Reddit Trends Newsletter - August 9th Edition

Top of the charts 📈

Most viewed subreddits

1. r/askreddit
2. r/mildlyinfuriating
3. r/facepalm
4. r/aitah
5. r/bestofredditorupdates

Fastest-growing subreddits by views

1. r/culturallayer
2. r/petadvice
3. r/trucks
4. r/bananasforscale
5. r/musictheory

Top viewed posts 

1. What happened to the smartest kid in your class? (via r/askreddit)
2. Neighbor built a pergola that hangs clear over into my yard space. (via r/mildlyinfuriating)
3. What happened to the bully in your class? (via r/askreddit)
4. Why are younger guys these days interested in middle aged women?? (via r/ask)
5. AITAH for walking out of my sister's wedding after finding out why my son was excluded? (via r/aitah)

Methodology: Reddit Global Data as of 8/7/2023

What’s hot 🔥 in: 

Food 🥘

• r/Cooking: Kitchen tools you never knew you needed? 
• r/Starbucks: Customer almost made me cry (*but happy tears) 
• r/food: A taco box

Beauty 💄

• r/SkincareAddiction: [PSA] Don’t use Korean sunscreens at high altitude 
• r/beauty: What surprised you at how quickly it worked? 
• r/30PlusSkincare: When we think "skin goals" we focus a lot on celebs who look young despite their age. Which celebs look their age, but still look incredible?

Entertainment 🎞️

• r/AITAH: AITA for breaking up with my boyfriend over the Barbie movie 
• r/movies: Have you ever met an actor IRL and talked in depth about one of their movies with them? 
• r/TaylorSwift: Swifties are the nicest people I've ever met 

Travel ✈️

• r/travel: What is the dumbest travel mistake you've made? 
• r/geography: Which national capital is the least treated as a capital in practice?
• r/LifeProTips: LPT Request: Long flight sleeping assistance (neck pillows, other recommendations) 

Something to make you smile 😊:

• r/Embroidery: Mrs. Doubtfire with whipped cream face (please be gentle this was a silly idea I needed to see thru ) (OC)

Reddit Extras: 

• r/antiwork celebrates its 10th Cake Day next week on August 14
• Top Post (All-Time): Quit my job last night, it was nice to be home to make the kids breakfast and take them to school today! Off to hunt for a new opportunity, wish me luck :) 

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