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Averages 5 posts/day, top 50% activity. Most active Fridays around 11 AM UTC. Mostly link posts (82%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
5 7%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
27 12%
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 15%
Activity Rank #23,426 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 50%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#23,426 1,202
Top 50%
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.
85%
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.
72%

r/PublicLands Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes051015020406080Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Link
Typical Title Length Medium (93 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.

2–9
22%
10–99
73%
100–999
6%
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. 75%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 24
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 146

r/PublicLands Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

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Mon 8 AM
Tue 9 AM
Wed 3 PM
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Fri 11 AM
Sat 8 AM

r/PublicLands Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
USFS10 (13.2%)33
BLM9 (11.8%)46
NPS8 (10.5%)34
Alaska8 (10.5%)12
Wyoming8 (10.5%)43
Opinion7 (9.2%)52
Advocacy6 (7.9%)21
Colorado5 (6.6%)24
Questions3 (3.9%)27
Utah3 (3.9%)24

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

83%link posts

r/PublicLands Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
trump
38 (23.9%)
434
public
34 (21.4%)
352
national
32 (20.1%)
413
land
21 (13.2%)
395
lands
20 (12.6%)
312
forest
18 (11.3%)
261
park
16 (10.1%)
445
roadless
16 (10.1%)
351
rule
16 (10.1%)
341
petition
13 (8.2%)
70

r/PublicLands Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
c.org154
adn.com842
montanafreepress.org531
sltrib.com453
youtube.com411
ksut.org427
republic.land45
washingtonsun.com426
washingtonpost.com359
hcn.org344

r/PublicLands Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Trump orders BLM to find public land for data centers

146 upvotes 10 comments link Sep 14

All Logging on National Forests Is Worth Less Than Two Home Depot Stores

139 upvotes 14 comments link Sep 7

The DHS has backed down, at least for now, from border construction in Big Bend National Park. We mounted such a powerful resistance that the CBP commissioner had to fly to Big Bend to do damage control and pump the brakes on the destruction.-Crime_pays_but_botany_doesnt.

127 upvotes 6 comments image Sep 1

Trump administration blocks $25 million in funding for national parks

116 upvotes 12 comments link Sep 11

Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park

110 upvotes 32 comments link Sep 26

Log it, graze it, and then watch it burn. The industries driving the West’s fire crisis are selling logging and livestock grazing as the cure, and taxpayers, wildlife and the land are paying the price.

103 upvotes 8 comments link Sep 13

Court: BLM can’t push American Prairie bison off grazing leases

102 upvotes 2 comments link Sep 5

To protect Alaska’s old-growth forests, the Roadless Rule must be kept in place

94 upvotes 5 comments link Sep 10

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Has Lost 36% of Its Workforce Under the Second Trump Administration: Meanwhile, even with fewer staff, the agency just completed the largest expansion of hunting and fishing access in its entire history

94 upvotes 3 comments link Sep 3

Inside the Long and Deliberate Collapse of America's Public-Land Funding

91 upvotes 3 comments link Sep 23

r/PublicLands Audience Overlap

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r/PublicLands FAQ

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

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

How active is r/PublicLands?

r/PublicLands averages 5 posts per day and ranks in the top 50% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/PublicLands get?

Posts on r/PublicLands average about 27 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/PublicLands get most?

On r/PublicLands, most posts are link posts (82%)