What Reddit is talking about right now
Frontpage Radar turns Reddit's chaos into one clear snapshot — what's trending, how fast it's moving, and how the crowd feels. It cuts the noise and the bull and shows exactly what's happening across Reddit at a glance.
Why Frontpage Radar
Reddit is where the internet reacts first — but it’s also a firehose of millions of posts and comments. Most tools tell you whatwas said. Frontpage Radar tells you what’s happening and how it feels and how fast it’s moving: it cuts the noise and the bull and gives you the read in a snapshot.
That makes it the go-to source for journalists chasing a story before it peaks, brand managers watching for a PR fire, marketers tracking culture, and investors reading retail sentiment — and for anyone who just wants to know what the internet is reacting to right now.
How it works
Frontpage Radar reads public Reddit activity and turns it into readable signal: a live trend ticker, the Emotionally Charged Indicator, KPI tiles (Viral Velocity, Controversy Index, Outrage Meter, Hype Meter, Cross-Sub Spread, Trend Freshness), a trending-topics table, and a subreddit heat ranking. Every score is a transparent, inspectable calculation — see the methodology.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Frontpage Radar?
- Frontpage Radar is a real-time intelligence terminal for Reddit. It distills what Reddit is talking about, how fast topics are moving, and how the crowd feels into a single live snapshot — so you can see exactly what's happening across Reddit at a glance instead of scrolling endless threads.
- How does Frontpage Radar measure what's trending on Reddit?
- It reads public Reddit listings and computes trend velocity (upvotes and comments per minute), an engagement score, and a controversy read from upvote ratios. Topics rising fastest float to the top of the trending table and ticker, each linking back to the original Reddit post.
- What is the Emotionally Charged Indicator?
- It's the headline meter — a 0–100 score of how emotionally intense Reddit feels right now, mapped to a five-level scale: Calm, Active, Heated, Explosive, and Nuclear. It blends signals like anger, controversy, post velocity, excitement, fear, and comment intensity. The exact weights are published on the methodology page.
- What's the difference between Curated and Firehose mode?
- Curated mode tracks a fixed set of major communities (finance, news, tech, gaming, culture). Firehose mode casts a wider net across all of Reddit to surface off-radar spikes — useful for catching stories before they break into the mainstream.
- How often does the data update?
- The dashboard refreshes on demand, and the underlying data is ingested on a short interval so trend velocity and history stay current.
- Is Frontpage Radar affiliated with Reddit?
- No. Frontpage Radar is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Reddit, Inc. It uses the public Reddit Data API and links back to original posts. Reddit is a trademark of Reddit, Inc.
Frontpage Radar uses the Reddit Data API. We are an independent tool. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Reddit, Inc. Reddit is a trademark of Reddit, Inc.