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r/askchicago 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, 14,062 users on r/askchicago made 2,097 posts and 48,349 comments, or about 66 posts/day and 1,525 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 23.1 comments per post; 1.0% of posts and 2.4% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 27.9/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 4.2% of posts and 16.9% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 18:00 (1.6x avg), the most active day was Wednesday (1.4x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.77x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/askchicago
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 5 at 16:49 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 25 through Oct 31, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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