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Averages 7 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Sundays around 2 PM UTC. Mostly image posts (77%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
7 1%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
51 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.
2 12%
Activity Rank #19,640 by posts/day among 92,303 tracked SFW subreddits as of Aug 2026 (Top 25%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#19,640 216
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.
12%
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.
74%

r/egyptology Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes0510150100200300Aug 1Aug 8Aug 15Aug 22Aug 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Image
Typical Title Length Long (102 chars)
Peak Day Sunday

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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Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 72%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 28
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 1.6K

r/egyptology Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

Sun 2 PM
Mon 10 AM
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Thu 6 AM
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r/egyptology Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Photo23 (45.1%)178
Discussion16 (31.4%)4
Article9 (17.6%)67
Translation Request3 (5.9%)5

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

77%image posts

r/egyptology Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
egypt
80 (38.6%)
572
museum
78 (37.7%)
471
findspot
49 (23.7%)
431
dynasty
44 (21.3%)
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period
38 (18.4%)
1001
unknown
37 (17.9%)
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kingdom
36 (17.4%)
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egyptian
30 (14.5%)
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art
30 (14.5%)
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bce
28 (13.5%)
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r/egyptology Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
youtu.be51
youtube.com42

r/egyptology Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Temple of Khnum Located in Esna in Luxor the Temple of Khnum was built in the Ptolemaic Period (2nd century BC) and completed under Roman rule. It was dedicated to Khnum the ram-headed god of creation believed to shape humans on a potter’s wheel and control the Nile’s annual flood

1.6K upvotes 17 comments image Aug 2

Temple of Dendera (305–30 BC, Ptolemaic Period) — One of the best-preserved temples of ancient Egypt

838 upvotes 6 comments image Aug 2

Admiring the detailed work on this

631 upvotes 5 comments image Aug 3

Major Archaeological Discovery in Egypt’s Nile Delta Reveals Thousands of Years of Continuous Settlement 🇪🇬

523 upvotes 10 comments image Aug 8

Merenptah's Sarcophagus Tomb KV8, Valley of the Kings | 19th Dynasty (c. 1213–1203 BC.

392 upvotes 1 comments image Aug 4

I believe that no painters more magnificent than the ancient Egyptians have ever existed.

364 upvotes 1 comments image Aug 9

Canopic box in the shape of a shrine, Approx. 3.–2. Century BC, Findspot unknown, Wood stucco and paint, Egypt, Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum)

330 upvotes 4 comments image Aug 14

The Great Sphinx of Tanis is an ancient Egyptian pink granite sculpture of a sphinx. It was discovered in the ruins of the Temple of Amun-Ra in Tanis, Egypt's capital during the 21st and the 22nd dynasties

280 upvotes 3 comments image Aug 7

After 4,000 years it is still full of life! (Wooden statue of Ka-aper from the Old Kingdom, also known in Egypt as *Sheikh el-Balad*).

228 upvotes 3 comments image Aug 18

Wooden Cippus, Late period, Findspot Egypt, Wood and paint, The British Museum

218 upvotes 8 comments image Aug 19

r/egyptology Audience Overlap

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r/egyptology FAQ

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

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

How active is r/egyptology?

r/egyptology averages 7 posts per day and ranks in the top 25% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/egyptology get?

Posts on r/egyptology average about 51 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/egyptology get most?

On r/egyptology, most posts are image posts (77%)