r/HistoryMemes is a subreddit with 12.8M members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and ideas, and the community frequently discusses looking for, history, struggling, hate, and memes.
A place for history memes about events occurring over 20 years ago.
Popular Themes in r/HistoryMemes
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Foreigners Stay Away"
1 post
#2
Ideas
: "Went to hell and found this guy trying to sell me copper?"
1 post
#3
Money Talk
: "If I had a nickel for every time the central bank charter wasn’t renewed I’d have two nickels"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/HistoryMemes
#1
Looking For
23 posts
#2
History
14 posts
#3
Struggling
10 posts
#4
Hate
8 posts
#5
Memes
5 posts
#6
Struggle
4 posts
#7
War
3 posts
#8
Romans
3 posts
#9
Worst
3 posts
#10
Annoyed
3 posts
Flair Used in r/HistoryMemes
#1
Niche
: "Wait...hold on a minute."
10 posts
#2
See Comment
: "The 1850s were a wild time in the US."
7 posts
#3
SUBREDDIT META
: "Samurai actually used guns themself"
3 posts
#4
REMOVED: RULE 11.1
: "Abraham Lincoln's presidency being between Buchanan and Johnson's:"
2 posts
#5
REMOVED: RULE 2
: "Drawings from the Middle Ages are on another level."
1 post
#6
Mythology
: "A regular modern day crusader."
1 post
#7
REMOVED: RULE 8
: "The USS Texas was known for unexpected shifts in direction."
1 post
#8
X-post
: "So many options, who could it be?"
1 post
#9
REMOVED: RULE 4
: "The Experiment is still going on!"
1 post
#10
REMOVED: RULES 1, 4, 8, 11.1
: "Something, as a great homage, too, about the recent news from the USA..."
1 post
Member Growth in r/HistoryMemes
Yearly
+251k members(2.0%)
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Last updated: November 5, 2026