SubTrends

Averages 80 posts/day, top 5% activity. Most active Wednesdays around 5 PM UTC. Mostly text posts (78%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
80 61%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
87 19%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
30 31%
Activity Rank #1,214 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 5%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#1,214 1,270
Top 5%
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.
24%
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.
79%

r/apple 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 (54 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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5%
10–99
17%
100–999
58%
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20%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 13%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 384
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 8.1K

r/apple Most Active Times

Peak posting by day and hour (UTC)

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Most Active by Day

Sun 10 AM
Mon 12 PM
Tue 1 PM
Wed 5 PM
Thu 11 AM
Fri 12 PM
Sat 8 AM

r/apple Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
iPhone1.1K (46.9%)72
Discussion282 (12.0%)84
Mac199 (8.5%)62
iOS115 (4.9%)121
Promo Sunday88 (3.7%)5
iPad71 (3.0%)25
Apple Watch69 (2.9%)134
Apple Intelligence 49 (2.1%)83
AirPods46 (2.0%)24
Apple Retail39 (1.7%)52

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

79%text posts

r/apple Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
apple
801 (33.6%)
16346
iphone
716 (30.0%)
15647
pro
359 (15.1%)
14645
duo
227 (9.5%)
17458
ios
146 (6.1%)
14231
app
119 (5.0%)
6319
max
110 (4.6%)
9335
siri
90 (3.8%)
3724
mac
79 (3.3%)
9719
ipad
77 (3.2%)
7127

r/apple Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
macrumors.com87817
youtube.com66125
youtu.be3956
9to5mac.com39527
apple.com31799
x.com15172
bloomberg.com121.3K
apps.apple.com91
appleinsider.com8217
forums.macrumors.com7442

r/apple Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

r/apple Audience Overlap

Overlapping audiences

r/apple FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/apple is most active on Wednesdays around 5 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/apple?

r/apple averages 80 posts per day and ranks in the top 5% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/apple get?

Posts on r/apple average about 87 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/apple get most?

On r/apple, most posts are text posts (78%)