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TheDepthsBelow: Because we all know there are things lurking underwater.. 71% of the earth's surface is covered by water according to NOAA. That only gives us 29% where we're safe. If an animal the size of a blue whale can disappear for months at a time, what else is down there? We're here to show you. ___________________________________________ Fuck u/Spez Founded 2013 · 1.4M members

1.4M members. The best post we have captured here reached 58.1K upvotes, which works out to 42 per 1,000 members.

42peak upvotes per 1,000 members
1.4Mmembers
58.1Kbest post
2.7Kmost comments
105posts 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.

78% 19%
Video 78% Image 19% Gallery 3%

The topics it labels

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What the ceiling looks like

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

When something from The Depths Below makes it's way onto land...

↑ 58.1K 💬 2.1K video 2022

Strange W shaped pupil of a Cuttlefish

↑ 56.9K 💬 1.1K gallery 2024

Huge sixgill sharks spotted by submarine, eating a whale carcass. They then decide to smash into the submarine

↑ 55.7K 💬 1.1K video 2024

angler fish spotted swimming vertically to the surface on the coast of Tenerife 😱

↑ 53.3K 💬 2.4K video 2025

Footage from the Mariana Trench. 10,792 meters (36,000 feet) below the ocean surface.

↑ 50.4K 💬 1.2K video 2022

Just the largest animal to ever live on our planet coming up for air...

↑ 48.4K 💬 1.6K video 2021

Giant Squid makes an appearance in Tokyo Bay

↑ 43.2K 💬 2K video 2018

A deep-sea creature rarely seen by humans called the oarfish has washed ashore in Mexico!

↑ 41.1K 💬 1.4K video 2025

"Hi, Nice shoes by the way!"

↑ 39.4K 💬 570 video 2025

Incredible little fishy 🐟

↑ 36.8K 💬 1.3K video 2024

Communities its size

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

r/TheDepthsBelow, in numbers

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What is r/TheDepthsBelow?
r/TheDepthsBelow ("TheDepthsBelow: Because we all know there are things lurking underwater.") describes itself this way: 71% of the earth's surface is covered by water according to NOAA. That only gives us 29% where we're safe. If an animal the size of a blue whale can disappear for months at a time, what else is down there? We're here to show you. ___________________________________________ Fuck u/Spez. It was founded in 2013 and has 1.4M members.
How many members does r/TheDepthsBelow have?
r/TheDepthsBelow has about 1.4M members. ViralHunt has tracked 105 of its posts; the biggest reached 58.1K upvotes, which is 42 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/TheDepthsBelow?
"When something from The Depths Below makes it's way onto land..." reached 58.1K upvotes and 2.1K comments in 2022, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/TheDepthsBelow.
What subreddits are similar to r/TheDepthsBelow?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/StarWarsBattlefront, r/alberta, r/massachusetts, r/goodnews, r/AnarchyChess, r/Indiana.
What kind of posts do best on r/TheDepthsBelow?
Of the posts we hold, 78% are video posts and 19% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/TheDepthsBelow?
Across 105 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Sunday at 22:00 UTC (24.2K avg upvotes), Sunday at 16:00 UTC (18.2K avg upvotes), Friday at 19:00 UTC (17.8K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Sunday. 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/TheDepthsBelow?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/TheDepthsBelow has 24K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 3 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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