r/metalworking peaks Fridays 12am-2am UTC
r/metalworking was created on August 04, 2008, making it 17 years and 9 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 1,107,000 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/metalworking is steadily growing, with 3,323 new members in the last 30 days.
r/metalworking shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 105.2 upvotes per post across its 1,107,000 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.16. To reach the Hot section of r/metalworking, posts typically need at least 1 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/metalworking receive an average of 17.3 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 87 top posts from the past week, Friday is the most active day with 18 posts reaching the top, while Saturday sees the least activity with 7 posts. Weekday activity is higher than weekends, suggesting a more professionally-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 12am UTC (7 posts), 11pm UTC (6 posts), and 2pm UTC (6 posts). The quietest hours are 9pm UTC, 2am UTC, and 5am UTC, with only 2-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (13), Tuesday (11), Wednesday (13), Thursday (13), Friday (18), Saturday (7), Sunday (12) posts reaching the top.
r/metalworking currently has 1,107,000 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 3,323 members (0.3%), averaging 107 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/metalworking in the top 15% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/metalworking has gained 9,240 subscribers (0.84%). Since tracking began 636 days ago, the community has added 286,967 total subscribers.
r/metalworking is steadily growing, with 3,323 new members in the last 30 days.
r/metalworking has 1,107,000 subscribers as of May 2026.
The best time to post on r/metalworking is Fridays 12am-2am UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/metalworking is steadily growing, with 3,323 new members in the last 30 days.
r/metalworking was created on August 04, 2008, making it 17 years old.
Posts on r/metalworking typically need at least 1 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/metalworking is a Reddit community with 1,107,000 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "Your place to share metalworking projects, ask questions, and learn together! We encourage you to join our discord! https://discord.gg/3sgvsw2BDs" The best time to post on r/metalworking is Fridays 12am-2am UTC. Posts receive an average of 105.2 upvotes and 17.3 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 1. The subreddit is adding approximately 107 new members each day. Founded 17 years ago, r/metalworking is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,351 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-05-06 16:59:13