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Averages 25 posts/day, top 10% activity. Most active Fridays around 11 AM UTC. Mostly image posts (98%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
25 8%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
1.1K 70%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
213 126%
Activity Rank #5,815 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.
#5,815 612
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.
2%
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.
16%

r/WhatIsTheTea Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes020406001k2k3k4kSep 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 (86 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.

2–9
16%
10–99
33%
100–999
33%
1K+
19%
Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 76%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 108
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 67.9K

r/WhatIsTheTea Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

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Sat 3 PM

r/WhatIsTheTea Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
watch this :tornado_APNG: 265 (50.5%)2.3K
Political Tea :Fire_APNG:56 (10.7%)574
wait a fucking minute. :SittingGirl:48 (9.1%)897
Tea ☕34 (6.5%)459
memes :robot_APNG:27 (5.1%)57
Sips Tea :KermitSips_APNG:21 (4.0%)1.2K
Celebrities Tea :RocketAPNG:20 (3.8%)67
Fuck off :DancingFrogAPNG:20 (3.8%)77
I like Animals :Elmo_APNG:12 (2.3%)524
Viral/Internet Trends :_rocketAPNG:11 (2.1%)59

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

98%image posts

r/WhatIsTheTea Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
man
56 (7.4%)
2.5K553
woman
36 (4.8%)
2.3K845
year
36 (4.8%)
1.1K319
trump
33 (4.4%)
5.2K334
old
33 (4.4%)
1.3K246
people
27 (3.6%)
713103
guy
27 (3.6%)
2.1K364
police
26 (3.5%)
1.5K500
off
22 (2.9%)
2.8K306
never
19 (2.5%)
2.1K343

r/WhatIsTheTea Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

Domain Links Upvotes
youtu.be47

r/WhatIsTheTea Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

Joe Biden — 83, stage 4 cancer, spread to his bones — stood for hours as 9/11 victims' names were read. Trump fell asleep at his own ceremony. One showed up in pain and stood anyway. The other couldn't stay awake.

67.9K upvotes 3.0K comments image Sep 12

A Guy Just Rolled up to the Sheriff with a Pickup stacked like a scrapyard of Flock Cameras and an American Flag Hanging off the Back.

32.7K upvotes 2.0K comments image Sep 3

Transient sucker punches elderly customer eating lunch alone at a cafe in Hollywood, steals his wallet and phone. Hero steps up and takes the thief down.

31.3K upvotes 1.5K comments image Sep 12

8:46 AM. 25 years ago today. Never forget

30.1K upvotes 3.9K comments image Sep 11

Hayley Williams said "F*** ICE" and "Free Palestine" at her concert last night in Oakland, California.

30.1K upvotes 4.5K comments image Sep 10

Man Tries Intimidating Pizza Employee And Gets Instant Karma

27.5K upvotes 728 comments image Sep 13

A father discovered that his son was bullying a classmate with cancer because he had no hair, and he acted in this way to teach him a lesson. In your opinion, is this a fair punishment?

25.7K upvotes 7.4K comments image Sep 1

Donald Trump’s immediate reaction to the 9/11 attacks was to brag that his building was now the tallest in downtown Manhattan after the Twin Towers collapsed.

25.2K upvotes 1.2K comments image Sep 7

Crowds gathered in Dublin to protest Trump’s visit to Ireland, with demonstrators using imagery featuring Trump, Epstein and Netanyahu to voice their criticism.

24.7K upvotes 882 comments image Sep 12

Contractor takes back the wooden fence after the customer refuses to pay.

24.0K upvotes 2.8K comments image Sep 14

r/WhatIsTheTea Audience Overlap

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r/WhatIsTheTea FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/WhatIsTheTea is most active on Fridays around 11 AM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/WhatIsTheTea?

r/WhatIsTheTea averages 25 posts per day and ranks in the top 10% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/WhatIsTheTea get?

Posts on r/WhatIsTheTea average about 1,120 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/WhatIsTheTea get most?

On r/WhatIsTheTea, most posts are image posts (98%)