r/interesting is a subreddit with 2.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses worst, frustrating, hate, thanks, and history.
🔥🔥A place to share interesting content that is extraordinary and fascinating! 🔥🔥👀
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Popular Themes in r/interesting
#1
Advice Requests
: "Multiple randomised control trials have found that sexual intercourse is effective for expulsion of ureteric stones (similar to kidney stones but in the ureter)"
1 post
#2
Self-Promotion
: "In 2016, after facing repeated job rejections following her graduation from Clemson University's Clemson LIFE program, Collette Divitto who has Down syndrome founded Collettey's Cookies in Boston to create meaningful employment opportunities for people with disabilities."
1 post
#3
News
: "The ‘Good Maharaja’: How an Indian ruler saved hundreds of Polish children during WWII"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/interesting
#1
Worst
7 posts
#2
Frustrating
3 posts
#3
Hate
3 posts
#4
Thanks
2 posts
#5
History
2 posts
#6
Struggling
2 posts
#7
War
: "Brutalist War memorials of former Yugoslavia"
2 posts
#8
Vertical Waves
: "A beautiful demonstration of creating Vertical Waves."
2 posts
#9
Network
1 post
#10
1 post
Flair Used in r/interesting
#1
Just Wow
: "Process of making this mesmerizing glass cube"
18 posts
#2
NATURE
: "The Fukang meteorite is a famous stony-iron pallasite meteorite discovered near Fukang, Xinjiang Province, China, in 2000. It is estimated to be roughly 4.5 billion years old."
10 posts
#3
MISC.
: "A PT-76 of Vietnam People Army rescuing civilians trapped in their car during a flood"
9 posts
#4
Wholesome
: "PART 2 OF MONKEY HUGGING SHOPKEEPER 🐒"
6 posts
#5
Fascinating
: "So close...survival instincts must have peaked."
5 posts
#6
SOCIETY
: "Prince Charles and Princess Diana only met in person 13x before getting engaged and when they were asked if they were in love, Charles said "whatever in love means". Then on the night before their wedding, he reportedly told her that he didn't love her in order to get everything out in the open."
5 posts
#7
Amazing
: "Man reversing a massive truck"
4 posts
#8
Intriguing
: "Scientists are using IVF technology to help save the critically endangered Northern White Rhino from extinction."
4 posts
#9
SCIENCE & TECH
: "17-year-old George Hotz wanted an iPhone, but it was exclusive to AT&T & he liked his existing network: T-Mobile. So in August 2007, he became the first person to remove the SIM lock on an iPhone. He then traded the second (8GB) iPhone that he unlocked for a Nissan 350Z and three more 8GB iPhones"
4 posts
#10
Fear Factor
: "Cameraman never dies...."
3 posts
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Last updated: October 26, 2026