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r/writers 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, 11,235 users on r/writers made 3,354 posts and 51,603 comments, or about 109 posts/day and 1,683 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 15.4 comments per post; 20.6% of posts and 1.9% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 20.4/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 6.6% of posts and 25.1% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 17:00 (1.4x avg), the most active day was Thursday (1.1x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 0.88x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/writers
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 28 at 15:49 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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| Subreddit | Audience similarity | Shared commenters (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| r/writing | 6.3% | 310 |
| r/writingadvice | 5.9% | 249 |
| r/writingfeedback | 3.6% | 146 |
| r/fictionwriting | 3.4% | 144 |
| r/selfpublish | 3.3% | 153 |
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| r/novelwriting | 2.9% | 116 |
| r/writinghelp | 2.9% | 117 |
| r/newauthor | 2.9% | 117 |
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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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