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r/babynames 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, 12,330 users on r/babynames made 822 posts and 43,195 comments, or about 27 posts/day and 1,425 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 52.5 comments per post; 0.1% of posts and 0.3% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 28.0/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 5.7% of posts and 17.1% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 00:00 (1.5x avg), the most active day was Saturday (1.1x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.98x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/babynames
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 28 at 07:39 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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|---|---|---|
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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 21 through Oct 27, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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