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r/backpacking 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, 5,478 users on r/backpacking made 650 posts and 11,585 comments, or about 21 posts/day and 366 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 17.8 comments per post; 26.2% of posts and 2.3% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 44.8/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 7.1% of posts and 14.4% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 19:00 (1.6x avg), the most active day was Wednesday (1.3x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 1.10x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/backpacking
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 5 at 15:50 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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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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