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r/SXSW

16.9K members. The best post we have captured here reached 1.6K upvotes, which works out to 95 per 1,000 members.

95peak upvotes per 1,000 members
16.9Kmembers
1.6Kbest post
423most comments
194posts 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.

35% 24% 19% 15%
Text 35% Image 24% Link 19% Question 15% Video 6% Gallery 2%

What the ceiling looks like

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

Canadian Independent Music Association Pulls Out of SXSW Amidst ‘Instability’ In the United States

↑ 1.6K 💬 74 link 2025

The state of SXSW London music at 9.30pm on a Friday night

↑ 881 💬 98 image 2025

I'm here and I don't get it

↑ 825 💬 292 text 2024

Two Hardcore Bands Boycotting SXSW Over Military Ties Scheduled to Play U.S. Army-Sponsored Festival Later This Year

↑ 606 💬 186 link 2024

Dozens of artists and speakers pull out of SXSW festival in protest of military and defense industry sponsorships

↑ 580 💬 264 link 2024

Not What It Used To Be!

↑ 378 💬 423 text 2024

Artists dropping out of SXSW in support of Palestine.

↑ 311 💬 202 text 2024

SXSW Free Events for 2025 (362 RSVPs, Unofficial Guide)

↑ 273 💬 5 text 2025

Pedestrian killed in accident last night

↑ 236 💬 69 image 2024

How it went with just a wristband

↑ 226 💬 30 text 2024

Communities its size

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

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/SXSW, 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 We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong.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.