r/Basketball peaks Thursdays 6pm-8pm UTC
r/Basketball was created on April 13, 2008, making it 18 years old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 1,664,131 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/Basketball is slowly growing, with 1,533 new members in the last 30 days.
r/Basketball shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 10.7 upvotes per post across its 1,664,131 members. The community is highly discussion-oriented, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 2.14.
Posts on r/Basketball receive an average of 22.9 comments, indicating a highly engaged community where members actively participate in conversations rather than passively consuming content. This level of discussion is characteristic of communities that value dialogue and diverse perspectives.
Based on an analysis of 40 top posts from the past week, Thursday is the most active day with 10 posts reaching the top, while Monday sees the least activity with 2 posts. Weekend activity tends to outpace weekdays, suggesting a more leisure-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 6pm UTC (5 posts), 2pm UTC (5 posts), and 11pm UTC (3 posts). The quietest hours are 6am UTC, 7am UTC, and 3pm UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (2), Tuesday (6), Wednesday (2), Thursday (10), Friday (6), Saturday (5), Sunday (9) posts reaching the top.
r/Basketball currently has 1,664,131 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 1,533 members (0.09%), averaging 49 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/Basketball in the top 46% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/Basketball has gained 4,989 subscribers (0.3%). Since tracking began 628 days ago, the community has added 168,779 total subscribers. Growth has been accelerating recently compared to the longer-term trend.
r/Basketball is slowly growing, with 1,533 new members in the last 30 days.
r/Basketball has 1,664,131 subscribers as of April 2026.
The best time to post on r/Basketball is Thursdays 6pm-8pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/Basketball is slowly growing, with 1,533 new members in the last 30 days.
r/Basketball was created on April 13, 2008, making it 18 years old.
r/Basketball is a Reddit community with 1,664,131 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "r/Basketball is a community of hoops fans to chat about playing and watching the game. All leagues are open for discussion including NBA, WNBA, NCAA, G-League, EuroLeague, as well as FIBA..." The best time to post on r/Basketball is Thursdays 6pm-8pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 10.7 upvotes and 22.9 comments. The subreddit is adding approximately 49 new members each day. Founded 18 years ago, r/Basketball is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,351 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-04-28 23:55:55