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Averages 36 posts/day, top 5% activity. Most active Saturdays around 7 PM UTC. Mostly text posts (100%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
36 4%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
21 14%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
7 18%
Activity Rank #3,780 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 5%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#3,780 151
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.
12%
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.
42%

r/HPfanfiction Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes02040600204060Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Text
Typical Title Length Short (56 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.

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10–99
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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. 72%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 7
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 936

r/HPfanfiction Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

Sun 6 PM
Mon 4 PM
Tue 3 PM
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Thu 9 PM
Fri 4 PM
Sat 7 PM

r/HPfanfiction Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Find That Fic295 (27.3%)6
Request289 (26.7%)13
Discussion141 (13.0%)24
Prompt112 (10.4%)103
Recommendation109 (10.1%)8
Self-Promotion71 (6.6%)5
Writing Help37 (3.4%)4
One-off scenes19 (1.8%)47
Review9 (0.8%)5

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

100%text posts

r/HPfanfiction Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
harry
350 (32.3%)
398
fic
197 (18.2%)
74
fics
166 (15.3%)
167
looking
137 (12.7%)
124
potter
101 (9.3%)
199
fanfic
74 (6.8%)
75
hermione
56 (5.2%)
439
help
53 (4.9%)
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voldemort
47 (4.3%)
269
snape
47 (4.3%)
629

r/HPfanfiction Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

This community doesn't link off-site.

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

r/HPfanfiction Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

"The Unforgivables are electricity." said Harry.

936 upvotes 53 comments text Sep 19

Snape is Harry’s favorite professor. Nothing Snape says or does is able to change this fact. Harry finds a way to twist his words and actions to make him seem nice.

796 upvotes 34 comments text Sep 6

"I think I found a spell that can prove your Innocence Harry! It goes 'On my life and magic, I swear' then you..." Ron's eyes bulged when he heard Hermione talking from across the room while Harry started the spell, and he immediately sprinted to slap Harry's wand away.

664 upvotes 23 comments text Sep 27

Manipulative!Dumbledore expected an Indie!Harry. Accounted for it in fact. All of his contingencies are foiled by the fact he's expecting semi-rational decisions from children.

595 upvotes 26 comments text Sep 13

Sirius awoke from his slumber as he heard noise from the guards bringing in a new prisoner. He wonder’s what one could have done to warrant this wing of Azkaban, only to see them drag in a crying 11 year old red haired girl in chains. In another Cell, he can hear the voice of Hagrid gasp in shock…

455 upvotes 30 comments text Sep 20

I have decided to use my college graduate level writing skills for evil.

451 upvotes 62 comments text Sep 24

"Oh, excellent, Charlie sent me a Dragon Steak!" Ron said, both Hermione and Harry looking at him as he took off the sealed package "Must be a thank you for giving them Norbert."

448 upvotes 29 comments text Sep 13

Instead of a Pureblood mother and abusive Muggle father, Severus Snape grew up under the roof a Muggle father and an abusive Pureblood mother

423 upvotes 43 comments text Sep 12

Harry decided to try and date Malfoy’s little sister to get back at both Draco and Ron.

412 upvotes 49 comments text Sep 26

"Harry, have you seen this?" Hermione asks, showing the Daily Prophet to Harry "Lucius Malfoy wins Drag Queen contest?" Harry asks

398 upvotes 26 comments text Sep 20

r/HPfanfiction Audience Overlap

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r/HPfanfiction FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/HPfanfiction is most active on Saturdays around 7 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/HPfanfiction?

r/HPfanfiction averages 36 posts per day and ranks in the top 5% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/HPfanfiction get?

Posts on r/HPfanfiction average about 21 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/HPfanfiction get most?

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