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r/whales

Mysticeti and Odontoceti. News, images, videos, conservation, and information about **whales**. Our warm-blooded cousins in the sea! Founded 2010 · 104.7K members

103.8K members. The best post we have captured here reached 9.7K upvotes, which works out to 93 per 1,000 members.

93peak upvotes per 1,000 members
103.8Kmembers
9.7Kbest post
414most comments
100posts 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.

83% 13%
Video 83% Image 13% Gallery 4%

What the ceiling looks like

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

Fishermen save a beluga whale that got stuck on the mud at low tide.

↑ 9.7K 💬 81 video 2026

Whale season here in Hawaii

↑ 9.2K 💬 36 video 2025

A pod of three female sperm whales excitedly swimming and clinging to a passing by male

↑ 7.9K 💬 157 video 2025

Blue whale surfaces near Busselton Jetty, Australia.

↑ 7.2K 💬 33 video 2026

Took this vid on a watch in New England

↑ 6.9K 💬 22 video 2025

Absolutely breathtaking!

↑ 6.6K 💬 48 video 2026

Stranded for 38 Days - Humpbackwhale Timmy was rescued and on his way home to the atlantic from Germany ❤️

↑ 6.2K 💬 414 image 2026

Unexpected encounter with these whales

↑ 5.9K 💬 43 video 2026

Blue Whale and calf - San Diego

↑ 5.7K 💬 57 video 2026

Less than 1% of the human population will ever get to see a Blue Whale, so I guess that means less than .000001% will ever get to see one breach!

↑ 5.6K 💬 169 video 2024

Communities its size

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r/whales, in numbers

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What is r/whales?
r/whales ("Mysticeti and Odontoceti") describes itself this way: News, images, videos, conservation, and information about **whales**. Our warm-blooded cousins in the sea. It was founded in 2010 and has 104.7K members.
How many members does r/whales have?
r/whales has about 103.8K members. ViralHunt has tracked 100 of its posts; the biggest reached 9.7K upvotes, which is 93 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/whales?
"Fishermen save a beluga whale that got stuck on the mud at low tide." reached 9.7K upvotes and 81 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/whales.
What subreddits are similar to r/whales?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/greenland, r/Leakednews, r/LetsDiscussThis, r/stevehofstetter, r/StrikeAtPsyche, r/PopularCultureZone.
What kind of posts do best on r/whales?
Of the posts we hold, 83% are video posts and 13% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/whales?
Across 100 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 03:00 UTC (4.8K avg upvotes), Friday at 02:00 UTC (4.7K avg upvotes), Sunday at 22:00 UTC (4.1K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Friday. 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/whales?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/whales has 4.8K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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