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r/economics subreddit stats
Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.
Updated . Reporting period: Sep 26, 2026–Oct 26, 2026 (UTC).
From September 26, 2026 to October 26, 2026, 15,222 users on r/economics made 666 posts and 57,220 comments, or about 22 posts/day and 1,880 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 85.9 comments per post; 98.8% of posts and 1.8% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 26.3/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 22.4% of posts and 25.8% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 14:00 (1.8x avg), the most active day was Tuesday (1.5x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.65x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/economics
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 26 at 10:27 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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