r/CatastrophicFailure peaks Sundays 2am-4am UTC
r/CatastrophicFailure was created on June 24, 2015, making it 11 years and 1 month old and one of the older subreddits on Reddit. With 1,788,707 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/CatastrophicFailure is steadily growing, with 2,382 new members in the last 30 days.
r/CatastrophicFailure shows moderate engagement relative to its size, with an average of 917.8 upvotes per post across its 1,788,707 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.06. To reach the Hot section of r/CatastrophicFailure, posts typically need at least 56 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/CatastrophicFailure receive an average of 51.1 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 12 top posts from the past week, Sunday is the most active day with 3 posts reaching the top, while Saturday sees the least activity with 1 posts. Weekend activity tends to outpace weekdays, suggesting a more leisure-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 2am UTC (2 posts), 2pm UTC (2 posts), and 12am UTC (1 posts). The quietest hours are 4am UTC, 5am UTC, and 6pm UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (0), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (3), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (3) posts reaching the top.
r/CatastrophicFailure currently has 1,788,707 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 2,382 members (0.13%), averaging 74 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/CatastrophicFailure in the top 34% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/CatastrophicFailure has gained 6,418 subscribers (0.36%). Since tracking began 621 days ago, the community has added 9,505 total subscribers.
r/CatastrophicFailure is steadily growing, with 2,382 new members in the last 30 days.
r/CatastrophicFailure has 1,788,707 subscribers as of August 2026.
The best time to post on r/CatastrophicFailure is Sundays 2am-4am UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/CatastrophicFailure is steadily growing, with 2,382 new members in the last 30 days.
r/CatastrophicFailure was created on June 24, 2015, making it 11 years old.
Posts on r/CatastrophicFailure typically need at least 56 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/CatastrophicFailure is a Reddit community with 1,788,707 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "Videos, gifs, or aftermath photos of machinery, structures, or devices that have failed catastrophically during operation." The best time to post on r/CatastrophicFailure is Sundays 2am-4am UTC. Posts receive an average of 917.8 upvotes and 51.1 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 56. The subreddit is adding approximately 74 new members each day. Founded 11 years ago, r/CatastrophicFailure is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,367 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-07-24 00:33:41