r/aviation peaks Sundays 9pm-11pm UTC
r/aviation was created on April 19, 2008, making it 18 years and 1 month old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 2,732,324 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/aviation is steadily growing, with 16,021 new members in the last 30 days.
r/aviation shows moderate engagement relative to its size, with an average of 831.7 upvotes per post across its 2,732,324 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.12. To reach the Hot section of r/aviation, posts typically need at least 93 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/aviation receive an average of 102.0 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, Sunday is the most active day with 18 posts reaching the top, while Wednesday sees the least activity with 11 posts. Weekend activity tends to outpace weekdays, suggesting a more leisure-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 9pm UTC (11 posts), 2am UTC (7 posts), and 12am UTC (7 posts). The quietest hours are 9am UTC, 11am UTC, and 8am UTC, with only 2-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (15), Tuesday (13), Wednesday (11), Thursday (14), Friday (13), Saturday (16), Sunday (18) posts reaching the top.
r/aviation currently has 2,732,324 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 16,021 members (0.59%), averaging 534 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/aviation in the top 7% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/aviation has gained 55,168 subscribers (2.06%). Since tracking began 643 days ago, the community has added 1,065,944 total subscribers. Growth has been accelerating recently compared to the longer-term trend.
r/aviation is steadily growing, with 16,021 new members in the last 30 days.
r/aviation has 2,732,324 subscribers as of May 2026.
The best time to post on r/aviation is Sundays 9pm-11pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/aviation is steadily growing, with 16,021 new members in the last 30 days.
r/aviation was created on April 19, 2008, making it 18 years old.
Posts on r/aviation typically need at least 93 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/aviation is a Reddit community with 2,732,324 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "Aircraft, airplanes, aviation, and flying. Helicopters & rotorcraft, airships, balloons, paragliders, and anything that sustains you in the air is acceptable to post here. Please read our rules..." The best time to post on r/aviation is Sundays 9pm-11pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 831.7 upvotes and 102.0 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 93. The subreddit is adding approximately 534 new members each day. Founded 18 years ago, r/aviation is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,352 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-05-14 10:29:30