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r/startups is about 3× more active, a different league on volume. Yet a typical r/ycombinator post outperforms one in r/startups.
14% of r/ycombinator's audience also follows r/startups
| Metric | startups | ycombinator | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posts / Day | 68 | 20 | 3× |
| Avg Upvotes | 3 | 5 | 67% |
| Avg Comments | 5 | 5 | — |
| Activity Rank | #1,656 Top 5% | #7,374 Top 10% | 5,718 |
| Low-Reply Rate | 67% | 67% | — |
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Post format
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Both are discussion-first, mostly text posts.
Upvote distribution
Among upvoted posts Among posts that received upvotes
2–9 10–99 100–999 1K+
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Peak activity
Busiest day + peak hour · UTC Busiest day for each sub, with peak hour. Times in UTC.
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12 PM
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5 PM
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12 PM
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r/startups peaks Monday 12 PM and r/ycombinator peaks Monday 5 PM UTC, about 5 hours apart.