SubTrends

Averages 74 posts/day, top 5% activity. Most active Tuesdays around 7 PM UTC. Mostly image posts (69%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
74 7%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
16 59%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
35 21%
Activity Rank #1,350 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 5%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#1,350 89
Top 5%
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.
31%
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.
55%

r/songs Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes0501001500204060Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Image
Typical Title Length Short (48 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.

2–9
59%
10–99
34%
100–999
6%
1K+
1%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 44%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 6
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 2.1K

r/songs Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

Sun 11 AM
Mon 11 AM
Tue 7 PM
Wed 3 PM
Thu 4 PM
Fri 7 PM
Sat 4 PM

r/songs Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Sharing Music 432 (38.0%)10
Discussion286 (25.2%)37
Rate This Song Threads164 (14.4%)15
Find that Song128 (11.3%)13
Critique My Song86 (7.6%)2
Songwriting34 (3.0%)5
Articles6 (0.5%)2

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

69%image posts

r/songs Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
song
692 (31.1%)
2866
songs
363 (16.3%)
3059
give
285 (12.8%)
1981
rate
247 (11.1%)
2075
music
168 (7.5%)
1539
playlist
127 (5.7%)
415
number
104 (4.7%)
650
i'll
93 (4.2%)
2296
listen
91 (4.1%)
3078
favorite
86 (3.9%)
2154

r/songs Mentioned Domains

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r/songs Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

r/songs Audience Overlap

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r/songs FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/songs is most active on Tuesdays around 7 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/songs?

r/songs averages 74 posts per day and ranks in the top 5% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/songs get?

Posts on r/songs average about 16 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/songs get most?

On r/songs, most posts are image posts (69%)