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Averages 5 posts/day, top 50% activity. Most active Wednesdays around 4 PM UTC. Mostly image posts.

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
5 23%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
10 97%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
3 103%
Activity Rank #23,478 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 50%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#23,478 3,433
Top 50%
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.
40%
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.
74%

r/UnsolvedMurders Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes02.557.51013020406080Sep 1Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Image
Typical Title Length Medium (71 chars)
Peak Day Monday

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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49%
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10%
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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. 10
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 246

r/UnsolvedMurders Most Active Times

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r/UnsolvedMurders Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
COLD CASE32 (51.6%)20
UNSOLVED21 (33.9%)22
HISTORICAL6 (9.7%)2
UPDATE3 (4.8%)4

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

39%image posts

r/UnsolvedMurders Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
case
23 (14.5%)
299
murder
19 (11.9%)
41
murdered
18 (11.3%)
434
old
17 (10.7%)
553
year
17 (10.7%)
553
killer
15 (9.4%)
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unsolved
15 (9.4%)
4514
years
15 (9.4%)
41
found
14 (8.8%)
554
crime
13 (8.2%)
613

r/UnsolvedMurders Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
youtu.be151
youtube.com50

r/UnsolvedMurders Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

On August 15th, 2002, Michael and Mary Short were found murdered in their home. The phone lines leading to their house had been cut and their daughter, 9-year-old Jennifer, was missing. She would be found dead in another state six weeks later. The case is still unsolved.

246 upvotes 22 comments image Sep 28

On the morning of October 1st, 1990, 14-year-old Christy Stephens stayed home from school, saying that she felt sick. She vanished from the home that morning, leaving behind a strange clue--her sneakers sitting in the driveway. Weeks later, her body was found in a wooded area. She had been murdered.

224 upvotes 7 comments image Sep 20

Please Help Us Find Justice for Connor

202 upvotes 16 comments image Sep 10

7 year old Maria Ridulph Case 1957 unsolved once again

133 upvotes 7 comments image Sep 14

On February 27th, 1970, 22-year-old Bill Sproat and his girlfriend, 20-year-old Mary Petry, were murdered in his Columbus, Ohio, apartment. The case is still unsolved.

118 upvotes 5 comments image Sep 13

16 year old Melissa Klahn went missing from Tucson in August 2001

50 upvotes 3 comments image Sep 16

Child was murdered, no justice

50 upvotes 25 comments text Sep 16

If you could know the answers to any unsolved true crime case what would it be?

45 upvotes 162 comments link Sep 8

Norma Garrett Murdered 1995

43 upvotes 2 comments image Sep 28

Mark Goldstein was murdered at his Tempe, Arizona cheese shop in November 1978. A bag of $60,000 in cash was left behind at the scene and the case remains unsolved.

41 upvotes 2 comments image Sep 10

r/UnsolvedMurders Audience Overlap

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r/UnsolvedMurders FAQ

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

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

How active is r/UnsolvedMurders?

r/UnsolvedMurders averages 5 posts per day and ranks in the top 50% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/UnsolvedMurders get?

Posts on r/UnsolvedMurders average about 10 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/UnsolvedMurders get most?

On r/UnsolvedMurders, posts are a mix of formats, mostly image posts