Russell Brand is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Over roughly 74 hours, 21 threads about it surfaced across 7 subreddits, most of the conversation happening in r/entertainment, r/unitedkingdom and r/formula1. Combined, those threads hold roughly 40.5K upvotes and 7.2K comments so far. People are searching for it on Google too (“russell brand katy perry” in Google Trends for GB).
What the sources report
Here is how the outlets linked in these threads describe what happened, word for word.
- The Independent: Russell Brand’s evangelical reinvention was never going to work here
We Brits may grumble a lot, worship tea, weather and sarcasm as our national religion, and be far less united than we used to be, but our healthy cynicism remains intact, says Chloe Combi
- The Guardian: Russell Brand barrister reports himself to watchdog over clash with journalist
Ian Winter KC told Rosamund Urwin of the Sunday Times, whose investigation led to Brand’s victims coming forward: ‘I hope you are pleased with yourself’
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/entertainment | 6 | 20,091 | 2,636 | Nov 6, 12:31 UTC |
| r/unitedkingdom | 9 | 5,851 | 2,658 | Nov 6, 14:41 UTC |
| r/formula1 | 1 | 7,049 | 644 | Nov 7, 20:22 UTC |
| r/Music | 2 | 5,572 | 987 | Nov 7, 17:36 UTC |
| r/politics | 1 | 1,411 | 85 | Nov 9, 08:53 UTC |
| r/television | 1 | 562 | 150 | Nov 7, 09:11 UTC |
| r/movies | 1 | 1 | 0 | Nov 9, 14:32 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Russell is very angry on the radio currently in Q3r/formula1 · 7,049 upvotes · 644 comments · Nov 7, 20:22 UTC · i.redd.it
- Russell Brand suspected to have attacked at least 10 other womenr/entertainment · 5,955 upvotes · 430 comments · Nov 6, 20:16 UTC · The Guardian
- Katy Perry 'in talks' to expose Russell Brand marriage secrets in tell-all bookr/Music · 4,374 upvotes · 836 comments · Nov 8, 11:17 UTC · themirror.com
- Russell Brand’s evangelical reinvention worked in America. It was never going to work here.r/entertainment · 4,111 upvotes · 724 comments · Nov 8, 15:19 UTC · independent.co.uk
- Russell Brand’s jail hell: Vermin-infested cells, violent inmates and drug searchesr/entertainment · 3,208 upvotes · 842 comments · Nov 8, 00:14 UTC · pagesix.com
- Katherine Ryan Feeling “Grief & Relief” Over Russell Brand Conviction After Calling Him A “Sexual Predator” On Comedy Central’s ‘Roast Battle’ in 2018r/entertainment · 3,990 upvotes · 213 comments · Nov 6, 14:49 UTC · Deadline
- Bear Grylls Speaks Out on Russell Brand Verdict After Helping Baptize Him: ‘Justice Has Now Been Served’ and the Victims Are ‘Heroes’r/entertainment · 2,543 upvotes · 399 comments · Nov 6, 12:31 UTC · Variety
- Elon Musk defends convicted rapist Russell Brand over 'unjust' sentencingr/unitedkingdom · 1,405 upvotes · 606 comments · Nov 9, 12:41 UTC · pagesix.com
- Comedy has a 'couple of hundred' more people who have behaved like Russell Brand, comic tells LBCr/unitedkingdom · 722 upvotes · 629 comments · Nov 7, 18:30 UTC · lbc.co.uk
- The injunction that permanently silenced Russell Brand’s accuserr/unitedkingdom · 1,318 upvotes · 311 comments · Nov 7, 10:11 UTC · taxpolicy.org.uk
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/entertainment: “Bear Grylls Speaks Out on Russell Brand Verdict After Helping Baptize Him: ‘Justice Has Now Been Served’ and the Victims Are ‘Heroes’”
- The story reaches r/unitedkingdom: “Russell Brand barrister reports himself to bar watchdog over confronting Sunday Times journalist”
- The story reaches r/television: “Russell Brand: In plain sight - The final nail in the narcissist’s coffin”
- The story reaches r/Music: “Katy Perry said her ex 'should be in jail' months before Russell Brand convicted”
- The story reaches r/formula1: “Russell is very angry on the radio currently in Q3”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/formula1 (7,049 upvotes, 644 comments by our last count).
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/movies.
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.