r/velvethippos↗

For positive images and videos of velvet hippos.

Home for Hopeful Hippos and Positive Pitties

220k subscribers742 posts / mo in Sep 2026339 authors / mosince 2019

r/velvethippos has 220k members (+9.1% over the last 12 months). It gets about 742 posts a month from 339 people. Top topics: Happy Hippos, Baby Hippos and Adoptable Dogs.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+9.1%in 12 months · +1.5% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month

Oct 2026219k

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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+32%vs Sep 2025 · +6.1% last 3 months vs the 3 before

Sep 2026742

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Topics and brands on r/velvethippos

Brands people mention

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24petconnect
Petharbor
Gofund
TikTok
Zeffy

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research