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r/rust subreddit stats
Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.
Updated . Reporting period: Oct 6, 2026–Nov 6, 2026 (UTC).
From October 6, 2026 to November 6, 2026, 4,818 users on r/rust made 1,509 posts and 12,171 comments, or about 47 posts/day and 380 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 8.1 comments per post; 50.6% of posts and 6.7% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 35.2/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 4.6% of posts and 16.7% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 12:00 (1.4x avg), the most active day was Wednesday (1.1x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.79x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/rust
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 6 at 23:52 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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|---|---|---|
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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 23 through Oct 29, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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