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r/answers subreddit stats

Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.

Updated . Reporting period: Sep 28, 2026–Oct 28, 2026 (UTC).

From September 28, 2026 to October 28, 2026, 70,209 users on r/answers made 3,271 posts and 175,695 comments, or about 107 posts/day and 5,764 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 53.7 comments per post; 0.2% of posts and 1.9% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 39.2/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 17.2% of posts and 16.3% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 01:00 (1.3x avg), the most active day was Wednesday (1.1x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.95x weekday volume.

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Posts/month
3,271
Posts/day
107
Comments/month
175,695
Comments/day
5,764
Posts with links
0.2%
Comments with links
1.9%
Comments per post
53.7
Unique posters
70,209
Health Score
39.2/100
Unique posters divided by total posts and comments.
Top 1% user posts
17.2%
Share of posts made by the most active 1% of users.
Top 1% user comments
16.3%
Share of comments made by the most active 1% of users.
Most active hour
01:00 (1.3x avg)
Based on average activity per hour in UTC.
Most active day
Wednesday (1.1x avg)
Based on average activity per weekday in UTC.
Weekend vs weekday
0.95x
Weekend daily volume divided by weekday daily volume, normalized by day in UTC.

Daily activity in r/answers

Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 28 at 11:33 UTC.

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r/randomquestions7.2%2,126
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r/no5.6%1,625
r/familyfeud5.3%1,688
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r/askhereanythingnow5.0%1,246
r/askanything4.8%4,500

Audience similarity is the estimated share of commenters active in both subreddits out of those active in either one. Higher scores mean more audience overlap; they don't measure community quality or subscriber counts.

Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 19 through Oct 25, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.

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