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Averages 58 posts/day, top 5% activity. Most active Tuesdays around 12 PM UTC. Mostly image posts.

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
58 7%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
51 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.
22 30%
Activity Rank #2,129 by posts/day among 91,563 tracked SFW subreddits as of Jun 2026 (Top 5%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#2,129 210
Top 5%
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.
28%
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.
32%

r/Hardcore Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes0123401234
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Image
Typical Title Length Short (45 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.

2–9
34%
10–99
48%
100–999
19%
1K+
0%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 68%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 20
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 1.7K

r/Hardcore Most Active Times

Peak posting by day and hour (UTC)

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#1 Top 3 activity windows

Most Active by Day

Sun 4 PM
Mon 4 PM
Tue 12 PM
Wed 3 PM
Thu 11 AM
Fri 1 PM
Sat 12 PM

r/Hardcore 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

46%image posts

r/Hardcore Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
hardcore
202 (11.6%)
4634
band
88 (5.1%)
4238
show
80 (4.6%)
4121
live
52 (3.0%)
306
banana
51 (2.9%)
11767
bands
47 (2.7%)
3841
anyone
45 (2.6%)
2720
end
45 (2.6%)
15197
album
45 (2.6%)
4215
music
38 (2.2%)
3724

r/Hardcore Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
youtu.be15521
youtube.com7135
open.spotify.com274
instagram.com178
noecho.net1132
theprp.com8164
music.youtube.com63
insaneblog.net610
music.apple.com553
m.youtube.com53

r/Hardcore Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

r/Hardcore Audience Overlap

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r/Hardcore FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/Hardcore is most active on Tuesdays around 12 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/Hardcore?

r/Hardcore averages 58 posts per day and ranks in the top 5% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/Hardcore get?

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

What kind of posts does r/Hardcore get most?

On r/Hardcore, posts are a mix of formats, mostly image posts