151 posts analyzed Updated Sep 2026
Averages 5 posts/day, top 50% activity. Most active Wednesdays around 2 AM UTC. Mostly text posts.
r/ROS Traffic & Engagement r/ROS Traffic & Engagement
Volume and engagement over time Posting volume and engagement over time
Post Format
Upvote Distribution
How upvoted posts perform Only posts with 2+ upvotes. The bands below show how those posts are spread by upvote count.
r/ROS Most Active Times When r/ROS Is Most Active
Peak posting by day and hour (UTC) When this community posts most, by day and hour (UTC)
Most Active by Day
r/ROS Flair Performance r/ROS Flair Performance
Upvotes and volume by flair Average upvotes and post volume by flair
| Flair | Posts | Upvotes |
|---|---|---|
| Question | 34 (39.1%) | 3 |
| Project | 32 (36.8%) | 15 |
| Discussion | 10 (11.5%) | 3 |
| News | 8 (9.2%) | 8 |
| Blog post | 3 (3.4%) | 8 |
Post Type Breakdown
Share by text, image, or link Share of posts by format: text, image, or link
r/ROS Trending Keywords Trending Keywords in r/ROS
Ranked by how often they appear Title keywords ranked by how often they appear
| Keyword | Mentions ▼ | Upvotes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| ros | 43 (28.5%) | 7 | 3 |
| robot | 33 (21.9%) | 4 | 1 |
| ros2 | 21 (13.9%) | 10 | 3 |
| robotics | 20 (13.3%) | 4 | 2 |
| gazebo | 15 (9.9%) | 12 | 2 |
| built | 12 (8.0%) | 5 | 1 |
r/ROS Mentioned Domains Mentioned Domains in r/ROS
Most linked sites Most linked sites in this subreddit
| Domain | Links | Upvotes |
|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | 6 | 2 |
| youtu.be | 4 | 6 |
| discourse.openrobotics.org | 3 | 4 |
r/ROS Top Posts Top Performing Posts in r/ROS
Highest-performing posts Highest-performing posts. Each title links to Reddit.
[Project update] The drone now flies the same building with no map, no GNSS, no magnetometer and no lidar: two cameras do both the seeing and the localizing (ROS 2 Jazzy, PX4 SITL, Gazebo Harmonic, CUDA MPPI)
Cubic Doggo Update: ROS2 bridge to MuJoCo
ROS2 Visualization tool for iPad
[Project update] The drone navigation stack now flies a real 3D urban location with no map (ROS 2 Jazzy, PX4 SITL, Gazebo Harmonic, CUDA MPPI): what changed since August, and what five crashes taught me
Hands-on with the RT-G, the spherical robot patrolling with police in Wenzhou. It drives with an internal pendulum
LGDXRobot2: Now Supporting ROS 2 Lyrical
Finalizing ROSCON demos powered by NVIDIA Robotics Thor + RealSense D585 GPU-powered VLM and RealSense D555 PoE with built-in ROS topic streaming!
OOMWOO wall cleaning - progress update (ROS2, Gazebo)
I created a text-to-simulation pipeline which bulk-generates various environments for robotic simulations
Turtlebot 4 Lite for sale
r/ROS Audience Overlap r/ROS Subreddit Overlap & Related Communities
Overlapping audiences Communities with overlapping audiences
r/ROS FAQ Frequently Asked Questions About r/ROS
What's the best time to post on r/ROS?
Based on posting volume, r/ROS is most active on Wednesdays around 2 AM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.
How active is r/ROS?
r/ROS averages 5 posts per day and ranks in the top 50% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.
How many upvotes do posts on r/ROS get?
Posts on r/ROS average about 6 upvotes this month (net score per post).
What kind of posts does r/ROS get most?
On r/ROS, posts are a mix of formats, mostly text posts