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Averages 27 posts/day, top 10% activity. Most active Wednesdays around 11 AM UTC. Mostly image posts (89%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
27 6%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
614 8%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
30 5%
Activity Rank #5,423 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.
#5,423 288
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.
31%

r/ExplainTheJoke Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes020406005001k1.5kJul 1Jul 8Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Image
Typical Title Length Short (34 chars)
Peak Day Tuesday

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
17%
10–99
27%
100–999
24%
1K+
32%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 48%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 208
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 16.6K

r/ExplainTheJoke Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

Sun 2 PM
Mon 4 PM
Tue 4 PM
Wed 11 AM
Thu 10 AM
Fri 12 PM
Sat 7 AM

r/ExplainTheJoke Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Solved44 (100.0%)1.0K

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

89%image posts

r/ExplainTheJoke Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
explain
100 (11.8%)
34420
mean
77 (9.1%)
69528
joke
64 (7.5%)
9412
don't
60 (7.1%)
59327
someone
45 (5.3%)
23416
please
43 (5.1%)
48015
understand
41 (4.8%)
23518
help
34 (4.0%)
47423
what's
33 (3.9%)
60532
don
30 (3.5%)
64618

r/ExplainTheJoke Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
youtube.com51
i.imgur.com48

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 Wednesdays around 11 AM 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 27 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 614 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/ExplainTheJoke get most?

On r/ExplainTheJoke, most posts are image posts (89%)