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r/tools 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, 19,879 users on r/tools made 1,844 posts and 51,698 comments, or about 60 posts/day and 1,694 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 28.0 comments per post; 47.0% of posts and 5.5% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 37.1/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 13.9% of posts and 17.0% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 00:00 (1.4x avg), the most active day was Friday (1.2x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 1.11x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/tools
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 28 at 12:27 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
Each square is one hour, shown in UTC.
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|---|---|---|
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| r/construction | 2.1% | 192 |
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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 20 through Oct 26, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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