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r/backyardchickens 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, 6,129 users on r/backyardchickens made 1,413 posts and 19,779 comments, or about 44 posts/day and 622 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 14.0 comments per post; 59.4% of posts and 5.3% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 28.9/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 7.0% of posts and 15.7% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 16:00 (1.5x avg), the most active day was Tuesday (1.2x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.93x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/backyardchickens
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 5 at 19:09 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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|---|---|---|
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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 28 through Nov 3, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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