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r/news subreddit stats
Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.
Updated . Reporting period: Oct 7, 2026–Nov 7, 2026 (UTC).
From October 7, 2026 to November 7, 2026, 92,727 users on r/news made 2,621 posts and 257,962 comments, or about 84 posts/day and 8,298 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 98.4 comments per post; 92.8% of posts and 0.9% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 35.6/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 25.0% of posts and 19.4% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 23:00 (1.7x avg), the most active day was Friday (1.3x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.65x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/news
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 7 at 02:06 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
Each square is one hour, shown in UTC.
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Subreddits similar to r/news
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| Subreddit | Audience similarity | Shared commenters (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| r/politics | 6.2% | 4,288 |
| r/technology | 5.8% | 3,332 |
| r/worldnews | 5.8% | 3,780 |
| r/nottheonion | 5.3% | 1,935 |
| r/videos | 4.7% | 1,714 |
| r/todayilearned | 4.7% | 2,303 |
| r/law | 3.8% | 1,113 |
| r/movies | 3.7% | 2,382 |
| r/pics | 3.5% | 1,302 |
| r/science | 3.4% | 1,056 |
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 17 through Oct 23, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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