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This sub is for tool enthusiasts worldwide to talk about tools, professionals and hobbyists alike. We welcome posts about "new tool day", estate sale/car boot sale finds, "what is this" tool, advice about the best tool for a job, homemade tools, 3D printed accessories, toolbox/shop tours. NSFW content will get you banned. Promotions and ads are not permitted on this sub. NO comments/posts related to politics. We welcome visitors/DIYers asking questions about which tools to use. Founded 2009 · 1M members

1M members. The best post we have captured here reached 36.8K upvotes, which works out to 36 per 1,000 members.

36peak upvotes per 1,000 members
1Mmembers
36.8Kbest post
4Kmost comments
967posts 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.

37% 24% 14% 12%
Image 37% Gallery 24% Text 14% Question 12% Link 6% Video 6%

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 💬 1.8K gallery 2023

I Can't believe it's been 9yrs

↑ 34K 💬 255 image 2026

Joaquin Phoenix swinging a hammer in the movie Signs

↑ 26.1K 💬 985 video 2024

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

↑ 21.3K 💬 1.5K image 2024

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

↑ 17.1K 💬 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 💬 2.8K image 2025

Another way to use calipers.

↑ 14.8K 💬 509 video 2024

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

↑ 14.5K 💬 491 video 2026

Allen Key I was using at work today

↑ 14.3K 💬 815 image 2025

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

↑ 14K 💬 463 image 2026

Communities its size

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

r/Tools, in numbers

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

What is r/Tools?
r/Tools describes itself this way: This sub is for tool enthusiasts worldwide to talk about tools, professionals and hobbyists alike. We welcome posts about "new tool day", estate sale/car boot sale finds, "what is this" tool, advice about the best tool for a job, homemade tools, 3D printed accessories, toolbox/shop tours. NSFW content will get you banned. Promotions and ads are not permitted on this sub. NO comments/posts related to politics. We welcome visitors/DIYers asking questions about which tools to use. It was founded in 2009 and has 1M members.
How many members does r/Tools have?
r/Tools has about 1M members. ViralHunt has tracked 967 of its posts; the biggest reached 36.8K upvotes, which is 36 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/Tools?
"Whose wife donated their $800 rachet to goodwill?" reached 36.8K upvotes and 1.8K comments in 2023, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/Tools.
What subreddits are similar to r/Tools?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/popculture, r/StarWarsBattlefront, r/BlackPeopleofReddit, r/Archaeology, r/illinois, r/economicCollapse.
What kind of posts do best on r/Tools?
Of the posts we hold, 37% are image posts and 24% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/Tools?
Across 967 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Sunday at 19:00 UTC (9.1K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 13:00 UTC (5.2K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 15:00 UTC (4.4K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Saturday. 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/Tools?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/Tools has 10.6K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 321 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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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.