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r/programming subreddit stats

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

From April 28, 2026 to May 28, 2026, 6,142 users on r/programming made 1,843 posts and 14,944 comments, or about 60 posts/day and 485 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 8.1 comments per post; 89.4% of posts and 6.7% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 36.6/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 7.6% of posts and 21.2% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 15:00 (1.6x avg), the most active day was Tuesday (1.1x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 1.03x weekday volume.

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Posts/month
1,843
Posts/day
60
Comments/month
14,944
Comments/day
485
Posts with links
89.4%
Comments with links
6.7%
Comments per post
8.1
Unique posters
6,142
Health Score
36.6/100
Unique posters divided by total posts and comments.
Top 1% user posts
7.6%
Share of posts made by the most active 1% of users.
Top 1% user comments
21.2%
Share of comments made by the most active 1% of users.
Most active hour
15:00 (1.6x avg)
Based on average activity per hour in UTC.
Most active day
Tuesday (1.1x avg)
Based on average activity per weekday in UTC.
Weekend vs weekday
1.03x
Weekend daily volume divided by weekday daily volume, normalized by day in UTC.

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