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Brendan Fraser patiently helps a fan trying to take a photo with him opens Reddit Hot Posts on September 3, 2026. The as_of stamp is 2026-09-02T22:01:39, so the board is last night's crawl, not a Thursday-morning refresh. All 10 titles are new versus the September 2 Reddit Hot board, which was pet and kid clips. Rank 7 is a photo of USS Abraham Lincoln arriving in Thailand after a long deployment; CNN on September 2 put the carrier in after months of Middle East combat and about 5,000 crew following 286 days at sea. A Reddit Hot Posts API pull listed 10 rows.
Top trending posts on Reddit: September 3
Brendan Fraser patiently helps a fan trying to take a photo with him: Celebrity-kindness clip. New at 1. No widely reported premiere tied to the post for September 3; the image is the why.
Caught a baby groundhog eating wild berries.: Wildlife still. New at 2.
China is putting scientists on public screens and treating them like national celebrities: Culture post on Chinese public displays of researchers. New at 3. No separate English wire recap with a dated headcount was found; the Reddit title is the claim.
Doorbell camera captures dramatic moments when New York man is struck by lightning: Viral doorbell video. New at 4.
Meirl: Relatable-meme slot. New at 5.
One ping pong table, five years, and countless of unexpected moments: Long-run compilation. New at 6. The title itself dates the clip at five years.
The USS Abraham Lincoln arriving in Thailand showing signs of her long deployment: Carrier photo after the Laem Chabang port call. CNN on September 2 cited months of combat ops and a 286-day stretch with about 5,000 crew. New at 7 after the same arrival led Google News yesterday.
Breathtaking scenery in Iceland at 1AM: Night photo from Iceland at 1 a.m. New at 8.
TIL Sleep triggers a "wash cycle" in the brain: Explain-like-I'm-five post citing studies that the space between brain cells widens over 60 percent in sleep so cerebrospinal fluid can clear beta-amyloid. New at 9.
meirl: Second meme slot. New at 10.
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What changed on Reddit Hot since yesterday
| Change | Post | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| New | All 10 titles | Full turnover |
| Drop-off | He really loves hanging himself over chairs like this. | Was 1 |
| Drop-off | MapQuest-adjacent pet/kid set | Ranks 2-10 September 2 |
No holds. Yesterday's 10 animal and kid posts are gone.
What today's Reddit Hot posts reveal
The hot feed flipped from pets to a mix of celebrity, navy, and TIL. Fraser at 1 is a kindness clip, not a box-office chart. Abraham Lincoln at 7 is the only item with a matching September 2 wire (286 days, ~5,000 crew, Thailand). The TIL at 9 carries its own figure (60 percent wider interstitial space).
Two meirl slots at 5 and 10 are format fixtures. as_of 22:01 UTC September 2 means this file is a lagging snapshot on a September 3 URL, same pattern as other overnight Reddit crawls.
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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool on the Reddit Hot Posts feed, limited to 10 rows. The same call is how social desks pull a dated snapshot without scraping Reddit. See the Reddit Hot Posts API page for the feed contract.
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