SubTrends

Averages 174 posts/day, top 1% activity. Most active Tuesdays around 9 PM UTC. Mostly image posts.

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
174 16%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
322 14%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
60 0%
Activity Rank #347 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 1%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#347 Top 1% 97
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.
23%
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.
11%

r/baseball Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes01002003000200400600800Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Image
Typical Title Length Medium (92 chars)
Peak Day Saturday

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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10%
10–99
42%
100–999
38%
1K+
9%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 80%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 88
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 45.4K

r/baseball Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

Sun 4 PM
Mon 10 PM
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r/baseball Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Video745 (28.7%)434
Image522 (20.1%)419
News378 (14.6%)238
Analysis331 (12.8%)174
Opinion162 (6.3%)160
Game Thread112 (4.3%)26
Trivia97 (3.7%)266
History90 (3.5%)276
Players Only38 (1.5%)6.6K
Serious37 (1.4%)69

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

47%image posts

r/baseball Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
highlight
892 (17.1%)
45651
game
704 (13.5%)
38686
run
567 (10.8%)
30747
season
556 (10.6%)
39164
mlb
454 (8.7%)
30465
first
422 (8.1%)
38648
home
370 (7.1%)
43555
baseball
312 (6.0%)
17043
sox
311 (6.0%)
36296
lead
286 (5.5%)
21139

r/baseball Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
bsky.app207349
bdata-producedclips.mlb.com7754
youtube.com6759
mlb.com59188
nytimes.com58403
youtu.be5552
espn.com49225
mlbtraderumors.com49110
sports.yahoo.com23673
mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com2241

r/baseball Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Kansas City crowd celebrates when they get the inflatable hot dog into the inflatable bun

45.4K upvotes 739 comments image Sep 5

Justin Verlander's daughter has come out to get her dad from his final MLB game

24.4K upvotes 1.1K comments image Sep 26

[Jomboy Media] Bryan Woo pulled a kid out of the crowd and let him toss a couple pitches in the bullpen

15.3K upvotes 461 comments image Sep 11

[Highlight] It’s Hispanic Heritage Night at Camden Yards and when Orioles’ Latino players ran out onto the field pregame to rep their countries’ flags, a contingent of Brewers decided to join them.

14.3K upvotes 322 comments image Sep 18

[Highlight] The entire Cardinals dugout wear their hats tilted

12.5K upvotes 351 comments image Sep 5

Leo XVI on whether he had anything to do with the White Sox making the playoffs: No Comment

12.1K upvotes 497 comments image Sep 25

Camera man roasts Benetti after his nerdy comment. Benetti: “Here’s Riley Greene with his 1.663 OPS in the City Connect jersey’s and when your OPS in any category is the same as the year when the Austro-Turkey War started, you’re doing well.”

12.0K upvotes 325 comments image Sep 21

Hand signals used by different Japanese managers to challenge an umpire’s ruling.

11.7K upvotes 266 comments image Sep 26

[Highlight] Max Scherzer leaves the mound to a standing ovation for what could be the final time in his legendary career!

11.7K upvotes 363 comments image Sep 27

[Highlight] COLTON COWSER GAME-ENDING HOME RUN ROBBERY!

10.3K upvotes 689 comments image Sep 1

r/baseball Audience Overlap

Overlapping audiences

r/baseball FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/baseball is most active on Tuesdays around 9 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/baseball?

r/baseball averages 174 posts per day and ranks in the top 1% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/baseball get?

Posts on r/baseball average about 322 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/baseball get most?

On r/baseball, posts are a mix of formats, mostly image posts