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The most reblogged Tumblr posts of 2020

579 posts measured from 2020, across 167 blogs, topping out at 12.4K notes.

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What 2020 was about

#101dalmatiansedit · 25.7K #(ish) · 22K #:mine · 18.8K #1500s · 18.4K #13th century · 18.4K #1400s · 16.1K #*2k · 15.7K #10th century · 11.5K #12th century · 7.6K #*colours · 7K #13th century art · 6.6K #1610s · 4.8K

These are the tags that led us to the year's biggest posts, ranked by the notes those posts earned — our path in, not a census of everything Tumblr tagged.

Most reblogged

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Tumblr post by @bladesrunner: At that time, I lived with my pet in a bachelor flat just off of Regent's Park.
At that time, I lived with my pet in a bachelor flat just off of Regent's Park. It was a beautiful spring day, a tedious time o… @bladesrunner · photo · 2020-11-25
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Tumblr post by @cy-lindric: Two pages and a message
Two pages and a message @cy-lindric · photo · 2020-05-04
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Tumblr post by @theancientwayoflife: • Snake from Set of Zodiac Figures. Date: A.D. 618-907 Place of origin: China Me
• Snake from Set of Zodiac Figures. Date: A.D. 618-907 Place of origin: China Medium: Earthenware with white slip and traces of... @theancientwayoflife · text · 2020-07-30
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Tumblr post by @demotulibrorum: Liber de naturis bestiarum, 13th century. GIFed by Pamela Chougne (@coucoutuveux
Liber de naturis bestiarum, 13th century. GIFed by Pamela Chougne (@coucoutuveuxvoirmesgifs) @demotulibrorum · photo · 2020-04-23
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Tumblr post by @ewkpop: (this is what i’m hoping to see at the gates of heaven) ©
(this is what i’m hoping to see at the gates of heaven) © @ewkpop · photo · 2020-01-31
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Tumblr post by @rubenista: Jan Brueghel, Still Life with Garland of Flowers and Chalice (detail), 1518. Oil
Jan Brueghel, Still Life with Garland of Flowers and Chalice (detail), 1518. Oil on panel, 52.5 x 47.5 cm. Royal Museums of Fin… @rubenista · photo · 2020-06-06
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For the last time, necromancy is the art of communing with the spirits of the hereafter. You need to have a skeleton on hand in... @prokopetz · text · 2020-01-01
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Tumblr post by @animationsource: #for a bad day
#for a bad day @animationsource · photo · 2020-11-17
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Tumblr post by @raven-m-3: Leo, Lyra, and Scorpius Malfoy. Photo taken July 2022 by Roger Granger. ********
Leo, Lyra, and Scorpius Malfoy. Photo taken July 2022 by Roger Granger. ******** So I’ve been chatting a lot with @kumatan0720​… @raven-m-3 · text · 2020-04-09
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Environmental impact aside, the practice of permanent corpse preservation is bad because the former practice it replaced whereb… @prokopetz · text · 2020-08-07
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Tumblr post by @ars-videndi: Noravank monastery, Armenia
Noravank monastery, Armenia @ars-videndi · photo · 2020-02-02
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Tumblr post by @theancientwayoflife: ~ Pair of doors. Place of origin: Gannat Date: A.D. 1200-1300 Medium: Oak with w
~ Pair of doors. Place of origin: Gannat Date: A.D. 1200-1300 Medium: Oak with wrought iron. @theancientwayoflife · text · 2020-11-24
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Tumblr post by @monxgifs: let’s do the things that we can’t say
let’s do the things that we can’t say @monxgifs · photo · 2020-09-04
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Tumblr post by @monxgifs: wonho // photoshoot making film 🌱
wonho // photoshoot making film 🌱 @monxgifs · photo · 2020-09-05
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Tumblr post by @ewkpop: pouring milk🥛
pouring milk🥛 @ewkpop · photo · 2020-07-10
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Tumblr post by @househunting: $895,000//5 br/5390 sq ft South Berwick, ME built in 1698
$895,000//5 br/5390 sq ft South Berwick, ME built in 1698 @househunting · photo · 2020-02-05
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Tumblr post by @bladesrunner: Jasper! Jasper, you idiot! How dare you call here? We don’t want no more of this
Jasper! Jasper, you idiot! How dare you call here? We don’t want no more of this, we want our boodle! We’ll settle for half! ... @bladesrunner · photo · 2020-09-30
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Tumblr post by @assassin1513: 🍁Hello November 🍁 gifs made by me :)
🍁Hello November 🍁 gifs made by me :) @assassin1513 · text · 2020-11-01
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Tumblr post by @aubrey-plaza: The only thing that comes to mind is a poem, whispered by someone in love, hundr
The only thing that comes to mind is a poem, whispered by someone in love, hundreds of years ago, “Unable to perceive the shape... @aubrey-plaza · photo · 2020-12-17
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Why do cartoon characters have so many femurs? @prokopetz · text · 2020-02-24
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Tumblr post by @monxgifs: happy birthday to our poetic prince chae hyungwon ♡
happy birthday to our poetic prince chae hyungwon ♡ @monxgifs · photo · 2020-01-14
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Tumblr post by @monxgifs: shownu × beauty+
shownu × beauty+ @monxgifs · photo · 2020-04-27
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Tumblr post by @curiouscatalog: From: Guillim, John, 1565-1621. A display of heraldrie. London : Printed by Will
From: Guillim, John, 1565-1621. A display of heraldrie. London : Printed by William Hall for Raphe Mab, 1611 CR19 .G8 1611 @curiouscatalog · photo · 2020-11-13
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Tumblr post by @monxgifs: i'm talkin bout now girl let's not wait
i'm talkin bout now girl let's not wait @monxgifs · photo · 2020-09-12
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Tumblr post by @jeannepompadour: Frecoes from Castello della Manta, attributed to the anonymous Master of Castell
Frecoes from Castello della Manta, attributed to the anonymous Master of Castello della Manta. The frescoes, completed soon... @jeannepompadour · photo · 2020-12-07
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Tumblr post by @monxgifs: wonho ⇴ losing you mv
wonho ⇴ losing you mv @monxgifs · photo · 2020-08-14
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Tumblr post by @moroccanmanga: A page from the Arabic version of Kalila wa dimna, dated 1210 CE, illustrating t
A page from the Arabic version of Kalila wa dimna, dated 1210 CE, illustrating the King of the Crows conferring with his... @moroccanmanga · text · 2020-08-24
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Tumblr post by @theancientwayoflife: ~ The Ife Head Culture: Yoruba Date: 14th-15th century Place of origin: Nigeria;
~ The Ife Head Culture: Yoruba Date: 14th-15th century Place of origin: Nigeria; Osun State, Ife Medium: Brass @theancientwayoflife · text · 2020-08-06
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Tumblr post by @sidecouple: When can the puppies leave their mother? Two weeks? Three weeks? ...
When can the puppies leave their mother? Two weeks? Three weeks? ... @sidecouple · photo · 2020-02-01
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Tumblr post by @rubenista: Joos van Cleve, The Death of Lucretia (detail), c. 1520-1525. Oil on oak panel,
Joos van Cleve, The Death of Lucretia (detail), c. 1520-1525. Oil on oak panel, 76 x 54 cm. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. @rubenista · photo · 2020-09-30
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The blogs behind them

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@theancientwayoflife 50 posts we hold from 2020
32.6Knotes total
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@ewkpop 26 posts we hold from 2020
18.8Knotes total
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@monxgifs 6 posts we hold from 2020
15.7Knotes total
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@bladesrunner 2 posts we hold from 2020
15.2Knotes total
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@prokopetz 8 posts we hold from 2020
14.6Knotes total
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@history-of-fashion 88 posts we hold from 2020
12.1Knotes total
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@cy-lindric 1 posts we hold from 2020
11.2Knotes total
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@rubenista 16 posts we hold from 2020
10Knotes total
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@demotulibrorum 4 posts we hold from 2020
7.8Knotes total
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@ars-videndi 8 posts we hold from 2020
6.1Knotes total

Notes are likes, reblogs and replies added together — Tumblr's own number, which its API does not break apart.

These are the 579 posts from 2020 that we hold, not every post Tumblr published that year. Nobody has that; this is a measured sample of what travelled furthest.