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r/whatisthisbug 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, 3,392 users on r/whatisthisbug made 1,518 posts and 7,675 comments, or about 48 posts/day and 241 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 5.1 comments per post; 70.8% of posts and 5.0% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 36.9/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 1.3% of posts and 31.8% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 20:00 (1.4x avg), the most active day was Tuesday (1.0x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.99x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/whatisthisbug
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 5 at 19:36 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 28 through Nov 3, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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