Revealing The 2022 Reddit Recap
Our annual Reddit Recap is here! With more than 100,000 active communities from around the world across Reddit, there are a lot of conversations happening in any given moment. So we jump in our very own wayback machine to provide insight into 2022's most memorable moments, highlight our most active communities, and reveal the biggest conversation drivers on Reddit and beyond.
Most-viewed communities in Canada:
r/amitheasshole
r/askreddit
r/worldnews
r/nba
r/personalfinancecanada
r/canada
r/antiwork
r/hockey
r/vancouver
r/ontario
Most-engaged communities in Canada:
r/askreddit
r/canada
r/worldnews
r/amitheasshole
r/ontario
r/personalfinancecanada
r/hockey
r/ottawa
r/teenagers
r/vancouver
Most-upvoted posts in Canada:
r/interestingasfuck: In 1996 Ukraine handed over nuclear weapons to Russia "in exchange for a guarantee never to be threatened or invaded".
r/place: we did it yall stop bullying us now ��
r/aww: Man stops to rescue kitten, gets ambushed by platoon
r/place: Full screenshot of r/place in 2022
r/interestingasfuck Ukrainian ambassador to the UN pretty much tells Putin to kill himself: "If he wants to kill himself, he doesn't need to use nuclear arsenal. He has to do what the guy in Berlin did in a bunker in May 1945"
Most-upvoted AMAs in Canada:
r/movies: Hello, I’m Nicolas Cage and welcome to Ask Me Anything
r/iama: I am Jon Stewart, host of The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV, and I’m here to talk with you about the stock market. AMA!
r/iama: I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and author of “How to Prevent the Next Pandemic.” Ask Me Anything.
r/iama: I'm LeVar Burton, host of LeVar Burton Reads. AMA!
r/canada: We’re The Tragically Hip, and we’re doing our first ever AMA in r/Canada today 1PM EST
Some of our favourite memories out of Canada:
Canadians work together in a difficult situation
An artist draws Canada with one continuous line
Now onto the fun, weird, exciting, and heartwarming Reddit moments of the past year around the world. This year, redditors leaned into their humanness and normalized messing up. r/tifu (which means Today I F***ed Up) jumped 20 positions in just one year, going from the #47 most-viewed community to #27. Whether people wanted to share about their music choices, misuse of office supplies, or chaotic work video calls, they knew where to find their community in r/tifu.
Redditors continued to keep it real with their desire for genuine feedback from others, so much that r/amitheasshole became the #1 most-viewed community on the platform. Here people asked if they were wrong for things like teaching their 4-year-old niece a new word and questionable paper airplane contest strategies.. r/AskReddit rose to become the #2 most-viewed community on the platform and the curiosity of opinions didn’t stop there—r/AskMen and r/AskWomen saw
respective 59% and 52% increases in views this year, compared to last year, as people sought honest conversations there, from inspiring quotes to quality of life.
Alongside this shift toward embracing humanness, many redditors sought out wholesome and joyful moments to upvote and comment on. You know, spreading the love! Enter: r/mademesmile, which saw a 45% increase in views compared to last year—making it the #38 most-viewed subreddit overall. Some of the biggest smiles came from posts about brave cancer survivors, sleepy baby otters, and proposals in mid-air.
Redditors didn’t just learn about themselves—they also learned about the world around them and beyond. There was a major movement to understand what was happening across the globe and not just in their backyards, as r/worldnews became the #3 most-viewed community. r/ukraine had 1.8 billion views (a 76,000% increase from last year) and 6M+ posts and comments in 2022 alone, showing how redditors cared to stay informed and show their support. In the tech category, r/space went from the #11 to the #4 most-viewed subreddit, a 79% year-over-year (YoY) increase in views, and an awe-inspiring tool allowed redditors to explore outer space further.
Expanding on last year’s focus on URL to IRL, where redditors were catalysts for change both online and in the real world, this year redditors didn’t just talk about climate change, they also took action. Communities like r/nolawns, r/climateoffensive, and r/guerillagardening all saw massive increases in views, which hopefully resulted in increased sustainability and climate advocacy. Redditors shared climate change research, grass-free yard inspiration, and more.