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Averages 21 posts/day, top 10% activity. Most active Wednesdays around 9 AM UTC. Mostly image posts (63%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
21 4%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
118 56%
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 4%
Activity Rank #7,318 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.
#7,318 448
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.
18%
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.
56%

r/selfdevelopment 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 (42 chars)
Peak Day Thursday

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
38%
10–99
31%
100–999
26%
1K+
5%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 63%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 22
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 2.2K

r/selfdevelopment Most Active Times

Peak posting by day and hour (UTC)

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Most Active by Day

Sun 6 AM
Mon 10 AM
Tue 2 PM
Wed 9 AM
Thu 9 AM
Fri 7 AM
Sat 3 PM

r/selfdevelopment Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Wisdom124 (59.6%)114
Question30 (14.4%)9
Results24 (11.5%)22
Health13 (6.3%)30
Resource12 (5.8%)11
Wealth5 (2.4%)395

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

63%image posts

r/selfdevelopment Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
life
65 (10.1%)
82
self
45 (7.0%)
643
yourself
26 (4.0%)
622
need
21 (3.3%)
925
keep
19 (3.0%)
1484
best
14 (2.2%)
1373
stop
14 (2.2%)
922
discipline
14 (2.2%)
1713
actually
13 (2.0%)
22
become
13 (2.0%)
528

r/selfdevelopment Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
youtube.com101
pandora.app.link61
youtu.be51
amazon.com31

r/selfdevelopment Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

r/selfdevelopment Audience Overlap

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r/selfdevelopment FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/selfdevelopment is most active on Wednesdays around 9 AM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/selfdevelopment?

r/selfdevelopment averages 21 posts per day and ranks in the top 10% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/selfdevelopment get?

Posts on r/selfdevelopment average about 118 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/selfdevelopment get most?

On r/selfdevelopment, most posts are image posts (63%)