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r/fire subreddit stats
Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.
Updated . Reporting period: Sep 28, 2026–Oct 28, 2026 (UTC).
From September 28, 2026 to October 28, 2026, 10,796 users on r/fire made 508 posts and 29,287 comments, or about 17 posts/day and 968 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 57.7 comments per post; 3.1% of posts and 1.3% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 36.2/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 14.0% of posts and 16.0% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 16:00 (1.6x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.3x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.65x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/fire
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 28 at 06:21 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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| Subreddit | Audience similarity | Shared commenters (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| r/retire | 3.6% | 154 |
| r/bogleheads | 3.5% | 151 |
| r/chubbyfire | 3.3% | 113 |
| r/leanfire | 3.3% | 108 |
| r/middleclassfinance | 2.9% | 160 |
| r/retirement401k | 2.5% | 120 |
| r/coastfire | 2.4% | 79 |
| r/personalfinance | 2.1% | 263 |
| r/money | 2.1% | 82 |
| r/henryfinance | 2.0% | 84 |
Audience similarity is the estimated share of commenters active in both subreddits out of those active in either one. Higher scores mean more audience overlap; they don't measure community quality or subscriber counts.
Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 20 through Oct 26, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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