r/HolyShitHistory↗
Where history’s wildest, weirdest, and most unbelievable moments will make you say, "Holy shit!"
591k subscribers334 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)129 authors / mosince 2024
r/HolyShitHistory has 591k members (+219% over the last 12 months). It gets about 334 posts a month from 129 people. Top topics: Buried Treasures, Murder and Traitors and Plane Crashes.
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Topics and brands on r/HolyShitHistory
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Buried Treasures0.5%
- Murder and Traitors0.5%
- Plane Crashes0.4%
- Holocaust Concentration Camps0.3%
- Nazi Executions and Trials0.3%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Medium
- Substack
- Find a Grave
- IMDb
- Wikimedia
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