r/FanTheories peaks Tuesdays 5am-7am UTC
r/FanTheories was created on May 30, 2012, making it 14 years and 4 months old and one of the older subreddits on Reddit. With 2,984,045 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/FanTheories is slowly growing, with 1,831 new members in the last 30 days.
r/FanTheories shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 86.9 upvotes per post across its 2,984,045 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.12.
Posts on r/FanTheories receive an average of 10.5 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 31 top posts from the past week, Tuesday is the most active day with 9 posts reaching the top, while Monday sees the least activity with 2 posts. Weekday activity is higher than weekends, suggesting a more professionally-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 5am UTC (4 posts), 1am UTC (3 posts), and 6pm UTC (3 posts). The quietest hours are 12pm UTC, 1pm UTC, and 3pm UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (2), Tuesday (9), Wednesday (3), Thursday (4), Friday (5), Saturday (4), Sunday (4) posts reaching the top.
r/FanTheories currently has 2,984,045 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 1,831 members (0.06%), averaging 57 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/FanTheories in the top 61% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/FanTheories has gained 5,244 subscribers (0.18%). Since tracking began 621 days ago, the community has added 143,720 total subscribers.
r/FanTheories is slowly growing, with 1,831 new members in the last 30 days.
r/FanTheories has 2,984,045 subscribers as of October 2026.
The best time to post on r/FanTheories is Tuesdays 5am-7am UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/FanTheories is slowly growing, with 1,831 new members in the last 30 days.
r/FanTheories was created on May 30, 2012, making it 14 years old.
r/FanTheories is a Reddit community with 2,984,045 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "This is a place for fans of various creative works to share theories, interpretations and speculation related to that particular creative work." The best time to post on r/FanTheories is Tuesdays 5am-7am UTC. Posts receive an average of 86.9 upvotes and 10.5 comments. The subreddit is adding approximately 57 new members each day. Founded 14 years ago, r/FanTheories is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,367 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-07-24 14:16:47