on r/RunningCirclejerk?
Across 525 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Sunday at 10:00 UTC (3.1K avg upvotes), Thursday at 13:00 UTC (3.1K avg upvotes), Saturday at 13:00 UTC (2.7K 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/RunningCirclejerk?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/RunningCirclejerk has 4.3K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 307 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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