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Averages 55 posts/day, top 5% activity. Most active Sundays around 10 AM UTC. Mostly text posts (100%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
55 9%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
37 6%
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 6%
Activity Rank #2,116 by posts/day among 90,883 tracked SFW subreddits as of Sep 2026 (Top 5%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#2,116 210
Top 5%
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.
3%
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.
47%

r/WritingPrompts 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 Long (190 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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Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 74%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 15
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 753

r/WritingPrompts Most Active Times

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r/WritingPrompts Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Writing Prompt1.3K (79.2%)44
Simple Prompt208 (13.0%)9
Established Universe62 (3.9%)14
Prompt Inspired32 (2.0%)64
Off Topic16 (1.0%)5
Constrained Writing7 (0.4%)4
Reality Fiction4 (0.3%)0
Image Prompt4 (0.3%)3

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

100%text posts

r/WritingPrompts Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
world
165 (10.1%)
393
time
153 (9.3%)
373
people
123 (7.5%)
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life
117 (7.2%)
393
you're
109 (6.7%)
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every
106 (6.5%)
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know
88 (5.4%)
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it's
88 (5.4%)
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don't
87 (5.3%)
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never
86 (5.3%)
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r/WritingPrompts Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

This community doesn't link off-site.

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

r/WritingPrompts Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

[WP] Let me get this straight. You were hit by a truck, sent to a medieval fantasy world, got into metallurgy instead of vanquishing the Demon King, introduced them to chemistry, and speed-ran combustion engines so someone there could... hit you with another truck? What did you think would happen?

753 upvotes 21 comments text Sep 3

[WP] You are a Villain. In order to protect yourself from your latest invention you make a mental isolation helmet. As you activate it the constant thoughts about making them pay vanish.

617 upvotes 21 comments text Sep 27

[WP]You've been dubbed "Lucifer" after being framed a Villain with the Power of Contracts. "This is not how my power works at all, your honor. It has to be absolutely consensual, and bring equivalent equal value and punishment to both parties. I couldn't make my contracts one-sided if i tried."

571 upvotes 24 comments text Sep 1

[WP] “I’m immortal.” “Oh, so how old are you? Two hundred? Five hundred? A thousand years old?” “No, I’m 34, but I’m still immortal, just a new one.”

506 upvotes 18 comments text Sep 8

[WP] "I apologize if I'm not the prim and proper queen you expected when you came to my kingdom, but I just spent 10 hours straight helping my people escape the avalanche you caused in order to kill a dragon that hadn't done anything beyond exist in my borders."

494 upvotes 23 comments text Sep 28

[WP] When you ask about the vampire living in the ruined castle north of the village, the village mayor sighs. "She waters her garden and night and sometimes we see her on the balcony. She's been here 25 years and not once did she bring harm to anyone. So please, just leave her alone."

492 upvotes 22 comments text Sep 19

[WP] "No weapons allowed in this establishment, ma'am." "My consciousness is in the sword, the humanoid body you're looking at is a glamoured mannequin I'm puppeting."

484 upvotes 20 comments text Sep 23

[WP] An antihero moves into the city where a magical girl group operates. They learn that while other heroes might disaprove of their tactics or straight up consider them a villain, magical girls are actually quite pragmatic and understanding about using lethal force.

461 upvotes 22 comments text Sep 21

[WP] Villains mother dramatically reveals to the villain and the hero that they are twins only for the both of them to look at her and say "We know, dad raised us, just because you chose to be an absentee parent doesn't mean he did"

430 upvotes 5 comments text Sep 9

[WP] Forced to carry a strange suitcase from place to place, a person scans it at each drop and sets a deadline for your next destination. Fail, and you die. The latest scan succeeds, but your face turns pale as you read the screen: "Distance: 4.24 light-years. Time of completion: 6.5 years."

424 upvotes 30 comments text Sep 18

r/WritingPrompts Audience Overlap

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r/WritingPrompts FAQ

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

Based on posting volume, r/WritingPrompts is most active on Sundays around 10 AM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/WritingPrompts?

r/WritingPrompts averages 55 posts per day and ranks in the top 5% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/WritingPrompts get?

Posts on r/WritingPrompts average about 37 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/WritingPrompts get most?

On r/WritingPrompts, most posts are text posts (100%)