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r/history stats

r/history has 18,754,804 members and gets about 1.0 new posts a day. The best time to post is Sunday around 9pm US Eastern.

Members
18.8M
Posts per day
1.0
Avg comments
35.0
Created
2008

From the subreddit: r/history is a place for discussions about history. Feel free to submit interesting articles, tell us about this cool book you just read, or start a discussion about who everyone's favorite figure of minor French nobility is! This is a somewhat more serious subreddit compared to many others. Make sure to familiarize yourself with our rules and guidelines before participating. All posts must be manually approved by a moderator. Thanks!

Best time to post on r/history

When this month's top 33 posts went up, weighted by score. Times are US Eastern.

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    Sun 9pm

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    Fri 10am

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    Wed 1am

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Who buys on r/history

Readers following technology, programming and science. Good for developer tools, consumer tech and education products.

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Common questions

r/history has 18,754,804 members, read from Reddit on October 27, 2026.

Based on when this month's top posts went up, Sunday around 9pm US Eastern. Check the heatmap for runner-up slots.

It gets about 1.0 new posts a day, and a new post averages 35.0 comments.

Read the subreddit rules first; most business subreddits remove promotional posts. What works is answering posts where someone asks for help, being genuinely useful, and disclosing when you mention your own product.

Watch for posts where someone asks for a recommendation, a quote, or an alternative to a tool. Leadhoot watches r/history for you, scores every new post 0–100 for buyer intent, and alerts you within a minute of the high scorers.

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