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r/applyingtocollege 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, 12,287 users on r/applyingtocollege made 5,185 posts and 49,038 comments, or about 170 posts/day and 1,609 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 9.5 comments per post; 0.9% of posts and 1.5% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 22.7/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 5.1% of posts and 29.2% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 01:00 (1.5x avg), the most active day was Monday (1.0x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.99x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/applyingtocollege
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 28 at 11:25 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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