r/DumpsterDiving peaks Wednesdays 1am-3am UTC
r/DumpsterDiving was created on May 07, 2009, making it 16 years and 11 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 388,777 members, this is a mid-size community that has built a substantial following and typically sees consistent daily activity.
r/DumpsterDiving is experiencing strong growth, with 4,252 new members in the last 30 days.
r/DumpsterDiving shows very high engagement relative to its size, with an average of 769.4 upvotes per post across its 388,777 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.17. To reach the Hot section of r/DumpsterDiving, posts typically need at least 14 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/DumpsterDiving receive an average of 130.7 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 78 top posts from the past week, Wednesday is the most active day with 14 posts reaching the top, while Saturday sees the least activity with 8 posts. Activity is fairly evenly distributed between weekdays and weekends.
The peak posting hours are around 1am UTC (7 posts), 9pm UTC (7 posts), and 7pm UTC (6 posts). The quietest hours are 2am UTC, 10am UTC, and 4am UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (9), Tuesday (10), Wednesday (14), Thursday (11), Friday (12), Saturday (8), Sunday (14) posts reaching the top.
r/DumpsterDiving currently has 388,777 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 4,252 members (1.11%), averaging 137 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/DumpsterDiving in the top 3% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/DumpsterDiving has gained 11,710 subscribers (3.11%). Since tracking began 612 days ago, the community has added 77,219 total subscribers.
r/DumpsterDiving is experiencing strong growth, with 4,252 new members in the last 30 days.
r/DumpsterDiving has 388,777 subscribers as of April 2026.
The best time to post on r/DumpsterDiving is Wednesdays 1am-3am UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/DumpsterDiving is experiencing strong growth, with 4,252 new members in the last 30 days.
r/DumpsterDiving was created on May 07, 2009, making it 16 years old.
Posts on r/DumpsterDiving typically need at least 14 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/DumpsterDiving is a Reddit community with 388,777 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "Advice, information, and first-hand accounts about finding cool stuff in, or making cool stuff out of, trash." The best time to post on r/DumpsterDiving is Wednesdays 1am-3am UTC. Posts receive an average of 769.4 upvotes and 130.7 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 14. The subreddit is adding approximately 137 new members each day. Founded 16 years ago, r/DumpsterDiving is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,349 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-04-13 11:52:31