2.2K posts analyzed Updated Sep 2026
Averages 72 posts/day, top 5% activity. Most active Wednesdays around 7 PM UTC. Mostly text posts (87%).
r/books Traffic & Engagement r/books Traffic & Engagement
Volume and engagement over time Posting volume and engagement over time
Post Format
Upvote Distribution
How upvoted posts perform Only posts with 2+ upvotes. The bands below show how those posts are spread by upvote count.
r/books Most Active Times When r/books Is Most Active
Peak posting by day and hour (UTC) When this community posts most, by day and hour (UTC)
Most Active by Day
r/books Flair Performance r/books Flair Performance
Upvotes and volume by flair Average upvotes and post volume by flair
| Flair | Posts | Upvotes |
|---|---|---|
| meta | 3 (100.0%) | 4 |
Post Type Breakdown
Share by text, image, or link Share of posts by format: text, image, or link
r/books Trending Keywords Trending Keywords in r/books
Ranked by how often they appear Title keywords ranked by how often they appear
| Keyword | Mentions ▼ | Upvotes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| book | 472 (21.9%) | 97 | 20 |
| books | 311 (14.4%) | 147 | 21 |
| reading | 219 (10.2%) | 147 | 15 |
| read | 200 (9.3%) | 84 | 16 |
| anyone | 82 (3.8%) | 14 | 17 |
| time | 60 (2.8%) | 30 | 18 |
| first | 60 (2.8%) | 243 | 25 |
| finished | 56 (2.6%) | 25 | 11 |
| review | 54 (2.5%) | 28 | 10 |
| people | 50 (2.3%) | 170 | 48 |
r/books Mentioned Domains Mentioned Domains in r/books
Most linked sites Most linked sites in this subreddit
| Domain | Links | Upvotes |
|---|---|---|
| theguardian.com | 15 | 2.9K |
| a.co | 14 | 1 |
| link.amazon | 14 | 1 |
| youtube.com | 13 | 1 |
| amazon.com | 13 | 1 |
| play.google.com | 8 | 1 |
| bbc.com | 7 | 1.3K |
| independent.co.uk | 7 | 3.0K |
| lithub.com | 5 | 454 |
| readflix.club | 5 | 1 |
r/books Top Posts Top Performing Posts in r/books
Highest-performing posts Highest-performing posts. Each title links to Reddit.
Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton, one 50-ton order sent to the US for AI scanning and destruction — multitude of suspicious bulk buys thought to end up in foreign AI scan and shred facilities
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
Public libraries in the US are “at breaking point” because of an onslaught of political interference, harassment and ideological censorship, report finds
Singapore has become the first country to encourage its citizens to pick up a book for 15 minutes a day by paying them under a new five-year national programme to fight the rise of doomscrolling and strengthen the country’s reading culture
Editor Rose Friedman, who helped shape NPR's cultural coverage, dies at 38
Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner and prolific author who campaigned against domestic violence, female genital mutilation, among others, dies aged 92
Warning: our democracy won’t survive the death of reading. Read on if you still can
Latvia has banned imports of books, newspapers and other printed materials from Russia and Belarus, citing concerns over disinformation and war propaganda
Toronto booksellers flag suspicious bulk orders after Anthropic's book-scanning operation comes to light
I lost my $2m book deal because people mistook my African dialect for AI
r/books Audience Overlap r/books Subreddit Overlap & Related Communities
Overlapping audiences Communities with overlapping audiences
r/books FAQ Frequently Asked Questions About r/books
What's the best time to post on r/books?
Based on posting volume, r/books is most active on Wednesdays around 7 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.
How active is r/books?
r/books averages 72 posts per day and ranks in the top 5% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.
How many upvotes do posts on r/books get?
Posts on r/books average about 83 upvotes this month (net score per post).
What kind of posts does r/books get most?
On r/books, most posts are text posts (87%)