r/misleadingthumbnails

General Information

As of February 8, 2024

Subreddit Name

Title

Misleading Thumbnails - Not always what you think

Language

Public Description

/r/misleadingthumbnails has been closed in solidarity with the site-wide protest against Reddit's new API policy that will eliminate the ability to use third-party apps. For more information, please see https://redd.it/147cksa.

Description

###About

This subreddit is a place to share posts (often found elsewhere on reddit), that have the unique quality of generating a Reddit thumbnail that misleads people into seeing something entirely different than what the full-size image ends up being. This almost always occurs in an unexpecte...

Subscribers

491,270

Created

December 21, 2011

Type

public

Whitelist Status

all_ads

Flags

Restricted Submissions

Community Reviewed

Total Submissions

87,883

Total Comments

275,540

Earliest Submission

December 21, 2011

Earliest Comment

February 17, 2012

Rank↕	Word↕	Occurrences in Subreddit ↕	Total Occurrences ↕	Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) ↕	Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) ↕	Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) ↕
#1	thumbnails	1,798	186,084	14234.7	1.6	9173.78
#2	thumbnail	341	362,349	2699.7	3.0	893.50
#3	browse	576	693,441	4560.2	5.8	788.64
#4	misleading	733	961,621	5803.1	8.0	723.72
#5	browsing	578	824,239	4576.0	6.9	665.80
#6	allude	40	57,435	316.7	0.5	661.23
#7	refrain	575	935,400	4552.3	7.8	583.63
#8	lacking	575	1,621,743	4552.3	13.5	336.63
#9	mislead	40	172,041	316.7	1.4	220.75
#10	jpg	1,225	7,238,963	9698.3	60.4	160.67
#11	imgur	1,178	9,736,639	9326.2	81.2	114.87
#12	cropped	43	370,360	340.4	3.1	110.23
#13	commenting	577	4,970,967	4568.1	41.5	110.21
#14	voting	576	5,045,122	4560.2	42.1	108.40
#15	classic	589	5,900,744	4663.1	49.2	94.77
#16	settings	575	6,306,097	4552.3	52.6	86.57
#17	apps	575	6,314,760	4552.3	52.7	86.45
#18	mobile	588	7,883,408	4655.2	65.7	70.82
#19	illusion	55	788,720	435.4	6.6	66.21
#20	view	1,215	17,631,358	9619.1	147.0	65.43
#21	considering	575	9,784,854	4552.3	81.6	55.79
#22	context	586	10,895,097	4639.3	90.8	51.07
#23	reminder	575	11,319,429	4552.3	94.4	48.23
#24	hesitate	70	1,447,190	554.2	12.1	45.92
#25	update	575	13,163,263	4552.3	109.8	41.47
#26	related	576	13,205,292	4560.2	110.1	41.41
#27	viewed	40	969,925	316.7	8.1	39.16
#28	titles	165	4,195,856	1306.3	35.0	37.34
#29	removal	217	5,709,575	1718.0	47.6	36.08
#30	otherwise	580	15,668,793	4591.8	130.7	35.14
#31	describe	124	3,909,377	981.7	32.6	30.11
#32	image	484	16,133,977	3831.8	134.5	28.48
#33	card	583	20,846,454	4615.6	173.8	26.55
#34	order	583	22,371,810	4615.6	186.5	24.74
#35	intentionally	44	2,052,494	348.3	17.1	20.35
#36	detail	87	4,713,800	688.8	39.3	17.52
#37	messaging	70	3,981,475	554.2	33.2	16.69
#38	appear	75	4,284,568	593.8	35.7	16.62
#39	error	127	7,549,456	1005.5	63.0	15.97
#40	mistakes	54	3,343,944	427.5	27.9	15.33
#41	posting	666	42,963,967	5272.7	358.3	14.72
#42	2c	40	2,868,523	316.7	23.9	13.24
#43	strongly	40	3,006,553	316.7	25.1	12.63
#44	won	580	44,148,089	4591.8	368.1	12.47
#45	able	579	45,754,313	4583.9	381.5	12.01
#46	resubmit	30	2,630,200	237.5	21.9	10.83
#47	direct	134	12,485,463	1060.9	104.1	10.19
#48	restrict	44	4,279,722	348.3	35.7	9.76
#49	ends	59	5,835,591	467.1	48.7	9.60
#50	old	635	64,927,391	5027.3	541.4	9.29

Rank↕

Word↕

Occurrences

in Subreddit

↕

Total

Occurrences

↕

Rate in

Subreddit

(per 1M words)

↕

Rate in

(per 1M words)

↕

Ratio

(Sub Rate / Reddit Rate)

↕

thumbnails

1,798

186,084

14234.7

1.6

9173.78

thumbnail

341

362,349

2699.7

3.0

893.50

browse

576

693,441

4560.2

5.8

788.64

misleading

733

961,621

5803.1

8.0

723.72

browsing

578

824,239

4576.0

6.9

665.80

allude

57,435

316.7

0.5

661.23

refrain

575

935,400

4552.3

7.8

583.63

lacking

575

1,621,743

4552.3

13.5

336.63

mislead

172,041

316.7

1.4

220.75

#10

jpg

1,225

7,238,963

9698.3

60.4

160.67

#11

imgur

1,178

9,736,639

9326.2

81.2

114.87

#12

cropped

370,360

340.4

3.1

110.23

#13

commenting

577

4,970,967

4568.1

41.5

110.21

#14

voting

576

5,045,122

4560.2

42.1

108.40

#15

classic

589

5,900,744

4663.1

49.2

94.77

#16

settings

575

6,306,097

4552.3

52.6

86.57

#17

apps

575

6,314,760

4552.3

52.7

86.45

#18

mobile

588

7,883,408

4655.2

65.7

70.82

#19

illusion

788,720

435.4

6.6

66.21

#20

view

1,215

17,631,358

9619.1

147.0

65.43

#21

considering

575

9,784,854

4552.3

81.6

55.79

#22

context

586

10,895,097

4639.3

90.8

51.07

#23

reminder

575

11,319,429

4552.3

94.4

48.23

#24

hesitate

1,447,190

554.2

12.1

45.92

#25

update

575

13,163,263

4552.3

109.8

41.47

#26

576

13,205,292

4560.2

110.1

41.41

#27

viewed

969,925

316.7

8.1

39.16

#28

titles

165

4,195,856

1306.3

35.0

37.34

#29

removal

217

5,709,575

1718.0

47.6

36.08

#30

otherwise

580

15,668,793

4591.8

130.7

35.14

#31

describe

124

3,909,377

981.7

32.6

30.11

#32

image

484

16,133,977

3831.8

134.5

28.48

#33

card

583

20,846,454

4615.6

173.8

26.55

#34

order

583

22,371,810

4615.6

186.5

24.74

#35

intentionally

2,052,494

348.3

17.1

20.35

#36

detail

4,713,800

688.8

39.3

17.52

#37

messaging

3,981,475

554.2

33.2

16.69

#38

appear

4,284,568

593.8

35.7

16.62

#39

error

127

7,549,456

1005.5

63.0

15.97

#40

mistakes

3,343,944

427.5

27.9

15.33

#41

posting

666

42,963,967

5272.7

358.3

14.72

#42

2,868,523

316.7

23.9

13.24

#43

strongly

3,006,553

316.7

25.1

12.63

#44

won

580

44,148,089

4591.8

368.1

12.47

#45

able

579

45,754,313

4583.9

381.5

12.01

#46

resubmit

2,630,200

237.5

21.9

10.83

#47

direct

134

12,485,463

1060.9

104.1

10.19

#48

restrict

4,279,722

348.3

35.7

9.76

#49

ends

5,835,591

467.1

48.7

9.60

#50

old

635

64,927,391

5027.3

541.4

9.29

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