Idiots Towing Things. A subreddit To post clips, gifs, and videos of idiots towing trailers of any sort. Boats, equipment, cargo, all are welcome posts. Situations where a driver definitely SHOULD have used a trailer, are also acceptable. Interesting and/or unusual trailer combinations or towing vehicles are also welcome. Asking for advice so you don't end up here inadvertently is also ok! Founded 2019 · 196.1K members
197.5K members. The best post we have captured here reached
7.6K upvotes, which works out to
38 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.
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Image 47%Video 32%Gallery 15%Link 4%Text 2%
The topics it labels
Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.
Needed a Trailer 19Odd Setup 18Unusual Tow Combo 16Unusual Tow Vehicle 15Seeking Advice 7Self Reporting! 6No Idiots, Just Cool 4Interesting Tow Vehicle 3Ford Fuckin' Ranger!! 1
What the ceiling looks like
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What is r/IdiotsTowingThings?
r/IdiotsTowingThings ("Idiots Towing Things") describes itself this way: A subreddit To post clips, gifs, and videos of idiots towing trailers of any sort. Boats, equipment, cargo, all are welcome posts. Situations where a driver definitely SHOULD have used a trailer, are also acceptable. Interesting and/or unusual trailer combinations or towing vehicles are also welcome. Asking for advice so you don't end up here inadvertently is also ok. It was founded in 2019 and has 196.1K members.
How many members does r/IdiotsTowingThings have?
r/IdiotsTowingThings has about 197.5K members. ViralHunt has tracked 306 of its posts; the biggest reached 7.6K upvotes, which is 38 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/IdiotsTowingThings?
"Glad this woman managed to stay calm!" reached 7.6K upvotes and 325 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/IdiotsTowingThings.
What subreddits are similar to r/IdiotsTowingThings?
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/IdiotsTowingThings?
Of the posts we hold, 47% are image posts and 32% are video posts.
When is the best time to post on r/IdiotsTowingThings?
Across 306 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Monday at 17:00 UTC (2.8K avg upvotes), Friday at 01:00 UTC (2.5K avg upvotes), Wednesday at 03:00 UTC (1.5K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Sunday. 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/IdiotsTowingThings?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/IdiotsTowingThings has 1.8K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 5 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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