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Averages 18 posts/day, top 10% activity. Most active Mondays around 4 PM UTC. Mostly image posts (90%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
18 19%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
712 15%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
31 6%
Activity Rank #8,469 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.
#8,469 1,539
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.
3%
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.
33%

r/ExplainTheJoke Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes01020304005001k1.5k2kSep 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 Short (36 chars)
Peak Day Thursday

Upvote Distribution

How upvoted posts perform Only posts with 2+ upvotes. The bands below show how those posts are spread by upvote count.

2–9
16%
10–99
25%
100–999
25%
1K+
33%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 51%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 243
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 15.4K

r/ExplainTheJoke Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

Sun 12 PM
Mon 4 PM
Tue 2 PM
Wed 2 PM
Thu 1 AM
Fri 6 PM
Sat 2 PM

r/ExplainTheJoke Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Solved38 (100.0%)2.1K

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

90%image posts

r/ExplainTheJoke Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
explain
56 (10.6%)
48623
don't
56 (10.6%)
1.0K32
joke
53 (10.0%)
60925
mean
52 (9.8%)
76827
someone
28 (5.3%)
62424
understand
27 (5.1%)
1.5K39
don
26 (4.9%)
68049
please
21 (4.0%)
52343
meme
20 (3.8%)
19616
what's
18 (3.4%)
1.1K27

r/ExplainTheJoke Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
youtube.com41
i.imgur.com31

r/ExplainTheJoke Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

r/ExplainTheJoke Audience Overlap

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r/ExplainTheJoke FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/ExplainTheJoke is most active on Mondays around 4 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/ExplainTheJoke?

r/ExplainTheJoke averages 18 posts per day and ranks in the top 10% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/ExplainTheJoke get?

Posts on r/ExplainTheJoke average about 712 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/ExplainTheJoke get most?

On r/ExplainTheJoke, most posts are image posts (90%)