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r/gaming 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, 85,851 users on r/gaming made 2,013 posts and 227,064 comments, or about 67 posts/day and 7,554 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 112.8 comments per post; 61.0% of posts and 0.4% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 37.5/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 26.4% of posts and 15.1% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 18:00 (1.5x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.3x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.70x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/gaming
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 26 at 01:21 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
Each square is one hour, shown in UTC.
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| Subreddit | Audience similarity | Shared commenters (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| r/pcmasterrace | 5.1% | 3,619 |
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| r/worldnews | 3.3% | 2,370 |
| r/xbox | 3.3% | 1,360 |
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 18 through Oct 24, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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