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r/news subreddit stats

Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.

From July 18, 2026 to August 18, 2026, 94,524 users on r/news made 2,976 posts and 318,680 comments, or about 94 posts/day and 10,105 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 107.1 comments per post; 99.1% of posts and 1.0% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 29.4/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 28.3% of posts and 31.7% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 16:00 (1.5x avg), the most active day was Wednesday (1.3x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.89x weekday volume.

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Posts/month
2,976
Posts/day
94
Comments/month
318,680
Comments/day
10,105
Posts with links
99.1%
Comments with links
1.0%
Comments per post
107.1
Unique posters
94,524
Health Score
29.4/100
Unique posters divided by total posts and comments.
Top 1% user posts
28.3%
Share of posts made by the most active 1% of users.
Top 1% user comments
31.7%
Share of comments made by the most active 1% of users.
Most active hour
16:00 (1.5x avg)
Based on average activity per hour in UTC.
Most active day
Wednesday (1.3x avg)
Based on average activity per weekday in UTC.
Weekend vs weekday
0.89x
Weekend daily volume divided by weekday daily volume, normalized by day in UTC.

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