reddit-top-submissions-by-year.md

Top 10 Reddit Submissions by Year: 2007–2015

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2007

Rank	Title	Comments	Score
236793	Upvote if you wish clicking on the "special occasion" Reddit-logo-variation would take you to it's context. (à la Google)	178	2608
411848	Vote up if you're checking reddit instead of spending time with your family	311	2012
428735	"We are no longer citizens of the United States of America" - Native American state of 72,000 people declares independence from the US - 'claim legal under treaties with Government'	748	1968
431962	This man with autism, who was chosen to sing the national anthem, got a case of the giggles half way through. Listen to what the crowd does to support him.	332	1960
441183	Vote up if you still agree "load more comments" stinks; breaks the flow of conversation and hides comments that are often quite good (reddit.com)	212	1937
441183	Upmod this if you are surfing reddit instead of enjoying christmas cheer	340	1937
448515	The DMCA is stupid (image set)	160	1919
487647	Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything	433	1829
490319	These 26 user accounts belong to a spam gang that's using reddit as their private money cow.	423	1823
494880	"It spent the last weeks of its life dutifully opening and closing its CD ROM drive every two minutes, reaching in vain for the restart button that it'd never touch again."	205	1813

2008

Rank	Title	Comments	Score
567	Obama wins the Presidency!	1945	8538
1373	How many redditors don't play WoW?	1511	7483
1795	For every upvote, I will donate $0.25 to the Julie Amero Defense Fund. Come on Redditors, let's do this!	407	7191
1922	For every upvote, I'll donate 10 cents to Darfur.	444	7122
6343	Who else disgusted with California this morning over Prop 8?	1613	5983
11416	26 year old using YouTube to help find a bone marrow doner. Voting this up probably won't save her life, but the exposure couldn't hurt.	502	5483
12748	Vote up if you would RATHER bail out NPR for 30 lousy million than failing auto companies for 15 billion.	580	5393
16321	Vote up if you're NOT getting an iPhone today.	683	5202
18979	If you can name one news source you read, vote up.	434	5082
22231	Is there anyone else out there that wants to see the debates be moderated by Jon Stewart?	491	4954

2009

Rank	Title	Comments	Score
12	test post please ignore	2208	21870
77	I hate my job...	821	12952
682	Fuck Sears: they forced Reddit to remove a post mocking them, presumably under threat of withdrawing advertising. Please upvote, then submit your own "fuck Sears" post to keep the dream alive.	880	8299
2044	How Many people started off reading Digg then moved to Reddit and don't even look at Digg anymore?	1852	7062
2182	Mathematician proves "The probability of having your (health insurance) policy torn up given a massively expensive condition is pushing 50%" (remember vote up to counter the paid insurance lobbyists minions paid to bury health reform stories)	763	6996
2215	Yep, that just about sums it up. [PIC]	534	6986
2864	10 year old girl with cancer too sick to see UP. Pixar flies a DVD to her home. She dies 7 hours later.	1068	6722
2930	Reddit, I don't give a damn about your aunt, uncle, boyfriend, girlfriend, boss or toothless rabies infested dog who reads Reddit. Less personal crap and more articles please.	1081	6695
4580	Today is my dad's 60th birthday, and he's a huge fan of reddit. Not sure how far this submission will get. But in case you see this dad: Happy Birthday!	686	6272
8221	Dear Reddit, My dad retired last week. One of the major newspapers in the area wrote an article about him. It would mean the world to me if you could up-vote this. Will send him an e-mail if it makes it high enough!!	332	5758

2010

Rank	Title	Comments	Score
159	In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I will drink a beer for every upvote I get!	1778	10868
1697	The health bill has PASSED!	4414	7253
4160	I've had a vision and I can't shake it: Colbert needs to hold a satirical rally in DC.	1338	6369
4168	LEGAL DVD vs. PIRATED COPY	1815	6367
4235	Supreme Court ruling comes down - Corporations are people with free speech and the protected right to bribe politicians. Let's not even pretend anymore folks, democracy in America is dead.	2967	6350
10162	Watching someone use a computer	557	5576
11985	Chat Roulette Piano Improv - Hilarious (no dicks)	585	5443
14220	A personal message from Stephen Colbert to the reddit community	2124	5309
16876	Does anyone else do "The Tuck"?	1816	5176
21489	Reddit, I've been promising this to you for months, and it's finally ready. I hope you like it.	1109	4982

2011

Rank	Title	Comments	Score
205	This is called humanity.	1492	10265
443	President Obama's new campaign poster	481	8935
468	Genius	1684	8832
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894	So long, and thanks for all the postcards	1137	7990
1366	I'm ready [f]or my cake day spanking	974	7489
2085	I am Neil deGrasse Tyson -- AMA	10747	7044
3642	It's like opening your window during Irene, but safer!	278	6488
4426	Hurt me good r/atheism, $.50 to Doctors Without Borders for every upvote.	1161	6304
10073	Cafeteria ninja	537	5584

2012

Rank	Title	Comments	Score
13	The Bus Knight	1440	21310
19	I live in the same valley as Adam West. I decided to look him up in the phone book today.	973	18792
23	You're next	786	17514
25	This guy is a reporter on Fox 2 here in Detroit. His name is Charlie LeDuff. He is fucking awesome.	1048	17367
45	After searching FB for people with the same name as me, I'd replicate their profile pic, make it my own and send them a friend request. Here are the pics	2839	14887
46	Airline screwed up, a friend just posted this on Facebook.	3423	14837
48	I am Barack Obama, President of the United States -- AMA	23768	14756
49	I sent Tom Hanks a 1934 Smith Corona typewriter with a typed invitation to come on my podcast. This was his response.	2363	14562
51	Babe caught me slippin'.	461	14146
78	When I found out I could upvote by pressing 'A'	2161	12938

2013

Rank	Title	Comments	Score
21	<------- TIL that hitting the upvote arrow gives you reddit gold for free	458	18695
60	Getting gnaked with a sexy twist ([F]irst gonewild set ever)	1198	13730
82	My grandpa, my dad, and myself. Making three generations of wives worried sick.	909	12879
131	Didn't expect my fortune cookie to be so insightful.	628	11458
133	Black Man Gamer Problems	829	11416
164	Vin Diesel on Paul Walker's Death	2610	10812
212	A mesmerizing game of Snake [GIF]	759	10189
217	"What we have... is... concrete proof of U.S.-based... companies participating with the NSA in wholesale surveillance on us, the rest of the world, the non-American, you and me," Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at Finnish software security firm F-Secure.	2744	10156
235	Came across an overgrown cemetery in the woods	1491	10068
240	Finally got a good picture of my dog shitting.	531	10013

2014

Rank	Title	Comments	Score
1	When you upvote/downvote you now get a hitmarker	830	56263
3	What tasty food would be distusting if eaten over rice?	7847	38445
4	I participated in one of the biggest Magic: the Gathering tournaments of all time this weekend. In an effort to document it, I posed for pictures near people with exposed asscracks. I present to you Grand Prix Richmond Crackstyle.	6653	38154
7	This is Carter. He knocked on my door to ask if he could have a banana then left.	3001	29470
10	broke ass nigga	239	24802
11	Snoop has agreed to make the last person to upvote his picture an "approved OG submitter 4 lyfe".	361	24517
22	As a former fat man who still exhibits fat-man behavior at Chipotle.	2816	18473
24	School picture	75	17462
28	This animated short about a lazy guy in outer space is pretty hilarious.	1130	16860
29	Got divorced, lost my job, so me and my buddy got on our motorcycles and rode North to the Alaskan Arctic until the road ran out.	4555	16826

2015

Rank	Title	Comments	Score
2	[Theory] Jar Jar Binks was a trained Force user, knowing Sith collaborator, and will play a central role in The Force Awakens	7005	41199
5	Waterboarding at Guantanamo Bay sounds super rad if you don't know what either of those things are.	889	33044
6	Comcast. If you vote this up, it will show up on Google Images when people Google search Comcast, cable or internet service provider.	1420	30528
8	[Text] Soon I will be gone forever, but that's okay as long as someone reads this	4910	25885
9	me irl	144	25825
14	me irl	107	20820
15	McDonald's Trip	391	20636
16	I've spent the past two years shooting drone aerials around the world. Here are 38 images which would be totally illegal today.	2043	19694
17	The Story of Jarrett Jess and Z	1952	19565
18	Kanye	265	19537