About r/UnexpectedlyWholesome
The community was created on Feb 19, 2017, which makes it 9 years old. Among the 12 communities on our wholesome list it is number 8 by size.
What sets r/UnexpectedlyWholesome apart
People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 4.5 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 2.2 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/UnexpectedlyWholesome, from 2019 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- Single socksu/devangs3 · Jan 17, 2022 · 25,976 points · 349 comments · video
- That’s all folksu/jtal888 · Sep 28, 2024 · image
- The very best reason to take a 2am Uberu/jujujellies · Aug 19, 2024 · image
- Just a dad dressing a kidu/foxxy_mama21 · Jul 13, 2024 · video
- I was expecting PTSD flare upFeb 3, 2024 · video
- Best adoption ad I’ve seen in agesu/gellybelli · Nov 11, 2022 · 9,659 points · 195 comments · video
- I found this unexpectedly wholesomeu/Relevant_Demand7593 · Aug 6, 2025 · image
- Reddit Momentu/iamnumair · Sep 8, 2024 · image
- Woody Harrelson is unexpectedly wholesome, especially given the whole Rampart debacle.u/scienceforbid · Feb 17, 2025 · image
- Reddit can be a great place.u/PoonSwoggle · May 30, 2020 · image
Activity and best time to post
r/UnexpectedlyWholesome gets about 0.6 new posts a day. The public archive holds 13,917 posts and 62,520 comments in total, about 4.5 comments per post.
Rules of r/UnexpectedlyWholesome
The moderators of r/UnexpectedlyWholesome list 8 rules. In short:
- Not wholesome
- NSFW
- Trolling, harassing, or rude.
- Personal Information
- Not a direct image/video link.
- Vote Manipulation
- No Reposts
- Spam or Self-Promotion
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/UnexpectedlyWholesome and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/UnexpectedlyWholesome?
r/UnexpectedlyWholesome has 276,439 subscribers.
When was r/UnexpectedlyWholesome created?
r/UnexpectedlyWholesome was created on Feb 19, 2017, so it has been around for 9 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Feb 24, 2017.
Is r/UnexpectedlyWholesome still active?
Moderately: r/UnexpectedlyWholesome gets about 0.6 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 13,917 posts and 62,520 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/UnexpectedlyWholesome?
The community describes itself as: “When something ends up being unexpectedly wholesome.”
Is r/UnexpectedlyWholesome SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/UnexpectedlyWholesome as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/UnexpectedlyWholesome?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/UnexpectedlyWholesome accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Not wholesome”; “NSFW”; “Trolling, harassing, or rude.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/UnexpectedlyWholesome?
Communities with similar topics include r/wholesomememes (18.3M), r/MadeMeSmile (12.7M), r/wholesome (1.2M) and r/wholesomegifs (1.1M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 9, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/UnexpectedlyWholesome.