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r/washingtondc subreddit stats

Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.

Updated . Reporting period: Oct 5, 2026–Nov 5, 2026 (UTC).

From October 5, 2026 to November 5, 2026, 14,354 users on r/washingtondc made 2,181 posts and 54,135 comments, or about 69 posts/day and 1,708 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 24.8 comments per post; 31.3% of posts and 3.1% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 25.5/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 6.3% of posts and 21.4% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 14:00 (1.6x avg), the most active day was Friday (1.1x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.76x weekday volume.

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Posts/month
2,181
Posts/day
69
Comments/month
54,135
Comments/day
1,708
Posts with links
31.3%
Comments with links
3.1%
Comments per post
24.8
Unique posters
14,354
Health Score
25.5/100
Unique posters divided by total posts and comments.
Top 1% user posts
6.3%
Share of posts made by the most active 1% of users.
Top 1% user comments
21.4%
Share of comments made by the most active 1% of users.
Most active hour
14:00 (1.6x avg)
Based on average activity per hour in UTC.
Most active day
Friday (1.1x avg)
Based on average activity per weekday in UTC.
Weekend vs weekday
0.76x
Weekend daily volume divided by weekday daily volume, normalized by day in UTC.

Daily activity in r/washingtondc

Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 5 at 16:49 UTC.

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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 25 through Oct 31, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.

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