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r/askengineers 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, 2,632 users on r/askengineers made 460 posts and 5,309 comments, or about 14 posts/day and 166 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 11.5 comments per post; 4.1% of posts and 1.6% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 45.6/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 5.7% of posts and 14.7% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 18:00 (1.6x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.3x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 1.14x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/askengineers
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 5 at 23:47 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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|---|---|---|
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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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