r/etymology
Etymology: appreciating word origins
Discussing the origins of words and phrases, in English or any other language.
Community Stats
- Subscribers
- 369k
- Content rating
- SFW
- Created
- 2009-02-06
- Posts per day
- 7/day
- Comments per day
- 110/day
- Discussion style
- Balanced
- Content mix
- Mixed (45% image)
- Top post
- 8,600 upvotes
- Top 100 median
- 480 upvotes
- Competition
- Moderate
- Peak hour
- 6:00 PM UTC
r/etymology is a SFW subreddit with 369 thousand subscribers, created in 2009. It has a mixed-media format, with 45% of top posts being images or video. Posts average about 7 per day with 107 comments per day, making it a balanced community. Top posts this year scored up to 8.6K upvotes, with a typical top-100 post earning 482. It's a competitive community — the 100th-ranked top post of the past year is from 79 days ago. Browse 16 closely related communities below to find similar subreddits.
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