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r/soundsaboutright

Sounds About Right. For news or other stories that are surprising to no one. Founded 2013 · 22.1K members · links only

22K members. The best post we have captured here reached 15.3K upvotes, which works out to 695 per 1,000 members.

695peak upvotes per 1,000 members
22Kmembers
15.3Kbest post
2.6Kmost comments
187posts 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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Image 50% Link 48% Text 1% Question 1% Video 1%

What the ceiling looks like

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

Anti-vaxxer group furious after study they funded debunks vaccine-autism link

↑ 15.3K 💬 889 link 2017

It Can Now be Plainly Said: Trump is Planning a November Coup d’État

↑ 13.6K 💬 568 link 2026

Senator who voted for anti-trans ‘bathroom bill’ busted in hotel with underage boy

↑ 13.5K 💬 647 link 2017

A sacrifice he's willing to make

↑ 9.2K 💬 143 image 2026

MAGA’s Reaction to the Epstein Files Reveals Total Moral Collapse

↑ 9.1K 💬 309 link 2026

U.S. Historian Robert Kagan: "We Are Watching a Country Fall Under Dictatorship Almost Without Resistance"

↑ 9.1K 💬 169 link 2026

Our system is an investment in human dignity. Yours is a GoFundMe waiting to happen.

↑ 8.7K 💬 591 image 2026

DOJ caught deleting file showing Ghislaine Maxwell had interviews that could hurt Trump

↑ 7.8K 💬 80 link 2026

Do you agree with Aoc’s decision to boycott the state of the Union?

↑ 7.3K 💬 1.7K image 2026

MAGA went straight from “America first” & “No New Wars” to “War is good” real quick cause Daddy Drumpf told them to. 🤦‍♂️

↑ 6.8K 💬 2.6K image 2026

Communities its size

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

r/soundsaboutright, in numbers

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

What is r/soundsaboutright?
r/soundsaboutright ("Sounds About Right") describes itself this way: For news or other stories that are surprising to no one. It was founded in 2013 and has 22.1K members.
How many members does r/soundsaboutright have?
r/soundsaboutright has about 22K members. ViralHunt has tracked 187 of its posts; the biggest reached 15.3K upvotes, which is 695 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/soundsaboutright?
"Anti-vaxxer group furious after study they funded debunks vaccine-autism link" reached 15.3K upvotes and 889 comments in 2017, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/soundsaboutright.
What subreddits are similar to r/soundsaboutright?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/greenland, r/Leakednews, r/LetsDiscussThis, r/stevehofstetter, r/StrikeAtPsyche, r/InvictaSolaris.
What kind of posts do best on r/soundsaboutright?
Of the posts we hold, 50% are image posts and 48% are link posts.
When is the best time to post on r/soundsaboutright?
Across 187 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Friday at 17:00 UTC (3.7K avg upvotes), Saturday at 00:00 UTC (3.5K avg upvotes), Saturday at 14:00 UTC (3.5K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Sunday. 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/soundsaboutright?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/soundsaboutright has 4K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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