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r/askanything subreddit stats

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

From August 27, 2026 to September 27, 2026, 209,186 users on r/askanything made 16,458 posts and 1,191,380 comments, or about 515 posts/day and 37,257 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 72.4 comments per post; 12.2% of posts and 2.9% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 17.3/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 33.4% of posts and 27.7% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 17:00 (1.5x avg), the most active day was Wednesday (1.1x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.91x weekday volume.

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Posts/month
16,458
Posts/day
515
Comments/month
1,191,380
Comments/day
37,257
Posts with links
12.2%
Comments with links
2.9%
Comments per post
72.4
Unique posters
209,186
Health Score
17.3/100
Unique posters divided by total posts and comments.
Top 1% user posts
33.4%
Share of posts made by the most active 1% of users.
Top 1% user comments
27.7%
Share of comments made by the most active 1% of users.
Most active hour
17:00 (1.5x 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
0.91x
Weekend daily volume divided by weekday daily volume, normalized by day in UTC.

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The heatmap shows when people post and comment, not when a post is most likely to get clicks or upvotes. Our Reddit posting-time analysis explains how to use activity patterns when planning a post.

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