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33.2K members. The best post we have captured here reached 5.5K upvotes, which works out to 165 per 1,000 members.

165peak upvotes per 1,000 members
33.2Kmembers
5.5Kbest post
692most 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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Text 43% Link 30% Question 20% Image 4% Gallery 2% Video 1%

What the ceiling looks like

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

i quit

↑ 5.5K 💬 214 gallery 2026

What's the craziest story you have about a company not listening to your warnings right before letting you go?

↑ 971 💬 58 question 2026

What’s the quickest way you've managed to shut down a difficult boss or coworker with a clever comeback? How did they react afterward?

↑ 910 💬 102 question 2026

What's the most unreasonable request you've received from your boss?

↑ 772 💬 180 question 2026

What happened after your boss chewed you out for some small infraction in front of the people who work for you?

↑ 674 💬 47 question 2026

What are some of the craziest "employee did something stupid and got fired" stories you've heard/witnessed?

↑ 660 💬 692 question 2026

My Manager Turned My Resignation Into a Public “You’re Fired” Joke After I Agreed to Help With the Transition

↑ 623 💬 114 text 2026

The phrase "No one wants to work these days" is nonsense. People are looking for decent work in every possible way; they just don't want your low-pay…

↑ 496 💬 113 text 2026

First day on the new job...

↑ 392 💬 102 gallery 2026

My company laid off 950 employees two days ago. This morning, the CEO and a board member took bonuses totaling $6.8 million. I'm so furious that I ca…

↑ 308 💬 186 text 2026

Communities its size

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

r/talesfromthejob, in numbers

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

How many members does r/talesfromthejob have?
r/talesfromthejob has about 33.2K members. ViralHunt has tracked 300 of its posts; the biggest reached 5.5K upvotes, which is 165 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/talesfromthejob?
"i quit" reached 5.5K upvotes and 214 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/talesfromthejob.
What subreddits are similar to r/talesfromthejob?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/teslastockholders, r/TheMirrorCult, r/CzechCoconutCommunity, r/InterviewMan, r/news2, r/bondmarket.
What kind of posts do best on r/talesfromthejob?
Of the posts we hold, 43% are text posts and 30% are link posts.
When is the best time to post on r/talesfromthejob?
Across 300 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 15:00 UTC (924 avg upvotes), Sunday at 14:00 UTC (240 avg upvotes), Friday at 11:00 UTC (176 avg upvotes). The busiest day is Thursday. 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/talesfromthejob?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/talesfromthejob has 160 upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 149 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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