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Averages 11 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Sundays around 2 PM UTC. Mostly text posts (99%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
11 20%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
78 17%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
10 32%
Activity Rank #13,904 by posts/day among 92,303 tracked SFW subreddits as of Aug 2026 (Top 25%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#13,904 2,620
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.
35%
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.
70%

r/UnresolvedMysteries Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

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Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Text
Typical Title Length Medium (86 chars)
Peak Day Thursday

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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27%
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58%
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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. 31%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 158
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 2.6K

r/UnresolvedMysteries Most Active Times

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Mon 4 PM
Tue 9 AM
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r/UnresolvedMysteries Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Disappearance64 (36.4%)94
Murder36 (20.5%)74
Update20 (11.4%)451
John/Jane Doe18 (10.2%)225
Unexplained Death16 (9.1%)69
Media/Internet12 (6.8%)1
Other Crime7 (4.0%)1
Request3 (1.7%)1

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

100%text posts

r/UnresolvedMysteries Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
case
44 (13.5%)
506
found
33 (10.1%)
19830
old
33 (10.1%)
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missing
33 (10.1%)
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years
31 (9.5%)
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man
24 (7.3%)
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year
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vanished
20 (6.1%)
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disappearance
19 (5.8%)
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doe
18 (5.5%)
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r/UnresolvedMysteries Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

This community doesn't link off-site.

Its posts are text, images, or discussion rather than outbound links.

r/UnresolvedMysteries Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

For the first time, the remains of a 9/11 victim were identified using genetic genealogy, the New York City medical examiner and mayor announced in a joint statement. The woman, whose name was withheld, is the 1,654th of 2,753 victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center to be identified.

2.6K upvotes 211 comments text Aug 26

Alysha Hanin: My mum vanished from Miami Beach in 2002 when I was three. I’m in Miami now, asking anyone who was around back then.

1.9K upvotes 130 comments text Aug 11

Philadelphia Police Have Announced An Update In The Disappearances Of Gabriella Amarando (Missing Since Sep, 2012) and Maribel Fresses (Missing Since Feb, 2018)

877 upvotes 147 comments text Aug 13

Niagara Falls Police Have Identified Human Remains Found At a Home As Brenda Marie Leblanc (Missing 1990’s)

777 upvotes 70 comments text Aug 12

The full story of Mateusz Kawecki: How did a Polish man vanish, only to be found 6 months later deceased in his parent's barn, hundreds of kilometres away from where he lived?

727 upvotes 109 comments text Aug 9

Penny Doe identified

635 upvotes 35 comments text Aug 24

The July 2011 case of Rebecca Zahau and Max Shacknai- a discussion. What is your theory on either death, and what evidence would you point to to uphold it?

634 upvotes 72 comments image Jul 31

Who is 'Lucky'? Suffered a stroke in 2023 in Amsterdam and is no longer able to communicate.

625 upvotes 82 comments text Aug 17

Online sleuth links Amsterdam’s “Lucky” to Canadian cold case

611 upvotes 56 comments text Aug 19

Philadelphia Police Announced A 3rd Confirmed Unnamed Murder Victim Connected To Raymond Horsch

599 upvotes 122 comments text Aug 29

r/UnresolvedMysteries Audience Overlap

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r/UnresolvedMysteries FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/UnresolvedMysteries is most active on Sundays around 2 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/UnresolvedMysteries?

r/UnresolvedMysteries averages 11 posts per day and ranks in the top 25% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/UnresolvedMysteries get?

Posts on r/UnresolvedMysteries average about 78 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/UnresolvedMysteries get most?

On r/UnresolvedMysteries, most posts are text posts (99%)