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Averages 11 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Mondays around 11 AM UTC. Mostly text posts (72%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
11 18%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
6 17%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
5 8%
Activity Rank #13,353 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 25%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#13,353 1,959
Top 25%
Posts w/ Links The percentage of posts that link off-site. This counts true link posts plus text posts with a URL in the body. Image and video posts are not counted.
26%
Low-Reply Rate Share of posts with 0 or 1 comment. A single comment is often an automated mod reply rather than real community discussion.
31%

r/AcademicQuran Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes0102030051015Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Text
Typical Title Length Medium (90 chars)
Peak Day Tuesday

Upvote Distribution

How upvoted posts perform Only posts with 2+ upvotes. The bands below show how those posts are spread by upvote count.

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70%
10–99
30%
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0%
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Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 69%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 7
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 45

r/AcademicQuran Most Active Times

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Mon 11 AM
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Thu 7 AM
Fri 10 AM
Sat 12 PM

r/AcademicQuran Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Quran67 (37.0%)5
Question64 (35.4%)6
Video/Podcast13 (7.2%)10
Hadith13 (7.2%)8
Book/Paper13 (7.2%)12
Resource4 (2.2%)9
Pre-Islamic Arabia4 (2.2%)9
Sira3 (1.7%)11

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

72%text posts

r/AcademicQuran Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
quran
88 (27.1%)
66
islam
31 (9.5%)
106
islamic
25 (7.7%)
96
muhammad
19 (5.8%)
610
qur'an
16 (4.9%)
65
early
14 (4.3%)
910
quranic
14 (4.3%)
115
scholars
14 (4.3%)
88
surah
14 (4.3%)
55
mohammed
14 (4.3%)
910

r/AcademicQuran Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
youtube.com120
academia.edu47

r/AcademicQuran Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Scholarship increasingly recognizes that conversion to Islam was a slow, complex, socially embedded and multifaceted complicated process involving religion, society, culture, politics, economics, identity rather than a simple moment of religious transformation

45 upvotes 10 comments image Sep 14

Pre-Islamic origin for the Quranic Arabic name for Jesus, Isa (عيسى):- Archaeological discoveries such as Safaitic rock inscriptions demonstrate that a form of the name (Aisa or 'sy) was already used by Arab nomads centuries before the advent of Islam

42 upvotes 0 comments image Sep 12

Is there a Dan McClellan but for the Quran?

35 upvotes 36 comments text Sep 16

AMA with Abdullah Ansar. I work on early Islamic intellectual history,. cognitive science, Qurʾānic studies, Shīʿī traditions, and Ḥadīth transmission.

33 upvotes 42 comments text Sep 18

Medieval Muslim thinkers who accepted the historical crucifixion.

27 upvotes 55 comments image Sep 24

Al jallad take on "muhammad" name.

24 upvotes 10 comments image Sep 8

iShamela - Modern Offline library of islamic books

24 upvotes 6 comments image Sep 26

Potential parallel between the Desert Fathers and a hadith about Satan crowning a demon?

24 upvotes 4 comments text Sep 6

Why do so many analysts find the Quran particularly difficult to read through?

23 upvotes 10 comments text Sep 17

Some argue that the Hadiths about Mohammed fearing he was insane or demon possesed are true on account that they're too embarrasing (as a result, these must've been real experiences). However, can't we apply this same logic to the Satanic verses? Yet, many scholars in the modern day deny this event

22 upvotes 14 comments text Sep 12

r/AcademicQuran Audience Overlap

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r/AcademicQuran FAQ

What's the best time to post on r/AcademicQuran?

Based on posting volume, r/AcademicQuran is most active on Mondays around 11 AM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/AcademicQuran?

r/AcademicQuran averages 11 posts per day and ranks in the top 25% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/AcademicQuran get?

Posts on r/AcademicQuran average about 6 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/AcademicQuran get most?

On r/AcademicQuran, most posts are text posts (72%)