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Averages 7 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Mondays around 1 PM UTC. Mostly link posts.

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
7 106%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
25 296%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
3 276%
Activity Rank #18,392 by posts/day among 92,303 tracked SFW subreddits as of Aug 2026 (Top 25%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#18,392 11,269
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.
49%
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.
82%

r/NaturalDisasters Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes01020300200400600Aug 1Aug 8Aug 15Aug 22Aug 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Link
Typical Title Length Medium (66 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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Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 41%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 4
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 1.2K

r/NaturalDisasters Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

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Tue 4 PM
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r/NaturalDisasters 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

43%link posts

r/NaturalDisasters Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
nepal
73 (31.7%)
435
earthquake
54 (23.5%)
71
flood
39 (17.0%)
567
disaster
22 (9.6%)
8310
colombia
21 (9.1%)
50
flash
21 (9.1%)
12015
floods
19 (8.3%)
11610
border
16 (7.0%)
386
tibet
13 (5.7%)
464
footage
10 (4.3%)
7810

r/NaturalDisasters Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
youtube.com181
globalsouthworld.com114
youtu.be41

r/NaturalDisasters Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

He held her hand even when he knew she was gone.

1.2K upvotes 14 comments image Aug 23

This visual from the floods in Rasuwa, Nepal is absolutely horrific. The scale of the destruction looks unreal, almost like a scene from a disaster movie.The entire Himalayan belt needs to seriously work on better early warning systems for such flash floods. Prayers for everyone affected. 🙏

948 upvotes 80 comments image Aug 26

Grand Canyon deadly ☠️ flash flood ~ 15 missing

845 upvotes 117 comments image Aug 30

Footage of Nepal flood taken somewhere at Tibet side, before it hit the border checkpost few kilometers downstream.

257 upvotes 17 comments image Aug 30

Additional footage of the Nepal/Tibet disaster

249 upvotes 22 comments image Aug 30

CCTV footage of the terrifying flash flood at Gyirong Port on the Nepal–China border. The disaster also severely affected and swept away several villages in Nepal’s northern Rasuwa District.

236 upvotes 61 comments image Aug 26

There was an earthquake in Nepal and some of the videos are chilling.

222 upvotes 23 comments image Aug 26

The flood videos from Rasuwa, Nepal are heartbreaking. The damage looks like a scene from a disaster movie. The Himalayan region must build better early warning systems for flash floods. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by this tragedy.

193 upvotes 18 comments image Aug 27

The Visual coming from Nepal flood disaster are Terrifying

160 upvotes 21 comments image Aug 28

Large eruption at Yellowstone National Park

148 upvotes 42 comments image Aug 26

r/NaturalDisasters Audience Overlap

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r/NaturalDisasters FAQ

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

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

How active is r/NaturalDisasters?

r/NaturalDisasters averages 7 posts per day and ranks in the top 25% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/NaturalDisasters get?

Posts on r/NaturalDisasters average about 25 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/NaturalDisasters get most?

On r/NaturalDisasters, posts are a mix of formats, mostly link posts