Hostile Architecture. **Hostile architecture** is the deliberate design or alteration of spaces generally considered public, so that it is less useful or comfortable in some way or for some people, generally the homeless or youth. Also known as defensive architecture, hostile design, unpleasant design, exclusionary design, or defensive urban design. Founded 2016 · 176.7K members
176.6K members. The best post we have captured here reached
13.4K upvotes, which works out to
76 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/HostileArchitecture?
r/HostileArchitecture ("Hostile Architecture") describes itself this way: **Hostile architecture** is the deliberate design or alteration of spaces generally considered public, so that it is less useful or comfortable in some way or for some people, generally the homeless or youth. Also known as defensive architecture, hostile design, unpleasant design, exclusionary design, or defensive urban design. It was founded in 2016 and has 176.7K members.
How many members does r/HostileArchitecture have?
r/HostileArchitecture has about 176.6K members. ViralHunt has tracked 266 of its posts; the biggest reached 13.4K upvotes, which is 76 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/HostileArchitecture?
"Thought this was relevant" reached 13.4K upvotes and 113 comments in 2025, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/HostileArchitecture.
What subreddits are similar to r/HostileArchitecture?
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/HostileArchitecture?
Of the posts we hold, 67% are image posts and 12% are gallery posts.
When is the best time to post on r/HostileArchitecture?
Across 266 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Tuesday at 10:00 UTC (4.7K avg upvotes), Sunday at 13:00 UTC (1.9K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 03:00 UTC (1.9K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Wednesday. 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/HostileArchitecture?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/HostileArchitecture has 1.8K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 3 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/HostileArchitecture, 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.
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