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r/paleontology subreddit stats
Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.
Updated . Reporting period: Oct 5, 2026–Nov 5, 2026 (UTC).
From October 5, 2026 to November 5, 2026, 2,045 users on r/paleontology made 605 posts and 5,296 comments, or about 19 posts/day and 166 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 8.8 comments per post; 62.8% of posts and 17.1% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 34.7/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 13.4% of posts and 24.8% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 20:00 (1.5x avg), the most active day was Sunday (1.2x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 1.20x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/paleontology
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 5 at 23:29 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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