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Averages 12 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Saturdays around 9 AM UTC. Mostly text posts.

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
12 13%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
22 36%
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 26%
Activity Rank #12,668 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.
#12,668 1,716
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.
38%
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.
77%

r/sustainability Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes0102030050100150Jul 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 (67 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.

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33%
10–99
47%
100–999
19%
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Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 26%
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. 706

r/sustainability Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

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r/sustainability Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

This subreddit doesn't use post flairs.

No flaired posts were found in this month's data.

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

45%text posts

r/sustainability Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
sustainability
37 (10.3%)
106
sustainable
23 (6.4%)
68
climate
22 (6.1%)
195
actually
19 (5.3%)
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think
13 (3.6%)
1114
green
13 (3.6%)
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carbon
12 (3.3%)
183
eco
12 (3.3%)
45
waste
11 (3.1%)
10
built
11 (3.1%)
91

r/sustainability Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

r/sustainability Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Wilfires in France

706 upvotes 13 comments image Jul 28

China Has Planted over 66 Billion Trees Since 1978 to Block the Gobi Desert – Now They Are Growing 66% Faster Than Natural Forests

690 upvotes 19 comments link Jul 29

Better and more beautiful

639 upvotes 46 comments image Jul 12

To prevent warming beyond 1.5°C, we need to reduce emissions by 7.6% every year from this year to 2030. 10 years ago, if countries had acted on this science, governments would have needed to reduce emissions by 3.3% each year. Every year we fail to act, the cost to reduce emissions goes up

506 upvotes 47 comments link Jul 7

Cattle farmer plants 14,000 trees to help slow flow of flood water

486 upvotes 15 comments link Jul 10

Scientists say we need to reduce meat demand to avoid the worst of ecological collapse. Consumers, corporations, and governments all evade responsibility, while meat consumption continues to climb. How do we break this cycle?

483 upvotes 268 comments image Jul 18

It’s baffling to me how so many people who claim to care about the environment react when you tell them about the environmental impact of animal agriculture

399 upvotes 111 comments text Jul 25

The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It’s Almost Incomprehensible

240 upvotes 6 comments link Jul 10

The Netherlands is sending its worn-out wind turbines to Ukraine instead of the scrapheap

238 upvotes 18 comments link Jul 7

NY joins lawsuit on EPA refrigerant rollbacks, weakened emissions rules

181 upvotes 1 comments link Jul 22

r/sustainability Audience Overlap

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r/sustainability FAQ

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

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

How active is r/sustainability?

r/sustainability averages 12 posts per day and ranks in the top 25% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/sustainability get?

Posts on r/sustainability average about 22 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/sustainability get most?

On r/sustainability, posts are a mix of formats, mostly text posts