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r/historymemes

› A place for history memes about events over 20 years ago.

// MEMBERS
12,779,591
› subscribers
// POSTS_INDEXED
1,633
› analyzed records
// COMMUNITY_AGE
14y
› since 2012-09-17
// STATUS
[ok] active
› feed indexed
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// Recent posts in r/historymemes

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  1. 01 Ever wonder why Election Day in America is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November? Well in 1845 congress wished to make it easier for their fellow citizen to take part in elections and worked around their schedule ↑ 8,922 · 2026-11-03
  2. 02 In 1977, the CIA learned that the Soviet economy was beginning to crumble and that this would lead to significant problems over the next ten years. The US top statutory marginal income-tax rate fell from 70% in 1980 to 50% in 1981 and 28% following the 1986 tax reform. ↑ 6,391 · 2026-10-12
  3. 03 Me causing the Bronze Age collapse because I was bored ↑ 5,890 · 2026-10-23
  4. 04 Poor Mark Clark, missed his moment in the sun ↑ 4,824 · 2026-10-22
  5. 05 Yes. I have read the God Delusion ↑ 3,947 · 2026-10-16
// RELATED_COMMUNITIES [ 8 communities · humor & memes ]
// FAQ [ 3 entries ]
01 › What is r/historymemes about? [ expand ↓ ]
r/historymemes is a Reddit community with 12,779,591 members. A place for history memes about events over 20 years ago.
02 › How active is r/historymemes? [ expand ↓ ]
r/historymemes has 12,779,591 subscribers and 1,633 posts in our index. It was created on 2012-09-17, 14 years ago.
03 › Which subreddits are similar to r/historymemes? [ expand ↓ ]
Other Humor & Memes communities of a similar size include r/jokes (30,439,332 members), r/tifu (18,974,786 members), r/mildlyinfuriating (12,704,259 members), r/dadjokes (12,171,271 members). Each is listed with its own subscriber and post counts in the related communities section above.