Top trending posts on Reddit: August 23, 2026

A post titled my cat has 5 types of stripes is #1 on Reddit Hot Posts on August 23. None of August 21's titles repeat. Rank 5 is a before-and-after of Robert DuBoise, arrested at 18 and freed at 56, later awarded $14 million. The as_of stamp is August 23 at 12:01 UTC, earlier than the evening boards.

my cat has 5 types of stripes
A photo post leads the hot board. No widely reported news trigger was found. The rank is viral image traffic, not a dated event.
This guy built over 1,000 homes for squirrels and fitted some of them with cameras to see how they live!
A wildlife-camera compilation at #2. No August 23 press note was found beyond the Reddit Hot Posts rank.
Damn
A one-word title at #3. No widely reported trigger was identified. The rank is recorded without a sourced why.
I lost my future overnight
A personal-loss post at #4. No widely reported news file matching the exact title was found.
Robert DuBoise on the day of his arrest at 18 for a murder he did not commit, and the day he was released from prison at 56. He was later awarded a $14 million settlement
A side-by-side exoneration photo at #5. The $14 million figure is in the title. No separate August 23 court print was found; the post is the circulation event.
Massive street art in Melbourne
A mural photo at #6. No named artist or August 23 festival bulletin was found in the fetch.
Roommate purchased a smartphone-sized slab of obsidian
A novelty-object post at #7. Quotes in the feed title were flattened to ASCII. No news file was found.
Red State Cultural Attractions
A list or photo set at #8. No widely reported August 23 news peg was found.
My dad saved 6 acid trips from the early 80's. They are small plastic pyramids.
A storage-find post at #9. No news file was found. The rank is curiosity traffic.
Open house: Online photos vs Reality
A real-estate photo mismatch at #10. No named listing was attached in the fetch.

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What changed on Reddit since yesterday

No August 22 Reddit Hot daily ran. All 10 titles are new versus August 21.

Drop-offs include theater trash, a Bulgarian dyno, a 10-year photo, a single-mom $200 / $5 million game post, immunotherapy, birthday cake, a watch-with poll, a James Gandolfini TIL, and a leaks-opinion post.

What today's Reddit trends reveal

The hot board is almost all image posts. Rank 5 is the only item with a dollar figure and a legal history in the title ($14 million, ages 18 and 56). The rest are cats, squirrels, Melbourne paint, obsidian, and listing photos.

That is a different texture from August 21, which still had a TIL and a leaks-opinion row. Nothing here overlaps Google News or X. See best Reddit trend research tools.

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This list is the August 23 get_top_trends snapshot for type Reddit Hot Posts with limit 10. Teams that watch ranks as they move, not after a recap, can call the same feed as new rows arrive. The generating call:

{
  "type": "Reddit Hot Posts",
  "limit": 10
}

See the Reddit Hot Posts API page for source notes.