District of Columbia. A subreddit for those living in and visiting Washington, DC and the immediate surrounding area. The humidity will pass, and remember: stand on the right, walk on the left. Founded 2008 · 538K members
540.9K members. The best post we have captured here reached
33.2K upvotes, which works out to
61 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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What is r/washingtondc?
r/washingtondc ("District of Columbia") describes itself this way: A subreddit for those living in and visiting Washington, DC and the immediate surrounding area. The humidity will pass, and remember: stand on the right, walk on the left. It was founded in 2008 and has 538K members.
How many members does r/washingtondc have?
r/washingtondc has about 540.9K members. ViralHunt has tracked 1.3K of its posts; the biggest reached 33.2K upvotes, which is 61 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/washingtondc?
"Outside ICE HQ right now!!" reached 33.2K upvotes and 685 comments in 2026, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/washingtondc.
What subreddits are similar to r/washingtondc?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/popculture, r/ProgressiveHQ, r/Snorkblot, r/Yosemite, r/DailyShow, r/complaints.
What kind of posts do best on r/washingtondc?
Of the posts we hold, 33% are text posts and 23% are question posts.
When is the best time to post on r/washingtondc?
Across 1.3K timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Saturday at 15:00 UTC (4.2K avg upvotes), Saturday at 19:00 UTC (3.2K avg upvotes), Saturday at 23:00 UTC (3.1K 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/washingtondc?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/washingtondc has 9.7K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 605 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 We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is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.
Peak per 1,000 members is computed the same way for every community listed.
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