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r/WhaleShark

6.4K members. The best post we have captured here reached 832 upvotes, which works out to 131 per 1,000 members.

131peak upvotes per 1,000 members
6.4Kmembers
832best post
32most 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.

47% 25% 16% 11%
Image 47% Video 25% Link 16% Gallery 11% Text 1%

What the ceiling looks like

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

Releasing a juvenile Whale Shark that was caught in a research net

↑ 832 💬 32 video 2017

Whale shark sucking out fish from holes and tears in a fishing net

↑ 765 💬 31 video 2017

Offshore Florida’s Gulf Coast, scientists chase the world’s largest fish

↑ 404 💬 1 link 2026

Thirsty boy surface feeding!

↑ 389 💬 13 video 2017

Friendly juvenile whale shark inspects a diver's camera [x-post /r/fish]

↑ 367 💬 3 video 2017

Whale shark surprises guests on West Oahu dolphin tour

↑ 326 💬 0 link 2026

Whale Shark following golden trevallies

↑ 310 💬 5 image 2017

Diver gets caught between two feeding whale sharks

↑ 285 💬 6 video 2017

Meet Larry, the giant visitor that is helping scientists unlock ocean mysteries

↑ 274 💬 1 link 2026

Taiwan fishermen free 2 whale sharks from fixed net

↑ 272 💬 0 link 2026

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 We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong.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