SubTrends

Averages 21 posts/day, top 10% activity. Most active Fridays around 1 PM UTC. Mostly link posts (65%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
21 20%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
206 44%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
32 15%
Activity Rank #7,243 by posts/day among 92,652 tracked SFW subreddits as of Jul 2026 (Top 10%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#7,243 1,624
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.
71%
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.
51%

r/energy Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

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Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

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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. 58%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 48
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 7.3K

r/energy Most Active Times

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r/energy Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

This subreddit doesn't use post flairs.

No flaired posts were found in this month's data.

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

65%link posts

r/energy Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
energy
187 (28.9%)
32940
power
102 (15.7%)
21732
trump
90 (13.9%)
1.1K131
oil
82 (12.7%)
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solar
61 (9.4%)
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data
60 (9.3%)
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grid
51 (7.9%)
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electricity
44 (6.8%)
27632
gas
44 (6.8%)
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prices
42 (6.5%)
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r/energy Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
interestingengineering.com20277
reuters.com1850
youtube.com174
nytimes.com12507
cnbc.com11138
commondreams.org11889
theguardian.com9296
bloomberg.com71.0K
electrek.co71.2K
fortune.com51.2K

r/energy Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Mamdani mocked by GOP for telling New Yorkers to set thermostats to 78 as they brace for triple digit temperatures. “Proof that communism is alive and well.” “This is Communism at work." “This is the future that WOKE Democrats want." Republicans and Trump's DOE have issued the same recommendation.

7.3K upvotes 1.1K comments link Jul 4

Another day, another illegal bribe to raise your electricity prices. Trump has made another agreement, this time with Duke Energy, to drop development of offshore wind. The $129 million payout to cancel a project brings the total over $2.7 billion taxpayer dollars used to halt clean energy projects.

5.7K upvotes 221 comments link Jul 3

Trump Criticized Biden for Draining America’s Oil Reserves. They’re Now at a 43-Year Low Amidst His Iran War. The SPR has fallen roughly 25% in recent months and now sits at its lowest level in 43 years, covering just 16 days of US oil demand.

5.6K upvotes 444 comments link Jul 29

Trump's Iran Blunder Shows Strategy Can Defeat Firepower. Tehran had a plan to choke the global energy economy and survive. Trump had no real plan at all. A war meant to strengthen US global power weakened it. Trump blundered into a costly war with no plan to end it.

5.4K upvotes 632 comments link Jul 12

Trump administration admits it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy projects 'based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state'

5.1K upvotes 140 comments link Jul 27

Trump Confirms He’s Hoarding Billions From Venezuelan Oil | President Trump is refusing to say what happened to the billions his administration took from Venezuelan oil sales.

3.7K upvotes 280 comments link Jul 27

19 states sue Defense Department over ‘freeze’ of wind projects

3.5K upvotes 106 comments link Jul 20

A Major Trump Energy Scandal Is Flying Under the Radar. It’s a Twisted Repeat of History. Trump canceled $7.5 billion in federal funding for clean energy projects in blue states, and it did so simply because those states had voted against Trump in the most recent election.

3.2K upvotes 66 comments link Jul 28

Russia’s fuel crisis is so bad that a mom and her baby waited in line for 18 hours to get gas — ‘Are we in the Soviet Union?’ Ukraine's drone strikes on oil infrastructure deep inside Russia have forced refineries to shut down. 25% or more of Russia's refining capacity has been taken offline.

3.0K upvotes 273 comments link Jul 5

Senate Dems Push Trump to Restore Blue-State Grants Canceled for Partisan Reasons | “Once an administration begins punishing Americans for how they vote, the threat extends far beyond these projects.”

2.8K upvotes 56 comments link Jul 30

r/energy Audience Overlap

Overlapping audiences

r/energy FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/energy is most active on Fridays around 1 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/energy?

r/energy averages 21 posts per day and ranks in the top 10% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/energy get?

Posts on r/energy average about 206 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/energy get most?

On r/energy, most posts are link posts (65%)