r/depression peaks Wednesdays 10am-12pm UTC
r/depression was created on January 01, 2009, making it 17 years and 3 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 1,167,654 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/depression is steadily growing, with 10,269 new members in the last 30 days.
r/depression shows moderate engagement relative to its size, with an average of 258.9 upvotes per post across its 1,167,654 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.16. To reach the Hot section of r/depression, posts typically need at least 7 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/depression receive an average of 40.5 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 100 top posts from the past week, Wednesday is the most active day with 18 posts reaching the top, while Friday sees the least activity with 11 posts. Activity is fairly evenly distributed between weekdays and weekends.
The peak posting hours are around 10am UTC (9 posts), 9pm UTC (7 posts), and 6pm UTC (6 posts). The quietest hours are 2am UTC, 7am UTC, and 5am UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (17), Tuesday (12), Wednesday (18), Thursday (15), Friday (11), Saturday (14), Sunday (13) posts reaching the top.
r/depression currently has 1,167,654 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 10,269 members (0.89%), averaging 331 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/depression in the top 4% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/depression has gained 29,682 subscribers (2.61%). Since tracking began 615 days ago, the community has added 130,409 total subscribers.
r/depression is steadily growing, with 10,269 new members in the last 30 days.
r/depression has 1,167,654 subscribers as of April 2026.
The best time to post on r/depression is Wednesdays 10am-12pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/depression is steadily growing, with 10,269 new members in the last 30 days.
r/depression was created on January 01, 2009, making it 17 years old.
Posts on r/depression typically need at least 7 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/depression is a Reddit community with 1,167,654 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "Peer support for anyone struggling with a depressive disorder" The best time to post on r/depression is Wednesdays 10am-12pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 258.9 upvotes and 40.5 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 7. The subreddit is adding approximately 331 new members each day. Founded 17 years ago, r/depression is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,349 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-04-16 04:18:30