B
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36%
36% -- share of hot posts that are link posts for Reddit Hot page posts (2026-03)
Link posts accounted for 36% of hot posts in the analyzed snapshot of 1,982 posts across 20 subreddits.
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- Covers 20 major subreddits rather than all of Reddit
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Value
36%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026-03
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Sample Size
1,982
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Upvote
Primary
Tier A
https://upvote.net/blog/reddit-post-analysis ↗
Source Article
2,000 Reddit Posts Across 20 Subreddits
We Analyzed 2,000 Reddit Posts Across 20 Subreddits. Here's What Gets Upvoted.
Table of Contents▼
Reddit post analysis is the comparison of post data such as score, comments, title, format, age, subreddit, and crosspost status. It helps you find patterns worth testing without turning one dataset int…
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Upvote
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Methodology
Single Hot-page snapshot via Reddit official API
Methodology documented
Segmentation
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Reddit Hot page posts: 36% share of hot posts that are link posts. Source: Upvote (2026-03). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/reddit-link-posts-share-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/reddit-link-posts-share-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>36%</strong> -- share of hot posts that are link posts for Reddit Hot page posts<br><small>Source: Upvote (2026-03) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/reddit-link-posts-share-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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