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Averages 17 posts/day, top 10% activity. Most active Tuesdays around 7 PM UTC. Mostly image posts (70%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
17 44%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
76 12%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
22 2%
Activity Rank #8,980 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 10%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#8,980 3,926
Top 10%
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.
24%
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.
32%

r/war Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes01020300100200300Sep 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 (102 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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21%
10–99
51%
100–999
28%
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1%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 77%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 39
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 1.6K

r/war Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

Sun 12 PM
Mon 7 PM
Tue 7 PM
Wed 1 PM
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Sat 9 AM

r/war 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

70%image posts

r/war Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
russian
61 (12.3%)
5519
september
58 (11.7%)
8913
drone
54 (10.9%)
5716
war
53 (10.7%)
7623
iran
46 (9.3%)
10933
saudi
44 (8.8%)
11418
footage
42 (8.4%)
12535
forces
41 (8.3%)
7212
army
39 (7.8%)
367
yemen
34 (6.8%)
12018

r/war Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

r/war Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Dedication

1.6K upvotes 60 comments image Sep 18

An Israeli soldier records the scale of the destruction and rubble in Gaza left by three years of uninterrupted conflict.

1.1K upvotes 385 comments image Sep 27

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Stunning footage filmed from an Israeli Caterpillar armored vehicle shows the level of destruction across much of the Gaza Strip, after just over 2 years and 10 months of war... entire neighborhoods appear reduced to rubble and the urban landscape is virtually unrecognizable.

1.1K upvotes 316 comments image Sep 5

The intact brain of a Russian soldier killed on the battlefield alongside another of his comrades (October 23, 2026)

966 upvotes 170 comments image Sep 29

Footage of a Saudi F-15 fighter jet being shot down by Ansarallah and its wreckage in Marib Governorate, September 16 2026.

784 upvotes 106 comments image Sep 16

The craziest thing I've seen this year, folks, it's unreal, the clip… A Brazilian young mercenary in the Russia-Ukraine war filmed an insane video on his personal Instagram account of a tank rolling right over him while he was hiding on the ground in the grass.

710 upvotes 39 comments image Sep 5

A hitman from the "Squirrels" cartel armed with a Barrett M82A1.

655 upvotes 41 comments image Sep 11

Oct 7 footage

600 upvotes 471 comments image Sep 29

Images of a Saudi F-15 shot down over Marib, Yemen, September 16, 2026.

594 upvotes 75 comments image Sep 16

Footage showing the moment an Iranian missile struck U.S. base in Jordan

519 upvotes 50 comments image Sep 1

r/war Audience Overlap

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r/war FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/war is most active on Tuesdays around 7 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/war?

r/war averages 17 posts per day and ranks in the top 10% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/war get?

Posts on r/war average about 76 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/war get most?

On r/war, most posts are image posts (70%)