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Averages 96 posts/day, top 1% activity. Most active Wednesdays around 4 AM UTC. Mostly link posts (87%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
96 29%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
56 6%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
63 8%
Activity Rank #899 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.
#899 Top 1% 466
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.
88%
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.
18%

r/ukpolitics Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes050100150050100150Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Link
Typical Title Length Medium (92 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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22%
10–99
52%
100–999
26%
1K+
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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. 61%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 37
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 2.8K

r/ukpolitics Most Active Times

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#1 Top 3 activity windows

Most Active by Day

Sun 4 AM
Mon 3 AM
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Thu 7 AM
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r/ukpolitics Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Twitter296 (37.1%)86
|104 (13.0%)130
Removed - Not UK Politics72 (9.0%)18
Removed - self post policy (rule 10)70 (8.8%)1
Ed/OpEd62 (7.8%)58
Automatically Removed57 (7.1%)2
Removed - Repost / Similar Already Posted27 (3.4%)10
Removed - Editorialised 18 (2.3%)24
Removed - do not link to "live" pages13 (1.6%)13
Think Tank12 (1.5%)13

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

87%link posts

r/ukpolitics Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
burnham
325 (11.2%)
6274
reform
300 (10.4%)
9354
labour
209 (7.2%)
4564
britain
187 (6.5%)
6190
andy
185 (6.4%)
7573
says
155 (5.4%)
6578
farage
137 (4.7%)
13973
government
106 (3.7%)
5358
party
103 (3.6%)
6973
election
101 (3.5%)
4653

r/ukpolitics Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
x.com30683
bbc.co.uk25361
theguardian.com23646
telegraph.co.uk21560
thetimes.com15653
inews.co.uk10283
dailymail.com9170
independent.co.uk7084
ft.com5572
huffingtonpost.co.uk54109

r/ukpolitics Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

2.8K upvotes 700 comments link Sep 3

A year undercover inside Reform UK: footage shows Farage courting illicit foreign funding

1.6K upvotes 319 comments link Sep 3

Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations

1.2K upvotes 198 comments link Sep 9

Ed Miliband Accuses Israeli Settlers Of 'Ethnic Cleansing'

1.1K upvotes 263 comments link Sep 8

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on X: "Russia is bombarding the U.K. information space with lies and misinformation. And Nigel wants it to carry on because it helps him. Like it helped them ten years again during the referendum. About time government took it seriously. Farage and his AfD pals in Germany have don…

1.0K upvotes 267 comments link Sep 24

Two senior Reform UK officials step down after Channel 4 report

991 upvotes 269 comments link Sep 4

52% of Britons approve of the government's decision to ban the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank while 17% disapprove.

953 upvotes 122 comments link Sep 9

BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires

912 upvotes 131 comments link Sep 12

Bethany Dawson on X: "A Reform UK spokesperson earlier told us that Nigel Farage’s speech was delayed because counter terrorism police advised them of a threat. Now West Midlands police say that they gave no such advice.."

904 upvotes 156 comments link Sep 4

Burnham to change pension triple lock from 2030 to fund National Care Service

894 upvotes 325 comments link Sep 29

r/ukpolitics Audience Overlap

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r/ukpolitics FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/ukpolitics is most active on Wednesdays around 4 AM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/ukpolitics?

r/ukpolitics averages 96 posts per day and ranks in the top 1% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/ukpolitics get?

Posts on r/ukpolitics average about 56 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/ukpolitics get most?

On r/ukpolitics, most posts are link posts (87%)