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Averages 18 posts/day, top 10% activity. Most active Tuesdays around 11 AM UTC. Mostly image posts (70%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
18 9%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
33 22%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
9 1%
Activity Rank #8,249 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 10%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#8,249 615
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.
5%
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.
25%

r/postcrossing 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 Image
Typical Title Length Short (37 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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20%
10–99
73%
100–999
7%
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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. 82%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 29
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 231

r/postcrossing Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

Sun 3 AM
Mon 5 PM
Tue 11 AM
Wed 10 AM
Thu 12 PM
Fri 5 PM
Sat 3 PM

r/postcrossing Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Outgoing170 (53.5%)44
Questions86 (27.0%)16
Incoming41 (12.9%)40
Postage21 (6.6%)38

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

71%image posts

r/postcrossing Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
postcards
74 (13.7%)
3713
postcard
73 (13.5%)
2610
outgoing
71 (13.1%)
435
wpd
62 (11.4%)
267
cards
41 (7.6%)
4312
first
39 (7.2%)
568
day
30 (5.5%)
239
world
29 (5.3%)
2010
paper
28 (5.2%)
115
card
26 (4.8%)
438

r/postcrossing Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

This community doesn't link off-site.

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

r/postcrossing Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

r/postcrossing Audience Overlap

Overlapping audiences

r/postcrossing FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/postcrossing is most active on Tuesdays around 11 AM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/postcrossing?

r/postcrossing averages 18 posts per day and ranks in the top 10% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/postcrossing get?

Posts on r/postcrossing average about 33 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/postcrossing get most?

On r/postcrossing, most posts are image posts (70%)