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r/nfl

NFL news and game discussion, with a pronounced annual cycle in contribution volume.

Weekly data through Oct 11, 2026

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Posts and comments, every week since October 2023
1.27M+7.7%in 4 weeks, year over year
202420252026Peak 611K · Jan 21, 2024
Members12.9M+2.7% year over yearRead Oct 11, 2026
Posts and comments in 4 weeks1.27M+7.7% year over year4 weeks to Oct 11, 2026
Unique contributors per week44K−11.7% year over year4-week average to Sep 27, 2026
Weekly visitors2.44M+10.8% year over yearRead Oct 11, 2026

Three years, week by week

Weekly activity in r/nfl

Three years of weekly history. Download any chart as a PNG.

Posts and comments per week · 3 yearsPublic posts plus comments, r/nfl

Week ending Oct 11, 2026316K+4.0% on the same week a year earlier

Posts and comments per week0200K400K600K800KNov ’232024MarMayJulSepNov2025MarMayJulSepNov2026MarMayJulSepWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGPeak 611K · Jan 21, 2024Low 31.9K · Jul 5, 2026Posts and comments per week0250K500K750K2024Jul2025Jul2026JulWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNGPeak 611K · Jan 21, 2024Low 31.9K · Jul 5, 2026

Each point is a complete Monday–Sunday UTC week, dated by the Sunday it closed. The busiest week in the range is marked, and the quietest where it stands well apart.

Weekly unique contributors · 3 yearsUnique contributors to r/nfl

Week ending Sep 27, 202653.9K+11.3% on the same week a year earlier

Unique contributors per week025K50K75K100K2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGPeak 72.5K · Jan 21, 2024Unique contributors per week050K100K2024Jul2025Jul2026JulWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNGPeak 72.5K · Jan 21, 2024

Accounts that posted or commented in the week, each counted once. Updated monthly.

Members · 3 yearsMembers of r/nfl

Week ending Oct 11, 202612.9M+2.6% on the same week a year earlier

Members3M5M8M10M13M15M2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulOctWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGMembers05M10M15M20M2024Jul2025Jul2026JulWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNG

The member count Reddit shows for the community, read once a week.

Posts and comments · 3 yearsPosts against comments, r/nfl

Week ending Oct 11, 2026Weekly posts1,493+0.4% on the same week a year earlierWeekly comments314K+4.0% on the same week a year earlier

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Posts on the left scale, comments on the right. Each series is auto-scaled.

Weekly visitors · all readingsWeekly visitors, r/nfl

Read Oct 11, 20262.44M

Weekly visitors02M4M6MNov ’252026MarMayJulSepDay the figure was readDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGPeak 4.91M · Dec 28, 2025Weekly visitors02M4M6MNov ’252026MarMayJulSepDay the figure was readDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNGPeak 4.91M · Dec 28, 2025

Reddit’s weekly visitor figure for the community: unique visitors over seven days, as a 28-day rolling average. It is read about once a week, and each point is dated by the day it was read. Readings more than two weeks apart are marked and joined by a dashed line.

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Weekly contributions against Members · 3 yearsr/nfl
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At Oct 11, 2026
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ValueSince Oct 22, 2023Since the week beforeValueSince Oct 22, 2023Since the week before
r/nfl316K+16.3%−8.8% from Oct 412.9M+142.2%0.0% from Oct 4
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Public posts plus comments in each complete Monday-to-Sunday week, UTC. Members are the member count Reddit shows for the community, one reading a week. Solid lines use the left scale and dashed lines the right. Each scale is auto-scaled.

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Activity pattern

Why r/nfl is classified as Seasonal

Oscylo reads the newest 52 weeks of posts, comments and unique contributors and gives each subreddit one of the patterns below. The figures behind the label are shown beside it.

Activity patternSeasonal

Activity in r/nfl follows a seasonal pattern, with busy periods that resemble the average timing of the previous three years.

How the label is read

Concentration12.41×
2.5×

The busiest four weeks against the quietest, with the yearly trend taken out. At 2.5× or more the year counts as concentrated: Seasonal if the busy weeks came at the same time in earlier years, Event-driven if they did not, and Variable when there is too little history to tell.

Repeats on earlier years0.96
00.60

How closely this year's busy weeks match their timing in the three years before, on a scale from −1 to 1. At 0.60 or more the pattern counts as Seasonal.

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Posts and comments per weekThe newest 52 weeks against the 52 before, r/nfl

Week ending Oct 11, 2026Newest 52 weeks316KThe 52 weeks before303K

Posts and comments per week0200K400K600K800KNov ’252026MarMayJulSepWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGPeak 547K · Jan 18, 2026Posts and comments per week0250K500K750KNov ’252026MarMayJulSepWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNGPeak 547K · Jan 18, 2026

The 52 weeks before are drawn on the same calendar, so each week lines up with the matching week of the previous year.

Community anatomy

r/nfl statistics

Six measures of how the community posts and replies, averaged over the twelve weeks from Jul 6, 2026 to Sep 27, 2026. Each bar places r/nfl among every subreddit on Oscylo; the diamond marks the middle of its topic.

Comments per post

143 comments for each new post

LowerHigher

Higher than 92% of subreddits. Sports middle: 28.0.

Threaded replies

57% of comments reply to another comment

LowerHigher

Higher than 81% of subreddits. Sports middle: 50%.

Text posts

25% of new posts are text rather than links or media

LowerHigher

Higher than 34% of subreddits. Sports middle: 38%.

Activity per contributor

4.5 posts and comments per unique contributor each week

LowerHigher

Higher than 90% of subreddits. Sports middle: 2.6.

Most active 1%

17% of posts come from the busiest 1% of posting accounts

LowerHigher

Higher than 90% of subreddits. Sports middle: 9.3%.

Participation

4.2 unique contributors in the latest week for every 1,000 members

LowerHigher

Higher than 41% of subreddits. Sports middle: 10.

How contributions landPosts and comments by score
r/nflAverage subreddit
Share of posts and comments0%10%20%30%40%50%60%0–1: 38%38%0–12–3: 24%24%2–34–7: 16%16%4–78–15: 9.7%9.7%8–1516–31: 5.2%5.2%16–3132–127: 5%5%32–127128–511: 1.7%1.7%128–511512–2K: 0.5%0.5%512–2K2K+: 0.1%0.1%2K+Score (upvotes minus downvotes)Download this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGShare of posts and comments0%10%20%30%40%50%60%0–1: 38%0-12–3: 24%2-34–7: 16%4-78–15: 9.7%8-1516–31: 5.2%16-3132–127: 5%32-127128–511: 1.7%128-511512–2K: 0.5%512-2K2K+: 0.1%2K+Score (upvotes minus downvotes)Download this chart as a PNG imagePNG

Score is upvotes minus downvotes a day or more after the post or comment was made, over the same twelve weeks. Outlined bars show the average mix across every subreddit on Oscylo.

Against its category

r/nfl beside every Sports subreddit

Posts and comments in r/nfl are +7.7% year over year. The middle Sports subreddit is at +5.2%.

Year-on-year changeEvery Sports subreddit, posts and comments year over year
−75%−50%−25%0+25%+50%+100%+200%+400%Middle +5.2%r/sports: −49.7%r/nba: +30.7%r/soccer: +28.1%r/PremierLeague: +107.0%r/CFB: −4.9%r/MMA: +19.7%r/fantasyfootball: −18.0%r/baseball: −1.7%r/ufc: +39.6%r/Boxing: −5.7%r/mlb: −14.9%r/hockey: +65.3%r/CollegeBasketball: −19.6%r/nhl: +77.1%r/tennis: −6.3%r/Cricket: −36.9%r/golf: −41.6%r/olympics: +71.6%r/lakers: +3.5%r/snowboarding: −22.0%r/climbing: −18.0%r/skiing: −32.7%r/Nbamemes: +22.5%r/IndiaCricket: +4.1%r/NASCAR: +20.4%r/cycling: −8.1%r/soccercirclejerk: +69.2%r/EASportsFC: −52.8%r/SquaredCircle: −16.5%r/WWE: −37.0%r/bicycling: +15.1%r/formuladank: −34.6%r/bjj: −27.2%r/rugbyunion: −19.2%r/ipl: −44.1%r/CricketShitpost: −52.0%r/Swimming: −47.2%r/torontoraptors: +97.7%r/Gunners: −29.0%r/theocho: +87.0%r/bouldering: −28.9%r/MTB: −25.5%r/NYYankees: −21.7%r/indiansports: 20×r/NBATalk: +44.4%r/leafs: +191.0%r/ManchesterUnited: −4.7%r/Dodgers: −42.5%r/nrl: +6.5%r/weightlifting: −25.8%r/bikewrench: −12.9%r/discgolf: −9.9%r/hockeyplayers: −0.2%r/Archery: −6.1%r/Torontobluejays: −64.5%r/triathlon: +30.3%r/ebikes: +0.9%r/wnba: +21.2%r/Wrasslin: −31.7%r/fantasyhockey: +13.5%r/iRacing: −23.9%r/redsox: −27.9%r/MCFC: +93.3%r/NFLv2: +96.0%r/phillies: −21.7%r/RCB: +29.3%r/Backcountry: −33.3%r/gravelcycling: +2.9%r/needforspeed: +6.9%r/canucks: +7.7%r/baseballcards: −24.2%r/badminton: −51.6%r/GolfSwing: +14.1%r/Kayaking: −0.7%r/sachintendulkar: −28.7%r/fantasyfootballadvice: +53.2%r/peloton: −1.9%r/AEWOfficial: −12.4%r/Equestrian: −10.5%r/Braves: +769.5%r/sportsgossips: 15×r/Pickleball: −10.7%r/xbiking: +3.7%r/Habs: +31.8%r/BicyclingCirclejerk: −2.3%r/Darts: −5.0%r/billsimmons: +28.7%r/Rowing: +1.2%r/sportscards: +29.0%r/EdmontonOilers: +21.3%r/10s: −3.1%r/FigureSkating: +60.9%r/cfbmemes: −6.9%r/MichiganWolverines: +54.0%r/Fahrrad: −19.9%r/diving: −28.7%r/tabletennis: +20.2%r/golftips: −36.7%r/Golfsimulator: −5.6%r/snowboardingnoobs: −4.8%r/OhioStateFootball: +16.9%r/NHLcirclejerk: +142.4%r/whitesox: 20×r/icecoast: +5.3%r/GolfGear: +5.2%r/FloridaGators: +17.6%r/scubadiving: +41.2%r/F1Discussions: +46.2%r/scuderiaferrari: +184.9%r/freediving: +14.3%r/Skigear: −9.8%r/ski: −20.8%r/IndiaCricketGossips: −36.8%r/LonghornNation: +36.9%r/Huskers: +1.8%r/IndianCricket: +342.7%r/GoodGoodMemes: +455.4%r/BeginnerSurfers: +56.0%r/superleague: +14.5%r/padel: −18.6%r/CFB_v2: 15×r/actualcricketshitpost: −54.0%r/snorkeling: +5.4%r/BobDoesSports: +290.4%r/ducks: +35.3%r/Kiteboarding: −47.1%r/springboks: −18.6%r/irishrugby: +45.1%r/weekendgolfers: +180.7%r/OpenWaterSwimming: +7.7%r/iceskating: +213.6%r/CristianoRonaldo2: +436.9%r/PickleballPhilippines: +543.0%r/RugbyAustralia: +70.5%r/allblacks: +62.7%r/hockeynews: 174×r/CricketControversial: +3.6%r/FremantleFC: +864.0%r/brisbanelions: +57.5%r/Formula1_world: +167.3%r/NRLPremiumPlus: +121.6%r/Padelracket: +16.3%r/MunsterRugby: +25.1%r/sportsr/nbar/soccerr/PremierLeaguer/CFBr/MMAr/fantasyfootballr/baseballr/ufcr/Boxingr/nfl +7.7%Posts and comments, year over yearDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNG−75%−25%0+25%+100%+400%Middle +5.2%r/sports: −49.7%r/nba: +30.7%r/soccer: +28.1%r/PremierLeague: +107.0%r/CFB: −4.9%r/MMA: +19.7%r/fantasyfootball: −18.0%r/baseball: −1.7%r/ufc: +39.6%r/Boxing: −5.7%r/mlb: −14.9%r/hockey: +65.3%r/CollegeBasketball: −19.6%r/nhl: +77.1%r/tennis: −6.3%r/Cricket: −36.9%r/golf: −41.6%r/olympics: +71.6%r/lakers: +3.5%r/snowboarding: −22.0%r/climbing: −18.0%r/skiing: −32.7%r/Nbamemes: +22.5%r/IndiaCricket: +4.1%r/NASCAR: +20.4%r/cycling: −8.1%r/soccercirclejerk: +69.2%r/EASportsFC: −52.8%r/SquaredCircle: −16.5%r/WWE: −37.0%r/bicycling: +15.1%r/formuladank: −34.6%r/bjj: −27.2%r/rugbyunion: −19.2%r/ipl: −44.1%r/CricketShitpost: −52.0%r/Swimming: −47.2%r/torontoraptors: +97.7%r/Gunners: −29.0%r/theocho: +87.0%r/bouldering: −28.9%r/MTB: −25.5%r/NYYankees: −21.7%r/indiansports: 20×r/NBATalk: +44.4%r/leafs: +191.0%r/ManchesterUnited: −4.7%r/Dodgers: −42.5%r/nrl: +6.5%r/weightlifting: −25.8%r/bikewrench: −12.9%r/discgolf: −9.9%r/hockeyplayers: −0.2%r/Archery: −6.1%r/Torontobluejays: −64.5%r/triathlon: +30.3%r/ebikes: +0.9%r/wnba: +21.2%r/Wrasslin: −31.7%r/fantasyhockey: +13.5%r/iRacing: −23.9%r/redsox: −27.9%r/MCFC: +93.3%r/NFLv2: +96.0%r/phillies: −21.7%r/RCB: +29.3%r/Backcountry: −33.3%r/gravelcycling: +2.9%r/needforspeed: +6.9%r/canucks: +7.7%r/baseballcards: −24.2%r/badminton: −51.6%r/GolfSwing: +14.1%r/Kayaking: −0.7%r/sachintendulkar: −28.7%r/fantasyfootballadvice: +53.2%r/peloton: −1.9%r/AEWOfficial: −12.4%r/Equestrian: −10.5%r/Braves: +769.5%r/sportsgossips: 15×r/Pickleball: −10.7%r/xbiking: +3.7%r/Habs: +31.8%r/BicyclingCirclejerk: −2.3%r/Darts: −5.0%r/billsimmons: +28.7%r/Rowing: +1.2%r/sportscards: +29.0%r/EdmontonOilers: +21.3%r/10s: −3.1%r/FigureSkating: +60.9%r/cfbmemes: −6.9%r/MichiganWolverines: +54.0%r/Fahrrad: −19.9%r/diving: −28.7%r/tabletennis: +20.2%r/golftips: −36.7%r/Golfsimulator: −5.6%r/snowboardingnoobs: −4.8%r/OhioStateFootball: +16.9%r/NHLcirclejerk: +142.4%r/whitesox: 20×r/icecoast: +5.3%r/GolfGear: +5.2%r/FloridaGators: +17.6%r/scubadiving: +41.2%r/F1Discussions: +46.2%r/scuderiaferrari: +184.9%r/freediving: +14.3%r/Skigear: −9.8%r/ski: −20.8%r/IndiaCricketGossips: −36.8%r/LonghornNation: +36.9%r/Huskers: +1.8%r/IndianCricket: +342.7%r/GoodGoodMemes: +455.4%r/BeginnerSurfers: +56.0%r/superleague: +14.5%r/padel: −18.6%r/CFB_v2: 15×r/actualcricketshitpost: −54.0%r/snorkeling: +5.4%r/BobDoesSports: +290.4%r/ducks: +35.3%r/Kiteboarding: −47.1%r/springboks: −18.6%r/irishrugby: +45.1%r/weekendgolfers: +180.7%r/OpenWaterSwimming: +7.7%r/iceskating: +213.6%r/CristianoRonaldo2: +436.9%r/PickleballPhilippines: +543.0%r/RugbyAustralia: +70.5%r/allblacks: +62.7%r/hockeynews: 174×r/CricketControversial: +3.6%r/FremantleFC: +864.0%r/brisbanelions: +57.5%r/Formula1_world: +167.3%r/NRLPremiumPlus: +121.6%r/Padelracket: +16.3%r/MunsterRugby: +25.1%r/sportsr/nbar/soccerr/PremierLeaguer/CFBr/nfl +7.7%Year over yearDownload this chart as a PNG 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Each subreddit's newest four weeks of posts and comments against the same four weeks a year earlier. The scale stretches near zero and compresses the extremes, and changes beyond +400% sit at the edge.

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