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r/unexpected 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, 29,281 users on r/unexpected made 1,398 posts and 47,044 comments, or about 45 posts/day and 1,521 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 33.7 comments per post; 97.2% of posts and 9.6% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 60.4/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 15.6% of posts and 12.3% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 16:00 (1.6x avg), the most active day was Friday (1.3x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.82x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/unexpected
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 28 at 22:09 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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