Billion Roku Takeover is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Nov 6, 14:22 UTC, we have counted 3 threads about it in 2 communities, led by r/movies and r/technology. Together they have drawn about 4.8K upvotes and 783 comments.
What the sources report
The articles behind the biggest threads, quoted directly from each publisher’s own summary.
- Ars Technica: Developer ends lucrative screensaver deal with Roku because Fox bought it
Developer: “I can’t be part of the Fox world.”...
- Variety: Fox Closes $22 Billion Roku Takeover, Says Streaming Platform Will Remain ‘Open Ecosystem’
Surprise! Fox Corp. has closed its acquisition of streaming platform Roku, a deal valued at $22 billion, well ahead of the expected 2027 date.
The numbers in the headlines
- $22 billion: cited by a post in r/movies, a post in r/technology and Variety
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/movies | 1 | 3,127 | 678 | Nov 6, 14:22 UTC |
| r/technology | 2 | 1,692 | 105 | Nov 6, 20:05 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Fox Closes $22 Billion Roku Takeoverr/movies · 3,127 upvotes · 678 comments · Nov 6, 14:22 UTC · Variety
- Artist pulls popular screensaver from Roku OS because of Fox acquisitionr/technology · 1,542 upvotes · 50 comments · Nov 6, 20:05 UTC · Ars Technica
- Fox Closes $22 Billion Roku Takeover, Says Streaming Platform Will Remain ‘Open Ecosystem’r/technology · 150 upvotes · 55 comments · Nov 6, 20:06 UTC · Variety
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/movies: “Fox Closes $22 Billion Roku Takeover”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/movies (3,127 upvotes, 678 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/technology: “Artist pulls popular screensaver from Roku OS because of Fox acquisition”
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/technology.
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.