r/LivestreamFail peaks Sundays 10pm-12am UTC
r/LivestreamFail was created on June 07, 2015, making it 11 years and 3 months old and one of the older subreddits on Reddit. With 4,924,429 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/LivestreamFail is experiencing strong growth, with 83,140 new members in the last 30 days.
r/LivestreamFail is a large and active Reddit community centered on the culture and content of live streaming platforms, primarily Twitch and YouTube Gaming. With approximately 4.7 million subscribers, it functions as a primary hub for sharing, discussing, and amplifying noteworthy, often unscripted moments captured from live streams. The community's culture is defined by its focus on clip culture, where users predominantly post short video clips highlighting humorous mishaps, surprising interactions, technical glitches, controversial statements, or particularly engaging segments from streamers' broadcasts. While the subreddit name emphasizes "fails," the content scope extends broadly to encompass any moment deemed significant or entertaining by the community, ranging from genuine blunders to clever comebacks or unexpected viewer interactions. Discussion typically revolves around analyzing the clip's context, debating the streamer's actions, or simply sharing amusement, fostering a participatory atmosphere driven by collective commentary. Peak activity occurs Friday evenings UTC, aligning with high global viewership periods for live streaming.
What distinguishes r/LivestreamFail is its role as a centralized aggregator and amplifier for viral streaming moments, operating at significant scale. It serves as a real-time barometer for trending incidents within the streaming world, where a single post can propel a minor clip to widespread attention, significantly impacting streamer popularity or sparking community-wide discourse. The subreddit's structure facilitates rapid dissemination; high engagement metrics (averaging over 1,300 upvotes and 320 comments per post) indicate strong community participation in both curating content through voting and dissecting events in the comments. Unlike streamer-specific subreddits, r/LivestreamFail provides a neutral, cross-platform space focused purely on the content itself, detached from individual channel fandoms. This allows for broader analysis of streaming trends, audience reactions, and platform dynamics.
The community primarily appeals to viewers deeply embedded in live streaming culture who seek easily digestible highlights and community discussion beyond watching full streams. It benefits those interested in the meta-aspects of streaming, such as understanding viral mechanics, observing audience-streamer dynamics, or staying informed about notable events across the ecosystem without constant platform monitoring. Streamers themselves, or those studying digital media, may also observe the subreddit to gauge audience sentiment and the types of moments that resonate most strongly. While humor and schadenfreude are common elements, the subreddit's enduring size and engagement underscore its function as an essential, if sometimes critical, mirror reflecting the fast-paced, unpredictable nature of modern live streaming.
r/LivestreamFail shows moderate engagement relative to its size, with an average of 1604.7 upvotes per post across its 4,924,429 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.09. To reach the Hot section of r/LivestreamFail, posts typically need at least 137 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/LivestreamFail receive an average of 150.3 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 22 posts reaching the top, while Tuesday sees the least activity with 8 posts. Weekend activity tends to outpace weekdays, suggesting a more leisure-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 10pm UTC (10 posts), 6pm UTC (9 posts), and 1am UTC (8 posts). The quietest hours are 9am UTC, 10am UTC, and 12pm UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (17), Tuesday (8), Wednesday (12), Thursday (12), Friday (15), Saturday (14), Sunday (22) posts reaching the top.
r/LivestreamFail currently has 4,924,429 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 83,140 members (1.72%), averaging 2,598 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/LivestreamFail in the top 2% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/LivestreamFail has gained 169,818 subscribers (3.57%). Since tracking began 589 days ago, the community has added 1,338,485 total subscribers.
r/LivestreamFail is experiencing strong growth, with 83,140 new members in the last 30 days.
r/LivestreamFail has 4,924,429 subscribers as of September 2026.
The best time to post on r/LivestreamFail is Sundays 10pm-12am UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/LivestreamFail is experiencing strong growth, with 83,140 new members in the last 30 days.
r/LivestreamFail was created on June 07, 2015, making it 11 years old.
Posts on r/LivestreamFail typically need at least 137 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/LivestreamFail is a Reddit community with 4,924,429 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "The place for all things livestreaming." The best time to post on r/LivestreamFail is Sundays 10pm-12am UTC. Posts receive an average of 1604.7 upvotes and 150.3 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 137. The subreddit is adding approximately 2,598 new members each day. Founded 11 years ago, r/LivestreamFail is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,367 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-07-24 00:45:03