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Averages 79 posts/day, top 5% activity. Most active Sundays around 1 PM UTC. Mostly text posts (100%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
79 11%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
9 7%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
12 19%
Activity Rank #1,270 by posts/day among 92,303 tracked SFW subreddits as of Aug 2026 (Top 5%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#1,270 185
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.
24%
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.
28%

r/HomeImprovement Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes050100150010203040Aug 1Aug 8Aug 15Aug 22Aug 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Text
Typical Title Length Short (48 chars)
Peak Day Friday

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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77%
10–99
19%
100–999
4%
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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. 34%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 3
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 2.3K

r/HomeImprovement Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

Sun 1 PM
Mon 11 AM
Tue 12 PM
Wed 12 PM
Thu 9 PM
Fri 1 PM
Sat 4 PM

r/HomeImprovement 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

100%text posts

r/HomeImprovement Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
door
159 (6.5%)
2021
home
127 (5.2%)
2725
help
115 (4.7%)
25
house
111 (4.5%)
1621
need
108 (4.4%)
38
wall
107 (4.4%)
910
water
104 (4.2%)
812
window
94 (3.8%)
25
bathroom
94 (3.8%)
1515
basement
93 (3.8%)
612

r/HomeImprovement Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

This community doesn't link off-site.

Its posts are text, images, or discussion rather than outbound links.

r/HomeImprovement Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

I feel sick every time I shower at home, but nowhere else.

2.3K upvotes 783 comments text Jul 31

Andersen quoted $26,000 for new front door. Is that crazy?

2.2K upvotes 2.6K comments text Aug 21

The only way to get quality work at sane prices is to do it yourself.

1.6K upvotes 324 comments text Aug 23

Pool contractor is offering me close to 10k to remove an online review and sign something saying I won't share my experience - concerned there might be larger issues with the pool that I'm not aware of. Does anyone have any experience with this?

726 upvotes 291 comments text Aug 24

Previous owner left a full maintenance binder taped inside the electrical panel door. Genuinely saved me a service call this week

689 upvotes 65 comments text Aug 25

Renovators forgot to build a shower bench (in our contract for a $40k main bathroom full reno), before they started tiling and floor tile is done and wall tile is partly done, now they say let’s just do a teak bench instead (any price point they said is fine)? What would you do?

631 upvotes 277 comments text Aug 10

Whole house motorized cellular shades, one and a half years in

577 upvotes 66 comments text Aug 6

Contractor is 5 weeks past the finish date on a bathroom remo and now barely responds. How do I handle this without blowing it up?

394 upvotes 178 comments text Aug 7

Solar panel contractor came yesterday and this seems too good to be true

391 upvotes 450 comments text Aug 26

Quoted $7900 to hookup Grill to gas

322 upvotes 486 comments text Aug 3

r/HomeImprovement Audience Overlap

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r/HomeImprovement FAQ

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

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

How active is r/HomeImprovement?

r/HomeImprovement averages 79 posts per day and ranks in the top 5% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/HomeImprovement get?

Posts on r/HomeImprovement average about 9 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/HomeImprovement get most?

On r/HomeImprovement, most posts are text posts (100%)