r/AskHistorians peaks Sundays 10pm-12am UTC
r/AskHistorians was created on August 28, 2011, making it 14 years and 6 months old and one of the older subreddits on Reddit. With 2,667,806 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/AskHistorians is experiencing strong growth, with 30,517 new members in the last 30 days.
r/AskHistorians shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 95.6 upvotes per post across its 2,667,806 members. The community is moderately discussion-oriented, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.31. To reach the Hot section of r/AskHistorians, posts typically need at least 13 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/AskHistorians receive an average of 29.4 comments, indicating a community with a healthy balance between content appreciation and active discussion. Members regularly engage with posts through both upvotes and comments.
Based on an analysis of 100 top posts from the past week, Sunday is the most active day with 18 posts reaching the top, while Saturday sees the least activity with 9 posts. Activity is fairly evenly distributed between weekdays and weekends.
The peak posting hours are around 10pm UTC (9 posts), 5pm UTC (8 posts), and 6pm UTC (8 posts). The quietest hours are 4pm UTC, 7am UTC, and 9am UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (12), Tuesday (17), Wednesday (17), Thursday (13), Friday (14), Saturday (9), Sunday (18) posts reaching the top.
r/AskHistorians currently has 2,667,806 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 30,517 members (1.16%), averaging 825 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/AskHistorians in the top 6% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/AskHistorians has gained 72,467 subscribers (2.79%). Since tracking began 578 days ago, the community has added 569,202 total subscribers.
r/AskHistorians is experiencing strong growth, with 30,517 new members in the last 30 days.
r/AskHistorians has 2,667,806 subscribers as of March 2026.
The best time to post on r/AskHistorians is Sundays 10pm-12am UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/AskHistorians is experiencing strong growth, with 30,517 new members in the last 30 days.
r/AskHistorians was created on August 28, 2011, making it 14 years old.
Posts on r/AskHistorians typically need at least 13 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/AskHistorians is a Reddit community with 2,667,806 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "The Portal for Public History. Please read the rules before participating, as we remove all comments which break the rules. Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive, or they will be removed." The best time to post on r/AskHistorians is Sundays 10pm-12am UTC. Posts receive an average of 95.6 upvotes and 29.4 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 13. The subreddit is adding approximately 825 new members each day. Founded 14 years ago, r/AskHistorians is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,347 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-03-09 16:26:31