The presentation looks at the 10.000 most successful posts on the Reddit.com website over the last 3 years. And shows that there are many things to consider before posting. And maybe even learn a little. But most of all have fun!

1. The hidden secrets of
successful Reddit posts
A somewhat useful guide to success by @babasave

2. What we looked at
We analyzed the top 10k
most successful posts on
Reddit over the last 3
Years.
Successful as in how many upvotes they got.
Which is NOT all the things – we know but more
than you have probably ever looked at.

3. When to post?
So lets first find out what is
the best month to post on Reddit
Sure that is a little silly cause who could wait to post a
picture of a cute kidden farting rainbows for a whole year
to maximize karma gained. Well karma-whores probably
would

4. Month
number of top 10k posts distribution / month
number of top 10k posts
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

5. We will get there Fry - eventually

6. So when exactly?
Next lets look at what day of the
week we should post our soon to be
fortune-generating viral campaign.
Or better yet your own meme. One should be allowed to
dream right?

7. Day of the Week
Number of top 10k posts distribution /
day week
Number of top posts
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

8. So looks like all go - except
for weekends.

9. Is it Time yet?
Now lets see if there is an
ideal time of the day for a
successful post on reddit.

10. Hour of day
distribution of top10k posts / 24h UST
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

11. The Chart shows the time of the post
in UST so you will have to adjust to
match your local time.
But in UST the perfect time is 4pm.
Rage Character does not work here but I
really love him – so deal with it.

12. Now where do I post?
Lets see which
subcategory/subreddit to post to
in order to optimize our chances
of success.

13. Subreddit
Top 20 sub/reddits by % share of top 10k
posts
Percentage of top posts

14. Funny enough Funny is the leader
here with 16.4% of all top posts
made there.

15. What destination Domains
fare well on Reddit?

16. Destination Domain
Domain Frequency on Reddit
Frequency of domains on /r/all/ top 10k
6884
1409
184 370 374 424
20 27 36 36 38 46 71 84

17. The far out winner is imgur.com with
6884 of the top 10K posts placed
there.

18. Based on the 10k most popular posts on Reddit the ideal
post would be an image hosted on imgur.com
funny subreddit at 4 pm
posted in the UST
on a Thursday in June.

20. Size length does matter!
Successful posts have
30% longer titles than
random test set titles
54,33 average chars in title @ random
set +10k submissions vs 77,10 in top
+10k submissions.
So be descriptive in your title.

21. Thanks for making it all
the way...
Have a Kidden! Want more? Follow me on twitter @babasave
And there is one more slide...

22. Bonus round
TIL: Kurt Cobain killed himself one month
after Justin Bieber was born.
Just like all the „facts“ on the former slides it is about correlation
not causation. Kurt didn‘t kill himself because of Justin just like
posting in June does not help you get more upvotes. Just remember that
numbers more often than not aren‘t as „truthful“ as they might seem to
be. But most of you sure will have had their doubts along the way. Good
for you! As numbers are out there to fool you 
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Thanks, Frank