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r/howto 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, 7,657 users on r/howto made 607 posts and 13,203 comments, or about 20 posts/day and 433 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 21.8 comments per post; 52.2% of posts and 5.4% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 55.4/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 6.4% of posts and 14.5% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 16:00 (1.4x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.3x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.97x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/howto
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 28 at 11:31 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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