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TECH NEWS. Hard-Tech News Founded 2008 · 1.1M members · links only

1.1M members. The best post we have captured here reached 70.9K upvotes, which works out to 65 per 1,000 members.

65peak upvotes per 1,000 members
1.1Mmembers
70.9Kbest post
5.8Kmost comments
199posts 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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What the ceiling looks like

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

Anonymous takes down Kremlin, Russian-controlled media site in cyber attacks

↑ 70.9K 💬 1.4K link 2022

Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds

↑ 54.7K 💬 3.4K link 2022

'Jack Dorsey's First Tweet' NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280

↑ 54.2K 💬 5.8K link 2022

Ukraine government raises over $10 million in cryptocurrency donations

↑ 47.4K 💬 1.1K link 2022

Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes

↑ 46.3K 💬 1.2K link 2022

Anonymous Hackers Claim Responsibility for Russian Government Website Outages, Hacked State TV Broadcasts

↑ 41.3K 💬 633 link 2022

Nationwide ban on TikTok inches closer to reality

↑ 40.2K 💬 4.7K link 2023

Google gives Europe a ‘reject all’ button for tracking cookies after fines from watchdogs

↑ 38.1K 💬 1.1K link 2022

US government to make all research it funds open access on publication - Policy will go into effect in 2026, apply to everything that gets federal mo…

↑ 36.1K 💬 788 link 2022

Robinhood plummets back down to a one-star rating on Google Play

↑ 34.9K 💬 690 link 2021

Communities its size

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

r/technews, in numbers

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

What is r/technews?
r/technews ("TECH NEWS") describes itself this way: Hard-Tech News. It was founded in 2008 and has 1.1M members.
How many members does r/technews have?
r/technews has about 1.1M members. ViralHunt has tracked 199 of its posts; the biggest reached 70.9K upvotes, which is 65 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/technews?
"Anonymous takes down Kremlin, Russian-controlled media site in cyber attacks" reached 70.9K upvotes and 1.4K comments in 2022, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/technews.
What subreddits are similar to r/technews?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/popculture, r/StarWarsBattlefront, r/BlackPeopleofReddit, r/Archaeology, r/illinois, r/PastAndPresentPics.
What kind of posts do best on r/technews?
Of the posts we hold, 100% are link posts.
When is the best time to post on r/technews?
Across 199 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 14:00 UTC (22K avg upvotes), Monday at 14:00 UTC (19.9K avg upvotes), Monday at 13:00 UTC (13.1K 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/technews?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/technews has 26.5K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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