r/explainlikeimfive
22,991,903 subscribers — Explain Like I'm Five is the best forum and archive on the internet for layperson-friendly explanations. Don't Panic!
Top posts this week
The 10 highest-scored posts from the last 7 days — ranking by real score over a week naturally filters out posts that got removed shortly after posting.
Posting rules
- Be Civil
- All submissions must seek objective explanations
- Top-level comments must be written explanations
- Explain for laypeople (but not actual 5-year-olds)
- ELI5 is for factual information, not opinions
- Loaded questions are not allowed
- Search before posting; don't repeat old posts
- Don't guess
- Don't try to trick the bot
- Posts must begin with "ELI5:"
- Link to the Detailed Rules
Pull this with the API
1 credit per page — this exact request:
curl
curl "https://api.threadsnoop.com/v1/posts?subreddit=explainlikeimfive&limit=25" \
-H "x-api-key: ts_live_YOUR_KEY"See /docs/posts for pagination, filtering with q=, and full response shape, or /docs/subreddits for the rules endpoint used above.
Data above refreshed 12h ago — for real-time data, use the API or the Playground link above.