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r/openai 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, 19,155 users on r/openai made 3,243 posts and 55,537 comments, or about 107 posts/day and 1,825 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 17.1 comments per post; 41.6% of posts and 2.7% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 32.6/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 8.1% of posts and 22.0% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 17:00 (1.5x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.2x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.84x weekday volume.

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Posts/month
3,243
Posts/day
107
Comments/month
55,537
Comments/day
1,825
Posts with links
41.6%
Comments with links
2.7%
Comments per post
17.1
Unique posters
19,155
Health Score
32.6/100
Unique posters divided by total posts and comments.
Top 1% user posts
8.1%
Share of posts made by the most active 1% of users.
Top 1% user comments
22.0%
Share of comments made by the most active 1% of users.
Most active hour
17:00 (1.5x avg)
Based on average activity per hour in UTC.
Most active day
Thursday (1.2x avg)
Based on average activity per weekday in UTC.
Weekend vs weekday
0.84x
Weekend daily volume divided by weekday daily volume, normalized by day in UTC.

Daily activity in r/openai

Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 26 at 10:32 UTC.

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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 17 through Oct 23, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.

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