Dear everyone,

We’d like to thank everyone who’s been buying gold or gilding comments, and thought we’d share some interesting stats on where some of that gold goes. The following are some stats we pulled on gilding activity over the past 6 months:

Most gilded subreddits:

(These links will take you to the “gilded” tab in each subreddit, showing you the gilded comments therein)

Sent to us via postcard. You could send one in too.





Most gilded small subreddits (at least 500+ subscribers, sorted by gildings-per-subscriber ratio):

Secret pro-tip in the middle of this post – you can see a feed of all gilded comments here! But back to…

Most highly-gilded threads:

/r/AskReddit: An exercise in greed. Can I buy my way to the front page? Gold for every upvote/comment. (please don’t do this)

/r/AskReddit: Wingmen of reddit, what crazy things have you done to get your friend laid?

/r/circlejerk: ☜ Click it or ticket.

/r/NFL: The earliest each team can lay their hands on the NFL Belt.

/r/blog: reddit myth busters

/r/AskReddit: If you received 1 million dollars every friday, but were required to spend every cent before the next friday, what would you spend your money on?

/r/IAmA: I am Ron Paul: Ask Me Anything.

/r/AskReddit: What reddit fad are you glad died out?

/r/movies: I’m Samuel L Jackson and I’ll record a video of me saying any 300 word monologue you upvote the most by the end of tomorrow (Thursday night PST)

/r/AskReddit: What is the most cruel thing a family member has done to you? [NSFW]

/r/AskReddit: What’s your most embarrassing ‘I thought I was alone’ moment?

/r/funny: Because she’s an artist

/r/AskReddit: Is there a person, a stranger, whom you met once in your life and never met since and are likely to never meet again that you occasionally think of? If so, why?

/r/AskReddit: What’s the worst comment to receive reddit gold?

/r/AskReddit: What’s your current reason for being unhappy?

/r/AskReddit: What’s a random act of kindness you did but never bothered to tell anyone about it?

/r/AskReddit: What morbid question have you always wanted to ask but haven’t?

/r/AskReddit: What is the biggest way people waste money?

/r/pics: A tornado sucking up a rainbow

/r/AskReddit: US Government Shutdown MEGATHREAD

Another postcard gem.

Note: Asking for gold is rarely the best way to get it.

Most highly-gilded comments (you’ll want to read these):

OJs_Lawyer on Wingmen of reddit, what crazy things have you done to get your friend laid?

99trumpets on Explosion at Boston?

sudonim on Best email solution for my startup

CockRagesOn on I’m Samuel L Jackson and I’ll record a video of me saying any 300 word monologue you upvote the most by the end of tomorrow (Thursday night PST)

UtterPedant on Can’t believe what I found at the yard sale!

Indie-fied on What are you addicted to?

161719 on I believe the government should be allowed to view my e-mails, tap my phone calls, and view my web history for national security concerns. CMV

Scarbane on What would you do for $1 billion, but not for $1 million?

presidentender on Best option to use to commit suicide

dreale on Obama wins the Presidency!

Sqorck on I think this would be a good NSA-critisising animation, if I had the skills

VorDresden on Two possibilities exist…

bradg on A lone Eagle Scout marches in the Phoenix Pride Parade. “A Scout Is Kind”

Daps27 on “Whatever rage you’re feeling toward the perpetrator of this Boston attack, that’s the rage in sustained form that people across the world feel toward the US for killing innocent people in their countries.”

this_makes_no_sense on Kid tries to be edgy for Easter on r/atheism

backnblack92 on What atrocities are occurring around the world right now, and what actions can an individual take to help rectify them?

BrobaFett on Was googling for med school application. Yep, that insulin shot and those antibiotics are definitely killing you.

Asyx on A 90% coupon code was accidentally left in the online store of razer. The CEO decided to honor all the orders placed.

StoryTellerBob on If you could have one statistic displayed above everyone’s head what would it be?







More trivia: the most total gilding done by a single user over the past 6 months is 144 months of gold (that’s 5.6 gilds per week, so we’re pretty impressed), followed by 120 months for second place. We’d tell you who they are, but unless otherwise notified, we assume that such beneficent benefactors desire to remain anonymous.





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