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r/postdoc 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, 1,418 users on r/postdoc made 311 posts and 3,360 comments, or about 10 posts/day and 106 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 10.8 comments per post; 4.2% of posts and 0.6% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 38.6/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 3.9% of posts and 8.3% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 15:00 (1.3x avg), the most active day was Tuesday (1.2x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.84x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/postdoc
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 5 at 17:57 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
Each square is one hour, shown in UTC.
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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 25 through Oct 31, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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