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r/askprofessors 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, 1,097 users on r/askprofessors made 467 posts and 4,181 comments, or about 15 posts/day and 131 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 9.0 comments per post; 0.2% of posts and 0.3% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 23.6/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 4.1% of posts and 25.7% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 15:00 (1.9x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.5x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.86x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/askprofessors
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 5 at 22:48 UTC.
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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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