r/ExplainTheJoke peaks Tuesdays 2am-4am UTC
r/ExplainTheJoke was created on November 23, 2012, making it 13 years and 5 months old and one of the older subreddits on Reddit. With 1,802,957 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/ExplainTheJoke is experiencing strong growth, with 18,625 new members in the last 30 days.
r/ExplainTheJoke shows very high engagement relative to its size, with an average of 4101.4 upvotes per post across its 1,802,957 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.05. To reach the Hot section of r/ExplainTheJoke, posts typically need at least 68 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/ExplainTheJoke receive an average of 206.4 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 37 top posts from the past week, Tuesday is the most active day with 7 posts reaching the top, while Friday 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 2am UTC (4 posts), 10pm UTC (3 posts), and 12am UTC (3 posts). The quietest hours are 12pm UTC, 1am UTC, and 10am UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (6), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (5), Thursday (5), Friday (2), Saturday (6), Sunday (6) posts reaching the top.
r/ExplainTheJoke currently has 1,802,957 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 18,625 members (1.04%), averaging 621 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/ExplainTheJoke in the top 3% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/ExplainTheJoke has gained 65,390 subscribers (3.76%). Since tracking began 644 days ago, the community has added 1,452,785 total subscribers. Growth has been accelerating recently compared to the longer-term trend.
r/ExplainTheJoke is experiencing strong growth, with 18,625 new members in the last 30 days.
r/ExplainTheJoke has 1,802,957 subscribers as of May 2026.
The best time to post on r/ExplainTheJoke is Tuesdays 2am-4am UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/ExplainTheJoke is experiencing strong growth, with 18,625 new members in the last 30 days.
r/ExplainTheJoke was created on November 23, 2012, making it 13 years old.
Posts on r/ExplainTheJoke typically need at least 68 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/ExplainTheJoke is a Reddit community with 1,802,957 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "Your friend sent you a meme and you don't get it? Random image has everyone laughing and you're too dense to understand? Verbal joke a friend said, and you wanna type it out and ask the internet..." The best time to post on r/ExplainTheJoke is Tuesdays 2am-4am UTC. Posts receive an average of 4101.4 upvotes and 206.4 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 68. The subreddit is adding approximately 621 new members each day. Founded 13 years ago, r/ExplainTheJoke is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,352 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-05-13 20:18:38