Elon Musk is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Oct 29, 14:30 UTC, we have counted 8 threads about it in 4 communities, led by r/politics, r/singularity and r/europe. Together they have drawn about 17.1K upvotes and 1.3K comments.
What the sources report
The articles behind the biggest threads, quoted directly from each publisher’s own summary.
- BBC News: Elon Musk a 'real genius', Putin says after talks with SpaceX boss
The Russian President praised Musk and said they are in "close" contact.
- CNN: Musk bankrolling group using AI to attack Talarico on AI | CNN Politics
In a bizarre twist in the Texas Senate race, a super PAC backing Republican Ken Paxton is using AI-powered robocalls to attack Democrat James Talarico. The AI virtual assistant accuses Talarico of taking money from AI “data center special interest” groups—but the super PAC is bankrolled by Elon Musk, who runs his own AI company and poured $10 million into the group. KFile Senior Editor Andrew Kaczynski reports.
- Wired: Elon Musk’s Ties to Texas Republicans Go Much Deeper Than the Midterms
As Election Day approaches, the billionaire’s longstanding relationships with GOP leaders in Texas are under scrutiny.
The numbers in the headlines
- $16 billion: cited by a post in r/politics
- $10 million: cited by CNN
Early figures differ, which is normal in a fast-moving story: the first posts often quote partial numbers that later reports revise. The figures from named outlets and firms are generally more reliable than those in user posts.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/politics | 5 | 16,119 | 737 | Oct 30, 11:53 UTC |
| r/singularity ↗ | 1 | 338 | 428 | Oct 29, 17:31 UTC |
| r/europe | 1 | 481 | 117 | Oct 29, 14:30 UTC |
| r/boxoffice | 1 | 168 | 17 | Oct 29, 21:00 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Elon Musk Made Off With $16 Billion of Taxpayer Moneyr/politics · 12,454 upvotes · 452 comments · Oct 30, 19:44 UTC · newrepublic.com
- Elon Musk and Devos family accused of illegal campaign contributions to buy Michigan governor's racer/politics · 3,181 upvotes · 61 comments · Oct 30, 15:35 UTC · wzzm13.com
- Elon Musk: Saving Money For The Distant Future Is Pointlessr/singularity · 338 upvotes · 428 comments · Oct 29, 17:31 UTC
- Elon Musk a 'real genius', Putin says after talks with SpaceX bossr/europe · 481 upvotes · 117 comments · Oct 29, 14:30 UTC · BBC News
- Musk Predicts End of Democracy if Elections Favor Democratsr/politics · 1 upvotes · 206 comments · Oct 30, 18:58 UTC · The New York Times
- Musk bankrolling group using AI to attack Talarico on AIr/politics · 279 upvotes · 11 comments · Oct 30, 16:16 UTC · CNN
- Elon Musk’s Ties to Texas Republicans Go Much Deeper Than the Midtermsr/politics · 204 upvotes · 7 comments · Oct 30, 11:53 UTC · Wired
- Bleecker Street CEO on the Social Media Ad Suppression of 'Musk' --- The nearly 4-hour documentary about Elon Musk struggled at the box office but has had a surge of interest in P…r/boxoffice · 168 upvotes · 17 comments · Oct 29, 21:00 UTC · indiewire.com
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/europe: “Elon Musk a 'real genius', Putin says after talks with SpaceX boss”
- The story reaches r/singularity ↗: “Elon Musk: Saving Money For The Distant Future Is Pointless”
- The story reaches r/boxoffice: “Bleecker Street CEO on the Social Media Ad Suppression of 'Musk' --- The nearly 4-hour documentary about Elon Musk stru…”
- The story reaches r/politics: “Elon Musk’s Ties to Texas Republicans Go Much Deeper Than the Midterms”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/politics (12,454 upvotes, 452 comments by our last count).
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/politics.
What people are asking
Questions from the most-upvoted comments in the biggest threads. They show what people still want to know; they are questions, not answers.
- “Where is this money coming from?” — asked in r/singularity
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.