r/astrophotography peaks Mondays 3pm-5pm UTC
r/astrophotography was created on October 23, 2009, making it 17 years old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 2,638,375 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/astrophotography is slowly growing, with 1,688 new members in the last 30 days.
r/astrophotography shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 107.3 upvotes per post across its 2,638,375 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.07. To reach the Hot section of r/astrophotography, posts typically need at least 12 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/astrophotography receive an average of 7.9 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 100 top posts from the past week, Monday is the most active day with 18 posts reaching the top, while Saturday sees the least activity with 10 posts. Weekday activity is higher than weekends, suggesting a more professionally-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 3pm UTC (8 posts), 12am UTC (7 posts), and 8pm UTC (7 posts). The quietest hours are 11am UTC, 2am UTC, and 8am UTC, with only 2-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (18), Tuesday (16), Wednesday (17), Thursday (12), Friday (12), Saturday (10), Sunday (15) posts reaching the top.
r/astrophotography currently has 2,638,375 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 1,688 members (0.06%), averaging 53 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/astrophotography in the top 62% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/astrophotography has gained 4,623 subscribers (0.18%). Since tracking began 657 days ago, the community has added -3,177 total subscribers.
r/astrophotography is slowly growing, with 1,688 new members in the last 30 days.
r/astrophotography has 2,638,375 subscribers as of October 2026.
The best time to post on r/astrophotography is Mondays 3pm-5pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/astrophotography is slowly growing, with 1,688 new members in the last 30 days.
r/astrophotography was created on October 23, 2009, making it 17 years old.
Posts on r/astrophotography typically need at least 12 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/astrophotography is a Reddit community with 2,638,375 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "/r/astrophotography celebrates amateur astrophotography and will primarily focus on sharing and discussing the work of our members. We encourage sharing original content of real astronomical..." The best time to post on r/astrophotography is Mondays 3pm-5pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 107.3 upvotes and 7.9 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 12. The subreddit is adding approximately 53 new members each day. Founded 17 years ago, r/astrophotography is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,367 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-07-24 23:36:58