Vladimir Putin is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Oct 30, 18:24 UTC, we have counted 4 threads about it in 2 communities, led by r/worldnews and r/canada. That adds up to around 4.4K upvotes and 425 comments.
What the sources report
The articles behind the biggest threads, quoted directly from each publisher’s own summary.
- Yahoo News: Finnish president says Putin gave no history lectures during phone call
Alexander Stubb has refuted a Financial Times report claiming that the Russian ruler spent most of a recent phone call lecturing European leaders on history.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/worldnews | 2 | 3,238 | 251 | Oct 31, 17:10 UTC |
| r/canada ↗ | 2 | 1,177 | 174 | Oct 30, 18:24 UTC |
The biggest threads
- UK tells Putin via his foreign minister that he will not win warr/worldnews · 2,665 upvotes · 184 comments · Oct 31, 19:37 UTC · pravda.com.ua
- Opinion: As prime minister, I saw firsthand that Vladimir Putin is truly evilr/canada · 517 upvotes · 123 comments · Oct 30, 18:24 UTC · theglobeandmail.com
- Stephen Harper: As prime minister, I saw firsthand that Vladimir Putin is truly evilr/canada · 660 upvotes · 51 comments · Nov 1, 01:06 UTC · theglobeandmail.com
- Finnish president says Putin gave no history lectures during phone callr/worldnews · 573 upvotes · 67 comments · Oct 31, 17:10 UTC · yahoo.com
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/canada ↗: “Opinion: As prime minister, I saw firsthand that Vladimir Putin is truly evil”
- The story reaches r/worldnews: “Finnish president says Putin gave no history lectures during phone call”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/worldnews (2,665 upvotes, 184 comments by our last count).
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/canada ↗.
What people are asking
A selection of questions Redditors are asking in the top threads, quoted as written.
- “What their source could be when it clearly wasn't Norwegian or Finnish representatives?” — asked in r/worldnews
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.