Welcome to Trends Daily—your download on what the world was searching for. Today: the most searched and viewed topics on Reddit in 2022. Reddit 2022. The front page of the internet showed us who we really are. Most Viewed Subreddits: r/aww (animals won the internet, again). r/AskReddit (questions that kept us scrolling for hours). r/memes (top community by upvotes). r/MadeMeSmile (wholesome content for dark times). r/space (79% year-over-year growth). Fastest Growing Categories: r/funnyanimals (652% growth, pets dominated). Music (161% increase). r/formula1 (84% growth, #13 overall, F1 went mainstream). Fashion/Beauty (2.2 billion views combined). Movies/TV (13.2 billion views, Bollywood broke into top 25). Top Posts of 2022: A kitten ambush video in r/aww hit 366k upvotes. A baseball-catching dog in r/MadeMeSmile got 213k. r/AskReddit's "saddest songs" thread pulled 51k comments. Boris Johnson resignation and Ukraine dominated news discussions. The Pattern: Animals. Wholesome content. Sports crossover. The internet wanted to feel good while the world was chaotic. The Takeaway: Reddit 2022: cats, questions, and Formula 1. The algorithm rewarded feel-good content and curiosity. Some things never change. Created by Adam J Carswell. Connect on LinkedIn.