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r/politics subreddit stats

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

From September 18, 2026 to October 18, 2026, 124,068 users on r/politics made 8,605 posts and 729,803 comments, or about 286 posts/day and 24,247 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 84.8 comments per post; 98.2% of posts and 1.0% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 16.8/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 27.6% of posts and 23.2% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 16:00 (1.6x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.2x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.73x weekday volume.

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Posts/month
8,605
Posts/day
286
Comments/month
729,803
Comments/day
24,247
Posts with links
98.2%
Comments with links
1.0%
Comments per post
84.8
Unique posters
124,068
Health Score
16.8/100
Unique posters divided by total posts and comments.
Top 1% user posts
27.6%
Share of posts made by the most active 1% of users.
Top 1% user comments
23.2%
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
Thursday (1.2x avg)
Based on average activity per weekday in UTC.
Weekend vs weekday
0.73x
Weekend daily volume divided by weekday daily volume, normalized by day in UTC.

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