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r/askmechanics 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, 19,457 users on r/askmechanics made 5,787 posts and 48,224 comments, or about 190 posts/day and 1,582 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 8.3 comments per post; 48.4% of posts and 0.7% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 36.0/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 2.2% of posts and 25.8% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 23:00 (1.5x avg), the most active day was Tuesday (1.1x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.96x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/askmechanics
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 28 at 11:24 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 20 through Oct 26, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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