r/Astronomy peaks Wednesdays 1pm-3pm UTC
r/Astronomy was created on March 28, 2008, making it 18 years and 4 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 3,124,810 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/Astronomy is steadily growing, with 10,127 new members in the last 30 days.
r/Astronomy shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 215.1 upvotes per post across its 3,124,810 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.01. To reach the Hot section of r/Astronomy, posts typically need at least 11 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/Astronomy receive an average of 2.7 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 95 top posts from the past week, Wednesday is the most active day with 19 posts reaching the top, while Monday sees the least activity with 10 posts. Activity is fairly evenly distributed between weekdays and weekends.
The peak posting hours are around 1pm UTC (12 posts), 5pm UTC (7 posts), and 12am UTC (7 posts). The quietest hours are 6pm UTC, 10pm UTC, and 5am UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (10), Tuesday (16), Wednesday (19), Thursday (11), Friday (11), Saturday (12), Sunday (16) posts reaching the top.
r/Astronomy currently has 3,124,810 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 10,127 members (0.33%), averaging 316 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/Astronomy in the top 13% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/Astronomy has gained 30,783 subscribers (0.99%). Since tracking began 657 days ago, the community has added 175,661 total subscribers.
r/Astronomy is steadily growing, with 10,127 new members in the last 30 days.
r/Astronomy has 3,124,810 subscribers as of August 2026.
The best time to post on r/Astronomy is Wednesdays 1pm-3pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/Astronomy is steadily growing, with 10,127 new members in the last 30 days.
r/Astronomy was created on March 28, 2008, making it 18 years old.
Posts on r/Astronomy typically need at least 11 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/Astronomy is a Reddit community with 3,124,810 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "The amateur hobby of humanity since the dawn of time and scientific study of celestial objects." The best time to post on r/Astronomy is Wednesdays 1pm-3pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 215.1 upvotes and 2.7 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 11. The subreddit is adding approximately 316 new members each day. Founded 18 years ago, r/Astronomy is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,367 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-07-25 02:35:52