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Averages 13 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Wednesdays around 12 PM UTC. Mostly text posts (100%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
13 4%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
40 31%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
4 11%
Activity Rank #11,431 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.
#11,431 197
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.
0%
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.
15%

r/quotes Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes0510152025020406080Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Text
Typical Title Length Medium (109 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.

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10–99
53%
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23%
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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. 53%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 37
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 1.1K

r/quotes Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

Sun 4 AM
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Thu 7 AM
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r/quotes Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Life / Wisdom173 (45.3%)39
Motivation / Inspiration29 (7.6%)27
Philosophy / Ethics27 (7.1%)65
Love / Relationships26 (6.8%)15
Social / Political Justice24 (6.3%)111
Quote Help24 (6.3%)2
Grief / Healing16 (4.2%)24
Humor / Wit15 (3.9%)73
Misc / Unclassified9 (2.4%)48
Art / Literature / Poetry8 (2.1%)10

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

100%text posts

r/quotes Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
removed
54 (14.0%)
12
moderator
54 (14.0%)
12
life
35 (9.1%)
403
know
29 (7.5%)
424
people
29 (7.5%)
15612
world
24 (6.2%)
905
never
23 (6.0%)
764
things
21 (5.4%)
313
man
21 (5.4%)
564
don't
20 (5.2%)
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r/quotes Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

This community doesn't link off-site.

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

r/quotes Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

"When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying 'Free Palestine' gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability." Macklemore

1.1K upvotes 117 comments text Sep 16

"Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often and for the same reasons." - Mark Twain

465 upvotes 2 comments text Sep 14

"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means the sun is about to set." -Lin Yutang

414 upvotes 16 comments text Sep 18

“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” - Albert Einstein

413 upvotes 14 comments text Sep 9

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." — H.L. Mencken

403 upvotes 14 comments text Sep 20

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." -Desmond Tutu

390 upvotes 9 comments text Sep 18

“Grief is like glitter, it’s everywhere at first. And eventually u find it in random spots. It never goes away.”-Kevin Pádraig

389 upvotes 6 comments text Sep 14

“The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.” ― Bill Watterson

336 upvotes 9 comments text Sep 5

“Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” ― Oscar Wilde

295 upvotes 4 comments text Sep 28

“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.”― Maximilien Robespierre

268 upvotes 3 comments text Sep 18

r/quotes Audience Overlap

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r/quotes FAQ

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

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

How active is r/quotes?

r/quotes averages 13 posts per day and ranks in the top 25% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/quotes get?

Posts on r/quotes average about 40 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/quotes get most?

On r/quotes, most posts are text posts (100%)