Found is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Over roughly 21 hours, 4 threads about it surfaced across 3 subreddits, most of the conversation happening in r/UpliftingNews, r/news and r/australia. That adds up to around 14K upvotes and 1K comments. People are searching for it on Google too (“found” in Google Trends for AU).
What the sources report
The articles behind the biggest threads, quoted directly from each publisher’s own summary.
- ABC (Australia): Video shows moment 17yo spots rescuers after six days lost in the bush
A police helicopter spots the teenager sleeping in a dry riverbed, six days after he had gone missing during a camping trip.
- The Guardian: ‘He is never leaving the house again’: mother reunites with son missing for six days in Victorian bushland
William, 17, was reported missing after straying from his camp near Walhalla in Victoria’s Gippsland region
- BBC News: Australian teen missing in bush for six days rescued alive
The 17-year-old's mum has joked that he is "grounded for life" and "never leaving the house again".
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/UpliftingNews | 1 | 11,917 | 770 | Nov 12, 21:55 UTC |
| r/news | 1 | 1,492 | 50 | Nov 12, 02:41 UTC |
| r/australia | 2 | 631 | 222 | Nov 12, 00:54 UTC |
The biggest threads
- A 17 year old missing on his first solo camping trip was found alive after 6 days in the Australian bush. He survived freezing nights with two towels and rationed a family bag of …r/UpliftingNews · 11,917 upvotes · 770 comments · Nov 12, 21:55 UTC · abc.net.au
- Australian teen who went missing in bushland wearing only shorts and boots found alive after six daysr/news · 1,492 upvotes · 50 comments · Nov 12, 02:41 UTC · The Guardian
- Australian states could sue tobacco companies for billions in healthcare costs under proposar/australia · 429 upvotes · 113 comments · Nov 12, 01:50 UTC · The Guardian
- Severe alcohol-related liver disease common in younger Australiansr/australia · 202 upvotes · 109 comments · Nov 12, 00:54 UTC · abc.net.au
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/australia: “Severe alcohol-related liver disease common in younger Australians”
- First link to The Guardian shared, in r/australia.
- The story reaches r/news: “Australian teen who went missing in bushland wearing only shorts and boots found alive after six days”
- The story reaches r/UpliftingNews: “A 17 year old missing on his first solo camping trip was found alive after 6 days in the Australian bush. He survived f…”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/UpliftingNews (11,917 upvotes, 770 comments by our last count).
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.