r/medicine peaks Wednesdays 1pm-3pm UTC
r/medicine was created on March 13, 2008, making it 18 years and 2 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 555,828 members, this is a mid-size community that has built a substantial following and typically sees consistent daily activity.
r/medicine is steadily growing, with 4,551 new members in the last 30 days.
r/medicine shows moderate engagement relative to its size, with an average of 81.0 upvotes per post across its 555,828 members. The community is moderately discussion-oriented, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.31. To reach the Hot section of r/medicine, posts typically need at least 1 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/medicine receive an average of 25.3 comments, indicating a community with a healthy balance between content appreciation and active discussion. Members regularly engage with posts through both upvotes and comments.
Based on an analysis of 36 top posts from the past week, Wednesday is the most active day with 7 posts reaching the top, while Friday sees the least activity with 2 posts. Activity is fairly evenly distributed between weekdays and weekends.
The peak posting hours are around 1pm UTC (4 posts), 9pm UTC (4 posts), and 5pm UTC (3 posts). The quietest hours are 2am UTC, 4pm UTC, and 10am UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (4), Tuesday (7), Wednesday (7), Thursday (5), Friday (2), Saturday (7), Sunday (4) posts reaching the top.
r/medicine currently has 555,828 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 4,551 members (0.83%), averaging 147 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/medicine in the top 4% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/medicine has gained 13,104 subscribers (2.41%). Since tracking began 660 days ago, the community has added 71,542 total subscribers.
r/medicine is steadily growing, with 4,551 new members in the last 30 days.
r/medicine has 555,828 subscribers as of May 2026.
The best time to post on r/medicine is Wednesdays 1pm-3pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/medicine is steadily growing, with 4,551 new members in the last 30 days.
r/medicine was created on March 13, 2008, making it 18 years old.
Posts on r/medicine typically need at least 1 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/medicine is a Reddit community with 555,828 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "r/medicine is a virtual lounge for physicians and other medical professionals from around the world to talk about the latest advances, controversies, ask questions of each other, have a laugh, or..." The best time to post on r/medicine is Wednesdays 1pm-3pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 81.0 upvotes and 25.3 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 1. The subreddit is adding approximately 147 new members each day. Founded 18 years ago, r/medicine is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,357 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-05-30 17:20:42