SubTrends

Averages 9 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Thursdays around 12 PM UTC. Mostly text posts (63%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
9 7%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
11 85%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
6 1%
Activity Rank #16,290 by posts/day among 92,652 tracked SFW subreddits as of Jul 2026 (Top 25%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#16,290 666
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.
36%
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.
52%

r/SQL Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes051015200255075100Jul 1Jul 8Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Text
Typical Title Length Medium (60 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.

2–9
64%
10–99
31%
100–999
4%
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. 34%
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. 1.2K

r/SQL Most Active Times

Peak posting by day and hour (UTC)

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Most Active by Day

Sun 10 AM
Mon 7 AM
Tue 2 AM
Wed 11 AM
Thu 12 PM
Fri 11 AM
Sat 10 AM

r/SQL Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Discussion79 (29.7%)7
MySQL62 (23.3%)27
SQL Server55 (20.7%)3
PostgreSQL43 (16.2%)3
SQLite9 (3.4%)40
Oracle7 (2.6%)4
Spark SQL/Databricks5 (1.9%)1
Snowflake3 (1.1%)1
MariaDB3 (1.1%)2

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

63%text posts

r/SQL Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
sql
119 (44.6%)
87
data
40 (15.0%)
45
built
26 (9.7%)
11
database
23 (8.6%)
53
interview
16 (6.0%)
66
looking
16 (6.0%)
22
feedback
15 (5.6%)
11
mysql
14 (5.2%)
53
tool
13 (4.9%)
12
queries
12 (4.5%)
326

r/SQL Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
youtube.com36

r/SQL Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

r/SQL Audience Overlap

Overlapping audiences

r/SQL FAQ

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

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

How active is r/SQL?

r/SQL averages 9 posts per day and ranks in the top 25% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/SQL get?

Posts on r/SQL average about 11 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/SQL get most?

On r/SQL, most posts are text posts (63%)