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r/askacademia subreddit stats
Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.
Updated . Reporting period: Oct 5, 2026–Nov 5, 2026 (UTC).
From October 5, 2026 to November 5, 2026, 4,957 users on r/askacademia made 948 posts and 13,607 comments, or about 30 posts/day and 426 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 14.4 comments per post; 2.2% of posts and 0.8% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 34.1/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 2.3% of posts and 14.6% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 14:00 (1.3x avg), the most active day was Friday (1.3x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.72x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/askacademia
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 5 at 21:51 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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| Subreddit | Audience similarity | Shared commenters (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| r/phd | 5.4% | 240 |
| r/professors | 4.6% | 189 |
| r/academia | 4.0% | 73 |
| r/postdoc | 3.6% | 64 |
| r/phdadmissions | 3.3% | 63 |
| r/gradadmissions | 2.9% | 64 |
| r/askprofessors | 2.7% | 46 |
| r/labrats | 2.4% | 87 |
| r/leavingacademia | 2.2% | 38 |
| r/gradschool | 2.2% | 42 |
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 25 through Oct 31, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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