Historical Costuming. The art and appreciation of historical costuming whether it's your own work, something you bought, or inspiration you enjoy. Share your photos, your suggestions, your skills, and your thoughts on historical costumes. Founded 2012 · 126.5K members
128.1K members. The best post we have captured here reached
18K upvotes, which works out to
140 per 1,000 members.
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.
Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.
What is r/HistoricalCostuming?
r/HistoricalCostuming ("Historical Costuming") describes itself this way: The art and appreciation of historical costuming whether it's your own work, something you bought, or inspiration you enjoy. Share your photos, your suggestions, your skills, and your thoughts on historical costumes. It was founded in 2012 and has 126.5K members.
How many members does r/HistoricalCostuming have?
r/HistoricalCostuming has about 128.1K members. ViralHunt has tracked 311 of its posts; the biggest reached 18K upvotes, which is 140 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/HistoricalCostuming?
"Finished Robe à l’Anglaise" reached 18K upvotes and 428 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/HistoricalCostuming.
What subreddits are similar to r/HistoricalCostuming?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Trumpvirus, r/alaska, r/Louisiana, r/popculture, r/Antimoneymemes, r/BlueskySkeets.
What kind of posts do best on r/HistoricalCostuming?
Of the posts we hold, 38% are gallery posts and 29% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/HistoricalCostuming?
Across 311 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Saturday at 15:00 UTC (1.7K avg upvotes), Friday at 16:00 UTC (1.3K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 05:00 UTC (742 avg upvotes). The busiest day is Monday. 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/HistoricalCostuming?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/HistoricalCostuming has 1.4K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 9 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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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 We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is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.
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