r/AskHistorians peaks Wednesdays 3pm-5pm UTC
r/AskHistorians was created on August 28, 2011, making it 14 years and 8 months old and one of the older subreddits on Reddit. With 2,726,950 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/AskHistorians is experiencing strong growth, with 32,058 new members in the last 30 days.
r/AskHistorians shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 146.7 upvotes per post across its 2,726,950 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.14. To reach the Hot section of r/AskHistorians, posts typically need at least 12 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/AskHistorians receive an average of 21.1 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 19 posts reaching the top, while Saturday sees the least activity with 12 posts. Activity is fairly evenly distributed between weekdays and weekends.
The peak posting hours are around 3pm UTC (9 posts), 1pm UTC (8 posts), and 5pm UTC (7 posts). The quietest hours are 6am UTC, 2am UTC, and 10am UTC, with only 2-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (13), Tuesday (14), Wednesday (19), Thursday (12), Friday (14), Saturday (12), Sunday (16) posts reaching the top.
r/AskHistorians currently has 2,726,950 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 32,058 members (1.19%), averaging 1,069 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/AskHistorians in the top 3% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/AskHistorians has gained 82,066 subscribers (3.1%). Since tracking began 641 days ago, the community has added 628,346 total subscribers.
r/AskHistorians is experiencing strong growth, with 32,058 new members in the last 30 days.
r/AskHistorians has 2,726,950 subscribers as of May 2026.
The best time to post on r/AskHistorians is Wednesdays 3pm-5pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/AskHistorians is experiencing strong growth, with 32,058 new members in the last 30 days.
r/AskHistorians was created on August 28, 2011, making it 14 years old.
Posts on r/AskHistorians typically need at least 12 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/AskHistorians is a Reddit community with 2,726,950 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "The Portal for Public History. Please read the rules before participating, as we remove all comments which break the rules. Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive, or they will be removed." The best time to post on r/AskHistorians is Wednesdays 3pm-5pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 146.7 upvotes and 21.1 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 12. The subreddit is adding approximately 1,069 new members each day. Founded 14 years ago, r/AskHistorians is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,351 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-05-11 12:56:37