The Boys. THE BOYS is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about “The Seven,” and their formidable Vought backing. We also discuss the satellite shows Diabolical, Gen V, and Vought Rising. Founded 2011 · 1.9M members
1.9M members. The best post we have captured here reached
56.9K upvotes, which works out to
29 per 1,000 members.
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%Gallery 22%Text 12%Question 10%Video 6%
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Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.
What is r/TheBoys?
r/TheBoys ("The Boys") describes itself this way: THE BOYS is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about “The Seven,” and their formidable Vought backing. We also discuss the satellite shows Diabolical, Gen V, and Vought Rising. It was founded in 2011 and has 1.9M members.
How many members does r/TheBoys have?
r/TheBoys has about 1.9M members. ViralHunt has tracked 509 of its posts; the biggest reached 56.9K upvotes, which is 29 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/TheBoys?
"Some fans were actually confused" reached 56.9K upvotes and 213 comments in 2024, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/TheBoys.
What subreddits are similar to r/TheBoys?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/StarWarsBattlefront, r/goodnews, r/AnarchyChess, r/minnesota, r/Amazing, r/PcBuild.
What kind of posts do best on r/TheBoys?
Of the posts we hold, 50% are image posts and 22% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/TheBoys?
Across 509 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Saturday at 13:00 UTC (28.8K avg upvotes), Monday at 16:00 UTC (25K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 12:00 UTC (21.7K 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/TheBoys?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/TheBoys has 31.6K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 87 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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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.
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