r/netsec peaks Wednesdays 8am-10am UTC
r/netsec was created on May 18, 2007, making it 18 years and 11 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 557,882 members, this is a mid-size community that has built a substantial following and typically sees consistent daily activity.
r/netsec is steadily growing, with 3,528 new members in the last 30 days.
r/netsec shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 41.8 upvotes per post across its 557,882 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.19. To reach the Hot section of r/netsec, posts typically need at least 1 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/netsec receive an average of 8.0 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 19 top posts from the past week, Wednesday is the most active day with 5 posts reaching the top, while Thursday 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 8am UTC (3 posts), 1pm UTC (3 posts), and 4pm UTC (2 posts). The quietest hours are 9am UTC, 7am UTC, and 11am UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (3), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (5), Thursday (2), Friday (4), Saturday (2), Sunday (0) posts reaching the top.
r/netsec currently has 557,882 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 3,528 members (0.64%), averaging 114 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/netsec in the top 6% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/netsec has gained 11,721 subscribers (2.15%). Since tracking began 630 days ago, the community has added 54,561 total subscribers. Growth has been accelerating recently compared to the longer-term trend.
r/netsec is steadily growing, with 3,528 new members in the last 30 days.
r/netsec has 557,882 subscribers as of May 2026.
The best time to post on r/netsec is Wednesdays 8am-10am UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/netsec is steadily growing, with 3,528 new members in the last 30 days.
r/netsec was created on May 18, 2007, making it 18 years old.
Posts on r/netsec typically need at least 1 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/netsec is a Reddit community with 557,882 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "/r/netsec is a community-curated aggregator of technical information security content. Our mission is to extract signal from the noise — to provide value to security practitioners, students,..." The best time to post on r/netsec is Wednesdays 8am-10am UTC. Posts receive an average of 41.8 upvotes and 8.0 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 1. The subreddit is adding approximately 114 new members each day. Founded 18 years ago, r/netsec is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,351 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-05-01 14:21:57