r/AskAcademia peaks Fridays 12am-2am UTC
r/AskAcademia was created on January 25, 2011, making it 15 years and 3 months old and one of the earliest subreddits on Reddit. With 2,106,245 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/AskAcademia is steadily growing, with 5,124 new members in the last 30 days.
r/AskAcademia shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 7.9 upvotes per post across its 2,106,245 members. The community is highly discussion-oriented, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 2.54.
Posts on r/AskAcademia receive an average of 20.1 comments, indicating a highly engaged community where members actively participate in conversations rather than passively consuming content. This level of discussion is characteristic of communities that value dialogue and diverse perspectives.
Based on an analysis of 100 top posts from the past week, Friday is the most active day with 20 posts reaching the top, while Monday sees the least activity with 8 posts. Weekday activity is higher than weekends, suggesting a more professionally-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 12am UTC (8 posts), 10pm UTC (7 posts), and 2pm UTC (7 posts). The quietest hours are 8am UTC, 3am UTC, and 10am UTC, with only 2-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (8), Tuesday (16), Wednesday (19), Thursday (17), Friday (20), Saturday (9), Sunday (11) posts reaching the top.
r/AskAcademia currently has 2,106,245 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 5,124 members (0.24%), averaging 165 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/AskAcademia in the top 18% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/AskAcademia has gained 15,404 subscribers (0.74%). Since tracking began 618 days ago, the community has added 320,279 total subscribers. Growth has been accelerating recently compared to the longer-term trend.
r/AskAcademia is steadily growing, with 5,124 new members in the last 30 days.
r/AskAcademia has 2,106,245 subscribers as of April 2026.
The best time to post on r/AskAcademia is Fridays 12am-2am UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/AskAcademia is steadily growing, with 5,124 new members in the last 30 days.
r/AskAcademia was created on January 25, 2011, making it 15 years old.
r/AskAcademia is a Reddit community with 2,106,245 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "This subreddit is for discussing academic life, and for asking questions directed towards people involved in academia, (both science and humanities)." The best time to post on r/AskAcademia is Fridays 12am-2am UTC. Posts receive an average of 7.9 upvotes and 20.1 comments. The subreddit is adding approximately 165 new members each day. Founded 15 years ago, r/AskAcademia is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,350 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-04-18 14:01:43