SubTrends

Averages 9 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Wednesdays around 3 PM UTC. Mostly text posts (76%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
9 1%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
14 16%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
6 2%
Activity Rank #15,944 by posts/day among 92,652 tracked SFW subreddits as of Jul 2026 (Top 25%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#15,944 111
Top 25%
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.
27%
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.
74%

r/microsoft Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes0510150102030Jul 1Jul 8Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Text
Typical Title Length Medium (71 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.

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29%
10–99
52%
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. 23%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 36
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 353

r/microsoft Most Active Times

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Tue 10 AM
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r/microsoft Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Discussion138 (50.5%)5
:Windows_11_Logo: Windows34 (12.5%)10
News29 (10.6%)66
:XBOX: XBOX26 (9.5%)20
:Copilot: Copilot / AI17 (6.2%)7
:M365_Logo: M3659 (3.3%)2
Certification8 (2.9%)6
Employment5 (1.8%)1
:Surface_Icon: Surface4 (1.5%)15
:Azure_Logo: Azure3 (1.1%)5

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

76%text posts

r/microsoft Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
microsoft
119 (43.4%)
2511
xbox
39 (14.2%)
329
windows
31 (11.3%)
2710
account
19 (6.9%)
83
copilot
12 (4.4%)
1911
games
12 (4.4%)
439
microsoft's
11 (4.0%)
509
support
11 (4.0%)
11
hacked
10 (3.6%)
11

r/microsoft Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
windowscentral.com2350
notebookcheck.net31

r/microsoft Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Microsoft plans thousands of job cuts, impacting less than 2.5% of workforce

353 upvotes 116 comments link Jun 30

Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs and shrinks Xbox in 'significant restructure'

287 upvotes 96 comments link Jul 6

Nadella's hardest year

202 upvotes 64 comments link Jul 28

Microsoft stock price rips on earnings, jumping a "record breaking" 18% in a week — Wall Street *really* liked Microsoft's earnings | Microsoft's FY26 earnings report came in, and it has been taken extremely well on Wall Street, as investors reward $MSFT stock with a 20% bounce in less than a month.

198 upvotes 21 comments link Jul 30

Microsoft intervenes after LG gets caught installing McAfee adware onto Windows 11 PCs via their monitors | A popup window from LG that began appearing on PCs with LG monitors connected was showing ads for McAfee

153 upvotes 38 comments link Jul 24

Two days before July 4th, Microsoft wrapped its layoffs in a flag

141 upvotes 61 comments text Jul 2

Microsoft loses Brazilian court case after telling Xbox user to re-purchase games — tech giant ordered to restore Xbox acc. with all games and pay $400 in damages

140 upvotes 12 comments link Jul 12

Microsoft launches new in-house AI models it says cut costs up to 89% versus OpenAI

133 upvotes 25 comments link Jul 25

Microsoft announces major Windows 11 search overhaul that prioritizes clearer, local results, and removes ads: Huge effort to fix search on Windows is finally happening

129 upvotes 33 comments link Jul 13

Xbox Player Loses Thousands in Digital Games After Microsoft Deletes 25-Year-Old Account

129 upvotes 42 comments link Jul 15

r/microsoft Audience Overlap

Overlapping audiences

r/microsoft FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/microsoft is most active on Wednesdays around 3 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/microsoft?

r/microsoft averages 9 posts per day and ranks in the top 25% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/microsoft get?

Posts on r/microsoft average about 14 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/microsoft get most?

On r/microsoft, most posts are text posts (76%)