Community profile
r/askscience
Science questions answered through discussion of evidence and research.
Fixed weekly detail
Weekly activity in r/askscience
Compare complete weeks of contributions and contributors across their displayed periods.
Each point is a complete Monday–Sunday UTC total. Weeks of Aug 4, 2025 – Jul 27, 2026.
Each point is a complete Monday–Sunday UTC total. Weeks of Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 22, 2026.
Event-drivenActivity pattern
Activity in r/askscience is concentrated in bursts, with less consistent timing across years. This suggests event-driven activity; it does not identify a specific cause.
- Activity range
- 3.72× Busiest four-week period relative to the quietest, after removing the trend. A ratio of 2.5× or more indicates concentrated activity.
- Seasonal similarity
- 0.48 Similarity to the average weekly pattern of the previous three years, from −1 to 1. A score of 0.60 or higher supports a seasonal pattern.
- Trend
- Not shown Trend figures are omitted for concentrated activity because their value depends heavily on where the busy period falls.
Reach and participation
Visitors and contributions
Compare audience reach with participation over the shared period. Visitor counts are smoothed over 28 days, so short bursts can appear later and less sharply.
Historical comparison through Aug 2, 2026. Visitors are a 28-day average; contributions are complete Monday–Sunday UTC totals. The two lines use separate scales, so compare their timing and direction rather than their heights.
The long view
Membership over time
Monthly member counts for r/askscience, from the first available month shown below.
Latest available reading in each month. The vertical axis follows the observed range and does not start at zero.
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