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Averages 11 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Mondays around 3 PM UTC. Mostly image posts (73%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
11 9%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
207 3%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
11 5%
Activity Rank #13,343 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 25%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#13,343 921
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.
9%
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.
40%

r/urbanexploration 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 Image
Typical Title Length Short (44 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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5%
10–99
40%
100–999
47%
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8%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 68%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 118
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 3.3K

r/urbanexploration Most Active Times

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#1 Top 3 activity windows

Most Active by Day

Sun 11 AM
Mon 3 PM
Tue 6 PM
Wed 1 PM
Thu 12 PM
Fri 11 AM
Sat 9 PM

r/urbanexploration 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

73%image posts

r/urbanexploration Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
abandoned
131 (40.2%)
24812
exploring
20 (6.1%)
1106
usa
16 (4.9%)
27413
church
15 (4.6%)
1918
hospital
14 (4.3%)
1466
found
14 (4.3%)
20413
house
12 (3.7%)
36126
urbex
12 (3.7%)
5514
inside
11 (3.4%)
2038
school
11 (3.4%)
805

r/urbanexploration Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
freaktography.com10455
i.imgur.com839
youtube.com81
youtu.be61

r/urbanexploration Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

r/urbanexploration Audience Overlap

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r/urbanexploration FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/urbanexploration is most active on Mondays around 3 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/urbanexploration?

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

How many upvotes do posts on r/urbanexploration get?

Posts on r/urbanexploration average about 207 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/urbanexploration get most?

On r/urbanexploration, most posts are image posts (73%)