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r/explainlikeimfive 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, 26,840 users on r/explainlikeimfive made 2,339 posts and 66,450 comments, or about 77 posts/day and 2,184 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 28.4 comments per post; 0.7% of posts and 1.6% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 39.0/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 9.7% of posts and 17.6% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 15:00 (1.4x avg), the most active day was Friday (1.1x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 1.01x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/explainlikeimfive
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 26 at 10:16 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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