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r/bayarea 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, 19,762 users on r/bayarea made 2,486 posts and 65,764 comments, or about 79 posts/day and 2,080 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 26.5 comments per post; 41.1% of posts and 2.0% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 29.0/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 8.4% of posts and 19.6% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 18:00 (1.5x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.2x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.82x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/bayarea
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 5 at 14:54 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
Each square is one hour, shown in UTC.
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| Subreddit | Audience similarity | Shared commenters (est.) |
|---|---|---|
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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 23 through Oct 29, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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