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r/theydidthemath 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, 25,079 users on r/theydidthemath made 1,238 posts and 63,515 comments, or about 41 posts/day and 2,084 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 51.3 comments per post; 59.8% of posts and 1.5% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 38.7/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 5.2% of posts and 25.7% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 16:00 (1.6x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.6x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.93x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/theydidthemath
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 26 at 11:20 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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