r/HistoryMemes is a subreddit with 12.7M members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and news, and the community frequently discusses looking for, history, worst, hate, and struggling.
A place for history memes about events occurring over 20 years ago.
Popular Themes in r/HistoryMemes
#1
Pain & Anger
: "It is crazy how Whitewashed outright slavery is based on a few rules that were on paper"
7 posts
#2
News
: "The U.S. military expected to suffer 40,000 casualties in Operation Desert Storm"
6 posts
#3
Money Talk
: ""Bruh, im here for the money""
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Let’s put aside out differences for a piece of the pie, shall we"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/HistoryMemes
#1
Looking For
23 posts
#2
History
22 posts
#3
Worst
19 posts
#4
Hate
11 posts
#5
Struggling
7 posts
#6
Memes
5 posts
#7
Annoying
5 posts
#8
People
4 posts
#9
War
3 posts
#10
Romans
3 posts
Flair Used in r/HistoryMemes
#1
Niche
: "Found this somewhere, and I gotta say, it’s hella accurate"
28 posts
#2
See Comment
: "Half the Holocaust was bullets, the other half industrialized death"
24 posts
#3
SUBREDDIT META
: "Dedicated to that one guy, in good humour."
9 posts
#4
Mythology
: "Never felt more intellectually superior in an IMAX theater."
4 posts
#5
X-post
: "Real Men Don't Eat Maygrass: How Quinoa's Ugly Cousin Invented Agriculture in North America and Nobody Cared"
3 posts
#6
REMOVED: RULE 4
: "The US government’s guide to avoiding the W-word"
2 posts
#7
REMOVED: RULE 2
: "My kingdom for a horse"
2 posts
#8
REMOVED: RULES 8 & 11.1
: "Greeks invented sex and Romans added women to it."
1 post
#9
REMOVED: RULE 11.1
: "In a happier world:"
1 post
Member Growth in r/HistoryMemes
Yearly
+186k members(1.5%)
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Last updated: July 21, 2026