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r/self stats
r/self has 1,766,550 members and gets about 41.5 new posts a day. The best time to post is Saturday around 6pm US Eastern.
- Members
- 1.8M
- Posts per day
- 41.5
- Avg comments
- 10.9
- Created
- 2008
From the subreddit: A place to post discussions, questions, or (almost) anything else you like.
Best time to post on r/self
When this month's top 100 posts went up, weighted by score. Times are US Eastern.
- #1
Sat 6pm
- #2
Mon 8pm
- #3
Sun 9pm
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Top posts this month
- I took Shrooms and all it did was make me realise how fat i was▲ 2K
- Turning 52 this week, celebrating 25 years of marriage, and navigating a terminal diagnosis. Could use a little kindness.▲ 706
- As of tomorrow, october 19th I'm four years sober!▲ 528
- I'm fucking shocked at how actually terrible Twitter is. Humanity really is dead.▲ 475
- My Mom asked me to move back home to help take care of her and my Dad and I feel like my life is over▲ 469
Who buys on r/self
General question and discussion communities. Useful for audience research: what people ask, believe and complain about.
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Common questions
r/self has 1,766,550 members, read from Reddit on October 27, 2026.
Based on when this month's top posts went up, Saturday around 6pm US Eastern. Check the heatmap for runner-up slots.
It gets about 41.5 new posts a day, and a new post averages 10.9 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/self 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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