r/HistoryAnecdotes↗
The quickest way to make yourself the life of the party.
Home to the most interesting, and often humorous, anecdotes and short accounts from history.
174k subscribers139 posts / mo in Sep 202676 authors / mosince 2015
r/HistoryAnecdotes has 174k members (+27% over the last 12 months). It gets about 139 posts a month from 76 people. Top topics: Greco-Persian Wars, Napoleonic Wars and Roman Emperors.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Greco-Persian Wars1.1%
- Napoleonic Wars1.1%
- Roman Emperors1.0%
- Julius Caesar and Roman Empire0.8%
- Alexander the Great0.7%
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- Medium
- Substack
- Upworthy
- Wikimedia
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