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r/therestisscience subreddit stats
Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.
Updated . Reporting period: Sep 26, 2026–Oct 26, 2026 (UTC).
From September 26, 2026 to October 26, 2026, 3,797 users on r/therestisscience made 562 posts and 10,236 comments, or about 18 posts/day and 336 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 18.2 comments per post; 18.9% of posts and 3.6% 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 4.8% of posts and 11.4% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 21:00 (1.3x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.8x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.85x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/therestisscience
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 26 at 12:07 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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