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r/selfpublish subreddit stats
Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.
Updated . Reporting period: Sep 28, 2026–Oct 28, 2026 (UTC).
From September 28, 2026 to October 28, 2026, 3,003 users on r/selfpublish made 563 posts and 10,760 comments, or about 18 posts/day and 350 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 19.1 comments per post; 0.0% of posts and 4.8% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 26.5/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 4.6% of posts and 23.0% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 14:00 (1.5x avg), the most active day was Friday (1.3x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.83x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/selfpublish
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 28 at 17:30 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 21 through Oct 27, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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