Undoubtedly, this trend is due to office workers in the U.S. Here’s a handy time zone conversion chart so you can convert the UTC time to your local time: Įvery day around 12 PM to 1 PM UTC (7 AM to 8 AM EST), there is a highly significant spike in both the number of successful posts and the total number of upvotes those successful posts receive. Similarly, the bottom graph shows the total number of posts that will receive more than 100 upvotes given the day and time they are posted. In the top graph (below), the shaded area gives an indication of the number of upvotes I am confident a successful post will receive given that it is posted at a given day and time. It turns out one of the biggest factors affecting the success of your post is the day and time you submit it. Rather, following these guidelines will maximize your chance of getting a top post. Following these guidelines will by no means 100% guarantee that you will get a top post. Give these tips a try for a week or two and report back how well they worked for you in the comments.ĭisclaimer: I am only making statements about probability in this post. I bolded the big takeaway messages if you’re not feeling like a long read. Instead, I’m going to walk you through my analysis of over 850,000 top posts from the past year on Reddit from 4,200 of the most active subreddits.

I won’t bother covering the basics of making a successful post on Reddit because there are at least a dozen other articles out there that already covering that. Today I’m going to tackle the question that’s on all Redditor’s minds: How do I get a highly-upvoted post on Reddit? Please see the latest version of the article here. Edit: This article has been updated to 2015.

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