r/instant_regret peaks Tuesdays 1pm-3pm UTC
r/instant_regret was created on June 30, 2014, making it 11 years and 8 months old and one of the older subreddits on Reddit. With 4,526,861 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/instant_regret is steadily growing, with 4,783 new members in the last 30 days.
r/instant_regret shows moderate engagement relative to its size, with an average of 2795.6 upvotes per post across its 4,526,861 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.04. To reach the Hot section of r/instant_regret, posts typically need at least 161 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/instant_regret receive an average of 122.8 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 27 top posts from the past week, Tuesday is the most active day with 7 posts reaching the top, while Friday sees the least activity with 1 posts. Weekday activity is higher than weekends, suggesting a more professionally-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 1pm UTC (5 posts), 3pm UTC (4 posts), and 9pm UTC (3 posts). The quietest hours are 5pm UTC, 7pm UTC, and 11pm UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (4), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (5), Thursday (3), Friday (1), Saturday (4), Sunday (3) posts reaching the top.
r/instant_regret currently has 4,526,861 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 4,783 members (0.11%), averaging 149 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/instant_regret in the top 62% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/instant_regret has gained 11,064 subscribers (0.25%). Since tracking began 581 days ago, the community has added 54,008 total subscribers.
r/instant_regret is steadily growing, with 4,783 new members in the last 30 days.
r/instant_regret has 4,526,861 subscribers as of March 2026.
The best time to post on r/instant_regret is Tuesdays 1pm-3pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/instant_regret is steadily growing, with 4,783 new members in the last 30 days.
r/instant_regret was created on June 30, 2014, making it 11 years old.
Posts on r/instant_regret typically need at least 161 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/instant_regret is a Reddit community with 4,526,861 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "Instant Regret (in'-stint rē-gret') n. a subreddit dedicated to deliberate actions that unexpectedly lead to undesirable consequences and horrible results; things which may cause someone to..." The best time to post on r/instant_regret is Tuesdays 1pm-3pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 2795.6 upvotes and 122.8 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 161. The subreddit is adding approximately 149 new members each day. Founded 11 years ago, r/instant_regret is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,347 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-03-11 19:27:45