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r/TalesFromTheCrypt

14.6K members. The best post we have captured here reached 967 upvotes, which works out to 66 per 1,000 members.

66peak upvotes per 1,000 members
14.6Kmembers
967best post
115most comments
300posts 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 37% Text 24% Video 15% Question 10% Gallery 8% Link 6%

The topics it labels

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

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What the ceiling looks like

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

R.I.P. Tim Curry

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As a kid, seeing the Crypt Keeper’s origin story was one of the most shocking moments on television.

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One of the best episodes. RIP to such a dynamic actor.

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Greg Nicotero, John Kassir and a new CK πŸ€”πŸ€”πŸ€”πŸ€”t

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It’s here!

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"Crypt Keeper" - my oil painting 12"x16"

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The original model for the Crypt Keeper's haunted house from the Tales from the Crypt intro, 1989

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The first three seasons of Tales from the Crypt are now streaming on Shudder. The remaining seasons will roll out weekly through mid-June.

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The Crypt Keeper and some special guests on the show.

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Finished Painting This Crypt Keeper 3D Print

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Communities its size

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

r/TalesFromTheCrypt, in numbers

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

How many members does r/TalesFromTheCrypt have?
r/TalesFromTheCrypt has about 14.6K members. ViralHunt has tracked 300 of its posts; the biggest reached 967 upvotes, which is 66 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/TalesFromTheCrypt?
"R.I.P. Tim Curry" reached 967 upvotes and 37 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/TalesFromTheCrypt.
What subreddits are similar to r/TalesFromTheCrypt?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/GhostMesh48, r/FinalRoundAI, r/teslastockholders, r/ExploreFortMyers, r/TheMirrorCult, r/CzechCoconutCommunity.
What kind of posts do best on r/TalesFromTheCrypt?
Of the posts we hold, 37% are image posts and 24% are text posts.
When is the best time to post on r/TalesFromTheCrypt?
Across 300 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 16:00 UTC (386 avg upvotes), Sunday at 17:00 UTC (306 avg upvotes), Monday at 01:00 UTC (243 avg upvotes). The busiest day is Monday. 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/TalesFromTheCrypt?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/TalesFromTheCrypt has 381 upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 59 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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ViralHunt tracks Reddit and eight other networks, records how every post grows, and puts what is taking off in front of your team in one list.

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