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Averages 11 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Tuesdays around 10 AM UTC. Mostly text posts (65%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
11 6%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
1 1%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
1 33%
Activity Rank #13,036 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.
#13,036 750
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.
33%
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.
93%

r/AO3recommendations Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

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Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Text
Typical Title Length Short (48 chars)
Peak Day Wednesday

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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87%
10–99
13%
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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. 14%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 3
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 25

r/AO3recommendations Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

Sun 8 AM
Mon 6 AM
Tue 10 AM
Wed 8 AM
Thu 1 PM
Fri 7 PM
Sat 2 PM

r/AO3recommendations Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

This subreddit doesn't use post flairs.

No flaired posts were found in this month's data.

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

65%text posts

r/AO3recommendations Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
recs
219 (65.8%)
21
seeking
167 (50.1%)
21
fics
46 (13.8%)
11
fanfic
45 (13.5%)
11
looking
43 (12.9%)
22
fic
41 (12.3%)
11
fanfics
28 (8.4%)
22
good
27 (8.1%)
11
recommendations
23 (6.9%)
11
anyone
21 (6.3%)
11

r/AO3recommendations Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
archiveofourown.org31

r/AO3recommendations Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

r/AO3recommendations Audience Overlap

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r/AO3recommendations FAQ

What's the best time to post on r/AO3recommendations?

Based on posting volume, r/AO3recommendations is most active on Tuesdays around 10 AM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/AO3recommendations?

r/AO3recommendations averages 11 posts per day and ranks in the top 25% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/AO3recommendations get?

Posts on r/AO3recommendations average about 1 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/AO3recommendations get most?

On r/AO3recommendations, most posts are text posts (65%)