SubTrends

Averages 12 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Fridays around 12 PM UTC. Mostly image posts (90%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
12 16%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
319 8%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
25 7%
Activity Rank #12,224 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 25%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#12,224 1,662
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.
8%
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.
27%

r/ObscurePatentDangers Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes01020304005001k1.5kSep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Image
Typical Title Length Long (109 chars)
Peak Day Monday

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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47%
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9%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 90%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 124
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 4.7K

r/ObscurePatentDangers Most Active Times

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r/ObscurePatentDangers Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
🔒🚨High Privacy Risk Potential 58 (17.0%)297
🕵️Surveillance State Exposé36 (10.5%)432
Function Creep 🕵️‍♂️📈33 (9.6%)355
Accountability for Surveillance Expansion — ⚖️ 🏛️27 (7.9%)424
🤖🔎 AI Risk Tracker 27 (7.9%)151
🔎Dual-Use Potential 23 (6.7%)193
⚖️Accountability Advocate 19 (5.6%)708
🤷Just a matter of time, What Could Go Wrong? 19 (5.6%)46
Challenging Tech Overreach ⚖️🛡️18 (5.3%)251
Civic Risk Tracker📊👀8 (2.3%)131

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

90%image posts

r/ObscurePatentDangers Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
flock
56 (15.6%)
37713
data
39 (10.9%)
40928
surveillance
28 (7.8%)
55631
still
22 (6.1%)
31618
cameras
22 (6.1%)
50345
public
21 (5.8%)
34322
safety
21 (5.8%)
34813
openai
19 (5.3%)
12717
police
18 (5.0%)
31816
while
18 (5.0%)
22714

r/ObscurePatentDangers Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
youtu.be652

r/ObscurePatentDangers Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Concerning Developments From Walmart, Being Forced on Shoppers... When do we Boycott?

4.7K upvotes 715 comments image Sep 21

PlayStation Store API Rollout Uses Dynamic Pricing to Target Loyal Customers — and Normalizes Opaque Digital Price Gouging

4.0K upvotes 241 comments image Sep 9

European Commission will not require publishers to keep sold games playable, leaving a voluntary end-of-life code instead of a law

2.6K upvotes 172 comments image Sep 27

Flock’s 2025 webinar used Denver No Kings as the live-video demo; EFF logs show protest plate searches

2.5K upvotes 49 comments image Sep 4

Border Patrol's Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams Analyze Financial Data — Laundering Warrantless Surveillance Through Pretextual Traffic Stops

2.5K upvotes 233 comments image Sep 8

Why Is No One Talking About the Fact That Ghislaine Maxwell's Eldest Sisters Built Tech Surveillance Infrastructure for U.S. and Israeli Intelligence?

2.3K upvotes 35 comments link Sep 10

Walmart's Digital Price Tags Overcharge Consumers — And The Deceptive Shift To Disconnected "Per Ounce" Retail Math

2.2K upvotes 141 comments image Sep 28

Toka hacks CCTV networks to alter live video — eliminating forensic fingerprints and destroying the legal reliability of objective evidence

2.1K upvotes 138 comments image Sep 30

Paulding County froze new data-center filings until 2027 — overlays and pending applications can still lock neighbors in

2.1K upvotes 51 comments image Sep 10

Seattle Bans Algorithmic Surveillance Pricing — And How Supermarkets Use Loyalty Cards To Dynamically Inflate Essential Grocery Costs

2.1K upvotes 38 comments image Sep 28

r/ObscurePatentDangers Audience Overlap

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r/ObscurePatentDangers FAQ

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

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

How active is r/ObscurePatentDangers?

r/ObscurePatentDangers averages 12 posts per day and ranks in the top 25% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/ObscurePatentDangers get?

Posts on r/ObscurePatentDangers average about 319 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/ObscurePatentDangers get most?

On r/ObscurePatentDangers, most posts are image posts (90%)