This is the most upvoted post ever on Reddit (2026 update)
With over 495,000 upvotes, this is the most upvoted post ever on Reddit:
It was posted on Reddit on January 30th, 2021 by u/SomeGuyInDeutschland
The post is titled “Times Square right now”, with a video of a billboard in Times Square with the text “$GME GO BRRR”.
Here is the link to the most upvoted post of all time on Reddit
With over 439,000 upvotes, this is the second-most upvoted post on Reddit:
It was posted on Reddit on June 17th, 2020 by u/ReallyRickAstley, and yes, it is the real Rick Astley’s Reddit account.
The Reddit post is titled, “I’ve found a few funny memories during lockdown. This is from my 1st tour in 89, backstage in Vegas.”
It has a picture of Rick Astley riding a bike backstage during his first tour back in 1989.
Here is a link to the 2nd most upvoted Reddit post of all time posted by Rick Astley.
Before Rick Astley dethroned it in June 2020, this used to be the most upvoted post on Reddit for years:
It was posted on Reddit on April 1st, 2017 by u/serventofgaben in the r/movies subreddit, and became the most upvoted Reddit post of all time, holding on to the #1 spot on Reddit for years.
However, you won’t be able to see it if you sort by top posts of all time on r/all, because some user accidentally deleted the image on Imgur. Here’s the thread on the subreddit r/TIFU where that user explains how he accidentally deleted it.
That Reddit post itself has gone on to receive over 41,000 upvotes.