SubTrends

Averages 31 posts/day, top 10% activity. Most active Wednesdays around 10 AM UTC. Mostly link posts.

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
31 4%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
185 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.
79 21%
Activity Rank #4,663 by posts/day among 92,652 tracked SFW subreddits as of Jul 2026 (Top 10%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#4,663 159
Top 10%
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.
46%
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.
14%

r/oil Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

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Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Link
Typical Title Length Medium (74 chars)
Peak Day Saturday

Upvote Distribution

How upvoted posts perform Only posts with 2+ upvotes. The bands below show how those posts are spread by upvote count.

2–9
11%
10–99
45%
100–999
40%
1K+
4%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 84%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 84
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 4.1K

r/oil Most Active Times

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Sat 9 PM

r/oil Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Discussion336 (34.9%)90
News264 (27.4%)337
Iran War202 (21.0%)199
OIl Price Speculation65 (6.7%)81
Humor50 (5.2%)136
Ukraine/Russia19 (2.0%)164
Trump 15 (1.6%)283
Political Rubbish7 (0.7%)112
Merg/Acq6 (0.6%)9

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

38%link posts

r/oil Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
oil
436 (44.9%)
16465
iran
170 (17.5%)
415175
hormuz
118 (12.2%)
241101
strait
103 (10.6%)
339143
trump
79 (8.1%)
359172
prices
61 (6.3%)
13966
war
56 (5.8%)
245102
crude
52 (5.4%)
15158
saudi
50 (5.2%)
30084
price
41 (4.2%)
7335

r/oil Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
reuters.com34166
oilprice.com2669
bloomberg.com2181
youtu.be1749
x.com1359
youtube.com1346
ft.com12306
apnews.com11162
cnbc.com10170
linkedin.com810

r/oil Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Iran calculated $9 billion in profits from market manipulation by "individuals close to Trump," mainly Kushner and Witkoff, and formally requested $4.5 billion of that sum be allocated to Iran through intermediaries.

4.1K upvotes 416 comments image Jul 15

what the actual fuck?

3.3K upvotes 323 comments image Jul 16

Russia's Largest Oil Refinery Has Been Struck

2.5K upvotes 224 comments image Jul 6

Iran announces its full withdrawal from the Memorandum of Understanding due to US violations. Says it will control all of the Strait now.

2.4K upvotes 398 comments image Jul 14

Iran has attacked and hit a water desalination and power generation plant in Kuwait, causing widespread damage including a fire and damage to a large number of electricity generation units, prompting emergency plans to be activated. First Iranian strike on water desalination.

2.1K upvotes 1.3K comments image Jul 17

The US has offered Iran a new $6 billion bribe from Iran's own frozen funds of $100 billion to relinquish control of the Strait of Hormuz and drop its planned fees, but Iran has directly rejected the offer as it targets $40 billion in annual Hormuz fees and permanent control over the Strait, per WSJ

2.0K upvotes 577 comments image Jul 2

US Troops Killed, F-35 Jets Destroyed in IRGC Strike on American Base in Jordan - Tasnim News Agency

1.9K upvotes 596 comments link Jul 30

TACO

1.9K upvotes 588 comments image Jul 25

Trump cancels plans to escalate war due to shortage in munitions.

1.8K upvotes 671 comments text Jul 25

Russian's queueing for fuel after unprecedented Ukranian attacks on their Oil infrastructure.

1.7K upvotes 197 comments image Jul 3

r/oil Audience Overlap

Overlapping audiences

r/oil FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/oil is most active on Wednesdays around 10 AM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/oil?

r/oil averages 31 posts per day and ranks in the top 10% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/oil get?

Posts on r/oil average about 185 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/oil get most?

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