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r/Tools

1M members. The best post we have captured here reached 36.8K upvotes, which works out to 37 per 1,000 members.

37peak upvotes per 1,000 members
1Mmembers
36.8Kbest post
4Kmost comments
101posts 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.

62% 24% 13%
Image 62% Video 24% Gallery 13% Text 1%

What the ceiling looks like

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

Whose wife donated their $800 rachet to goodwill?

↑ 36.8K πŸ’¬ 1.8K gallery 2023

I Can't believe it's been 9yrs

↑ 34K πŸ’¬ 255 image 2026

Joaquin Phoenix swinging a hammer in the movie Signs

↑ 26.1K πŸ’¬ 985 video 2024

My son sent me this, couldn’t stop laughing.

↑ 21.3K πŸ’¬ 1.5K image 2024

I did not read the sizes when I ordered this torx set

↑ 17.1K πŸ’¬ 1.1K image 2025

Found at a Thrift Store. Is There a Legitimate Use, Or Should I be Worried my Prints Are On It? LOL

↑ 16.7K πŸ’¬ 2.8K image 2025

Another way to use calipers.

↑ 14.8K πŸ’¬ 509 video 2024

That’s what I call useful innovation in a tools space

↑ 14.5K πŸ’¬ 491 video 2026

Allen Key I was using at work today

↑ 14.3K πŸ’¬ 815 image 2025

Broke my pliers and side cutters… boss came back with these for me

↑ 14K πŸ’¬ 463 image 2026

Communities its size

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

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/Tools, 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 We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong.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.