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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 7, 2026 to September 7, 2026, 122,845 users on r/politics made 9,758 posts and 790,193 comments, or about 307 posts/day and 24,896 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 81.0 comments per post; 97.4% of posts and 1.1% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 15.4/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 25.3% of posts and 24.0% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 16:00 (1.6x avg), the most active day was Wednesday (1.2x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.77x weekday volume.

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Posts/month
9,758
Posts/day
307
Comments/month
790,193
Comments/day
24,896
Posts with links
97.4%
Comments with links
1.1%
Comments per post
81.0
Unique posters
122,845
Health Score
15.4/100
Unique posters divided by total posts and comments.
Top 1% user posts
25.3%
Share of posts made by the most active 1% of users.
Top 1% user comments
24.0%
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 (1.2x avg)
Based on average activity per weekday in UTC.
Weekend vs weekday
0.77x
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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