Smol crime goes under reported and overlooked too often. If you see a criminal out in the wild, know someone who does or have one living in your home with you right now, don't be alarmed. Calmly post here and we will do our best to help. Don't be a victim, stop r/illegallysmol before it's too late! Founded 2019 · 120.1K members
120K members. The best post we have captured here reached
8K upvotes, which works out to
66 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 50%Video 22%Gallery 19%Link 10%
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What is r/IllegallySmol?
r/IllegallySmol describes itself this way: Smol crime goes under reported and overlooked too often. If you see a criminal out in the wild, know someone who does or have one living in your home with you right now, don't be alarmed. Calmly post here and we will do our best to help. Don't be a victim, stop r/illegallysmol before it's too late. It was founded in 2019 and has 120.1K members.
How many members does r/IllegallySmol have?
r/IllegallySmol has about 120K members. ViralHunt has tracked 301 of its posts; the biggest reached 8K upvotes, which is 66 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/IllegallySmol?
"The Japanese dwarf flying squirrel." reached 8K upvotes and 57 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/IllegallySmol.
What subreddits are similar to r/IllegallySmol?
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/IllegallySmol?
Of the posts we hold, 50% are image posts and 22% are video posts.
When is the best time to post on r/IllegallySmol?
Across 301 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Sunday at 17:00 UTC (2.7K avg upvotes), Thursday at 17:00 UTC (2.7K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 12:00 UTC (1.1K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Friday. 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/IllegallySmol?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/IllegallySmol has 1.8K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 1 posts from it in the last 30 days.
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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/IllegallySmol, 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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