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cringing until you're sad. /r/sadcringe is a place for awkward or embarrassing situations that also make you feel sad. Please note: the 'sad' part of /r/sadcringe is in reference to when something makes you feel sad, it's not about calling someone out for being sad. Founded 2013 · 1.3M members

1.3M members. The best post we have captured here reached 8.6K upvotes, which works out to 7 per 1,000 members.

7peak upvotes per 1,000 members
1.3Mmembers
8.6Kbest post
1Kmost comments
305posts we track

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What actually lands here

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.

50% 31% 9% 8%
Video 50% Image 31% Link 9% Gallery 8% Text 3% Question 1%

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

Trump places improperly sized medal on recipient

↑ 8.6K 💬 300 video 2026

I feel so bad for this woman. Jeez.

↑ 8K 💬 75 video 2026

Drugged Out Uncle Crashes His Nephew's Party

↑ 7.5K 💬 488 video 2026

American people tbh smh

↑ 6.9K 💬 295 image 2026

Yes it’s real

↑ 6.6K 💬 387 image 2026

An athlete who worked extremely hard just for people online to think that it was just for their sexual enjoyment.

↑ 6.4K 💬 352 image 2026

How dare someone makes an effort for their partner

↑ 6.3K 💬 147 image 2026

Highest paid actress in the USA right now

↑ 6.2K 💬 239 video 2026

Reporter: "Why didn't you inform allies before attacking Iran?" Trump: "We wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't yo…

↑ 6K 💬 402 video 2026

Republican Councilman Arrested Passed Out in His Car After Smoking Crack. A week later, He was Arrested Again For Molesting a Child.

↑ 5.8K 💬 118 video 2026

Communities its size

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r/sadcringe, in numbers

Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.

What is r/sadcringe?
r/sadcringe ("cringing until you're sad") describes itself this way: /r/sadcringe is a place for awkward or embarrassing situations that also make you feel sad. Please note: the 'sad' part of /r/sadcringe is in reference to when something makes you feel sad, it's not about calling someone out for being sad. It was founded in 2013 and has 1.3M members.
How many members does r/sadcringe have?
r/sadcringe has about 1.3M members. ViralHunt has tracked 305 of its posts; the biggest reached 8.6K upvotes, which is 7 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/sadcringe?
"Trump places improperly sized medal on recipient" reached 8.6K upvotes and 300 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/sadcringe.
What subreddits are similar to r/sadcringe?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/StarWarsBattlefront, r/BlackPeopleofReddit, r/illinois, r/alberta, r/massachusetts, r/TooMeIrlForMeIrl.
What kind of posts do best on r/sadcringe?
Of the posts we hold, 50% are video posts and 31% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/sadcringe?
Across 305 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Thursday at 16:00 UTC (4.2K avg upvotes), Friday at 05:00 UTC (2.7K avg upvotes), Tuesday at 05:00 UTC (2.4K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Tuesday. 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/sadcringe?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/sadcringe has 4.7K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty.

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/sadcringe, 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. See how we measure.