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r/politics subreddit stats

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

From July 17, 2026 to August 17, 2026, 126,641 users on r/politics made 10,466 posts and 841,462 comments, or about 332 posts/day and 26,684 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 80.4 comments per post; 98.6% of posts and 1.1% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 14.9/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 31.7% of posts and 24.9% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 16:00 (1.6x avg), the most active day was Wednesday (1.3x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.71x weekday volume.

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Posts/month
10,466
Posts/day
332
Comments/month
841,462
Comments/day
26,684
Posts with links
98.6%
Comments with links
1.1%
Comments per post
80.4
Unique posters
126,641
Health Score
14.9/100
Unique posters divided by total posts and comments.
Top 1% user posts
31.7%
Share of posts made by the most active 1% of users.
Top 1% user comments
24.9%
Share of comments made by the most active 1% of users.
Most active hour
16:00 (1.6x 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
0.71x
Weekend daily volume divided by weekday daily volume, normalized by day in UTC.

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