r/BackYardChickens peaks Sundays 2pm-4pm UTC
r/BackYardChickens was created on March 20, 2011, making it 15 years and 4 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 1,020,955 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/BackYardChickens is steadily growing, with 3,275 new members in the last 30 days.
r/BackYardChickens shows moderate engagement relative to its size, with an average of 118.4 upvotes per post across its 1,020,955 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.19. To reach the Hot section of r/BackYardChickens, posts typically need at least 11 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/BackYardChickens receive an average of 22.9 comments, indicating a community that primarily engages through upvoting content. Posts tend to be appreciated more through voting than through discussion in the comments.
Based on an analysis of 100 top posts from the past week, Sunday is the most active day with 17 posts reaching the top, while Thursday sees the least activity with 11 posts. Weekend activity tends to outpace weekdays, suggesting a more leisure-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 2pm UTC (14 posts), 8pm UTC (10 posts), and 7pm UTC (10 posts). The quietest hours are 12pm UTC, 6am UTC, and 4am UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (16), Tuesday (14), Wednesday (15), Thursday (11), Friday (11), Saturday (16), Sunday (17) posts reaching the top.
r/BackYardChickens currently has 1,020,955 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 3,275 members (0.32%), averaging 102 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/BackYardChickens in the top 13% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/BackYardChickens has gained 10,700 subscribers (1.06%). Since tracking began 658 days ago, the community has added 217,507 total subscribers. Growth has been accelerating recently compared to the longer-term trend.
r/BackYardChickens is steadily growing, with 3,275 new members in the last 30 days.
r/BackYardChickens has 1,020,955 subscribers as of August 2026.
The best time to post on r/BackYardChickens is Sundays 2pm-4pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/BackYardChickens is steadily growing, with 3,275 new members in the last 30 days.
r/BackYardChickens was created on March 20, 2011, making it 15 years old.
Posts on r/BackYardChickens typically need at least 11 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/BackYardChickens is a Reddit community with 1,020,955 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "Interesting stuff for the small flock community and the humane big flock community." The best time to post on r/BackYardChickens is Sundays 2pm-4pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 118.4 upvotes and 22.9 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 11. The subreddit is adding approximately 102 new members each day. Founded 15 years ago, r/BackYardChickens is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,367 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-07-24 19:58:37