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r/politics subreddit stats

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

From August 27, 2026 to September 27, 2026, 127,548 users on r/politics made 9,541 posts and 773,451 comments, or about 301 posts/day and 24,387 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 81.1 comments per post; 97.2% of posts and 1.0% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 16.3/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 26.4% of posts and 22.9% 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 0.66x weekday volume.

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Posts/month
9,541
Posts/day
301
Comments/month
773,451
Comments/day
24,387
Posts with links
97.2%
Comments with links
1.0%
Comments per post
81.1
Unique posters
127,548
Health Score
16.3/100
Unique posters divided by total posts and comments.
Top 1% user posts
26.4%
Share of posts made by the most active 1% of users.
Top 1% user comments
22.9%
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
Thursday (1.2x avg)
Based on average activity per weekday in UTC.
Weekend vs weekday
0.66x
Weekend daily volume divided by weekday daily volume, normalized by day in UTC.

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The heatmap shows when people post and comment, not when a post is most likely to get clicks or upvotes. Our Reddit posting-time analysis explains how to use activity patterns when planning a post.

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