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Averages 96 posts/day, top 1% activity. Most active Tuesdays around 3 PM UTC. Mostly text posts (100%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
96 21%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
64 5%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
5 1%
Activity Rank #905 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 1%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#905 Top 1% 270
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.
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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.
90%

r/Showerthoughts Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes050100150050100150200Sep 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 (105 chars)
Peak Day Friday

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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19%
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57%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 3%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 1.3K
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 8.6K

r/Showerthoughts Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

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Mon 1 AM
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Fri 9 PM
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r/Showerthoughts Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Removed2.2K (78.1%)1
Casual Thought - Pending248 (8.7%)359
Musing - Pending127 (4.4%)267
Speculation - Pending81 (2.8%)506
Forbidden Topic – Removed46 (1.6%)1
Common Error - Removed41 (1.4%)1
User Deleted36 (1.3%)1
Showerthought - Pending29 (1.0%)604
[Casual Thought]7 (0.2%)1
Casual Thought3 (0.1%)319

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

100%text posts

r/Showerthoughts Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
people
337 (11.7%)
837
time
162 (5.6%)
303
someone
136 (4.7%)
636
life
120 (4.2%)
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never
116 (4.0%)
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probably
110 (3.8%)
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make
106 (3.7%)
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every
106 (3.7%)
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actually
106 (3.7%)
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world
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r/Showerthoughts Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

This community doesn't link off-site.

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

r/Showerthoughts Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Now that the US is phasing out the penny, it's the perfect opportunity to phase out psychological pricing (pricing items one cent below the dollar, such as $9.99).

8.6K upvotes 458 comments text Sep 18

Ten years ago we thought $600 was a lot to pay for a phone.

8.6K upvotes 1.2K comments text Sep 9

The first Goomba you encounter in Super Mario Bros. probably has the highest body count of any video game character ever.

7.4K upvotes 254 comments text Sep 13

The suit would be “British ethnic clothing” had they not conquered much of the world.

7.1K upvotes 216 comments text Sep 22

Tying the dead’s shoelaces inside the coffin might be the simplest way to prevent a zombie apocalypse.

7.1K upvotes 230 comments text Sep 23

Minimum-wage jobs used to have at least one perk: opportunities for petty theft. Even that’s been automated away.

7.1K upvotes 436 comments text Sep 1

Just like no videogame predicted drones taking over wars, interstellar war is probably not going to be cool starships and lasers, but rather something dull yet efficient like "point the radioactive beam at their planet for a few years".

6.3K upvotes 903 comments text Sep 29

Today's generation of children might be the first who can say their parents play more videogames than they do.

6.2K upvotes 243 comments text Sep 27

Waking up early is considered a virtue, even though people who wake up late are comfortable working even in late hours, which is also beneficial.

6.2K upvotes 313 comments text Sep 11

It took roughly 117 billion people about 300,000 years to bring technology to what it is today.

5.8K upvotes 418 comments text Sep 28

r/Showerthoughts Audience Overlap

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r/Showerthoughts FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/Showerthoughts is most active on Tuesdays around 3 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/Showerthoughts?

r/Showerthoughts averages 96 posts per day and ranks in the top 5% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/Showerthoughts get?

Posts on r/Showerthoughts average about 64 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/Showerthoughts get most?

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