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r/worldnews subreddit stats

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

Updated . Reporting period: Oct 8, 2026–Nov 8, 2026 (UTC).

From October 8, 2026 to November 8, 2026, 124,388 users on r/worldnews made 5,106 posts and 416,391 comments, or about 162 posts/day and 13,226 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 81.5 comments per post; 93.1% of posts and 1.0% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 29.5/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 30.1% of posts and 19.9% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 14:00 (1.3x avg), the most active day was Wednesday (1.1x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.98x weekday volume.

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Posts/month
5,106
Posts/day
162
Comments/month
416,391
Comments/day
13,226
Posts with links
93.1%
Comments with links
1.0%
Comments per post
81.5
Unique posters
124,388
Health Score
29.5/100
Unique posters divided by total posts and comments.
Top 1% user posts
30.1%
Share of posts made by the most active 1% of users.
Top 1% user comments
19.9%
Share of comments made by the most active 1% of users.
Most active hour
14:00 (1.3x avg)
Based on average activity per hour in UTC.
Most active day
Wednesday (1.1x avg)
Based on average activity per weekday in UTC.
Weekend vs weekday
0.98x
Weekend daily volume divided by weekday daily volume, normalized by day in UTC.

Daily activity in r/worldnews

Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Nov 8 at 11:36 UTC.

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The heatmap shows when people post and comment, not when a post is most likely to get clicks or upvotes. Our Reddit posting-time analysis explains how to use activity patterns when planning a post.

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Related subreddits ranked by estimated audience similarity to r/worldnews
SubredditAudience similarityShared commenters (est.)
r/politics7.7%7,079
r/technology7.2%5,822
r/news5.9%3,780
r/europe5.2%3,183
r/anticapitalism4.9%3,031
r/videos4.9%2,981
r/sipstea4.8%6,961
r/pourstea4.5%3,709
r/todayilearned4.3%3,220
r/nottheonion4.3%2,650

Audience similarity is the estimated share of commenters active in both subreddits out of those active in either one. Higher scores mean more audience overlap; they don't measure community quality or subscriber counts.

Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 17 through Oct 23, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.

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