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Averages 22 posts/day, top 10% activity. Most active Tuesdays around 2 PM UTC. Mostly link posts (55%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
22 11%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
210 13%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
29 8%
Activity Rank #6,835 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 10%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#6,835 669
Top 10%
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.
60%
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.
37%

r/collapse 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 Link
Typical Title Length Medium (72 chars)
Peak Day Friday

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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11%
10–99
33%
100–999
47%
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. 58%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 131
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 6.5K

r/collapse Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

Sun 5 AM
Mon 5 PM
Tue 2 PM
Wed 10 AM
Thu 9 PM
Fri 3 PM
Sat 11 AM

r/collapse Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Climate148 (23.0%)296
Casual Friday60 (9.3%)495
AI52 (8.1%)76
Adaptation33 (5.1%)53
Economic33 (5.1%)250
Society31 (4.8%)131
Ecological29 (4.5%)313
Coping27 (4.2%)26
Energy26 (4.0%)274
Science and Research25 (3.9%)83

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

55%link posts

r/collapse Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
collapse
67 (10.4%)
13828
climate
64 (9.9%)
18024
global
37 (5.7%)
29544
world
31 (4.8%)
28445
change
31 (4.8%)
15815
oil
24 (3.7%)
31045
crisis
21 (3.3%)
22329
warming
20 (3.1%)
22733
years
20 (3.1%)
18628
last
17 (2.6%)
548

r/collapse Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
theguardian.com56433
youtu.be2464
youtube.com1729
phys.org7205
nytimes.com7424
npr.org5305
themirror.com524
cnn.com5150
apnews.com5166
independent.co.uk51

r/collapse Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

r/collapse Audience Overlap

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r/collapse FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/collapse is most active on Tuesdays around 2 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/collapse?

r/collapse averages 22 posts per day and ranks in the top 10% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/collapse get?

Posts on r/collapse average about 210 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/collapse get most?

On r/collapse, most posts are link posts (55%)