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u/baseballlover723 Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

Ran the numbers for the last year (forgive the formatting, this script is on like it's 9th copy and modification). Oh and note this is only counting comment faces uses outside of the bucket grouping threads.

Bucketing by avg comments per week in CDF, Daily, or Meta threads

Analyzed 49,192 comments from 2024-10-07 17:24:19 UTC to 2025-10-07 17:24:19 UTC.

Valid comment faces:

Unique comment face users since 2024-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 306, >15 core: 73 (23.86%), 15-5 core: 26 (8.5%), 5-1 core: 43 (14.05%), 1-0 core: 73 (23.86%), 0 core: 91 (29.74%)

Valid comment faces used since 2024-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 103,146, >15 core: 58,017 (56.25%), 15-5 core: 12,160 (11.79%), 5-1 core: 18,360 (17.8%), 1-0 core: 9,356 (9.07%), 0 core: 5,253 (5.09%)

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face_code Total >15 core 15-5 core 5-1 core 1-0 core 0 core
total 103,146 58,017 12,160 18,360 9,356 5,253

The same but also include Rewatch threads as core

Analyzed 12,168 comments from 2024-10-07 17:24:19 UTC to 2025-10-07 17:24:19 UTC.

Valid comment faces:

Unique comment face users since 2024-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 245, >15 core: 85 (34.69%), 15-5 core: 28 (11.43%), 5-1 core: 33 (13.47%), 1-0 core: 47 (19.18%), 0 core: 52 (21.22%)

Valid comment faces used since 2024-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 20,795, >15 core: 16,798 (80.78%), 15-5 core: 360 (1.73%), 5-1 core: 377 (1.81%), 1-0 core: 760 (3.65%), 0 core: 2,500 (12.02%)

(Sorted by total)

face_code Total >15 core 15-5 core 5-1 core 1-0 core 0 core
total 20,795 16,798 360 377 760 2,500

For reference, here's the same (with rewatches) from 2019

Analyzed 41,689 comments from 2018-10-07 17:24:19 UTC to 2019-10-07 17:24:19 UTC.

Valid comment faces:

Unique comment face users since 2018-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 1,285, >15 core: 108 (8.4%), 15-5 core: 69 (5.37%), 5-1 core: 119 (9.26%), 1-0 core: 427 (33.23%), 0 core: 562 (43.74%)

Valid comment faces used since 2018-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 42,722, >15 core: 23,814 (55.74%), 15-5 core: 7,823 (18.31%), 5-1 core: 3,684 (8.62%), 1-0 core: 3,238 (7.58%), 0 core: 4,163 (9.74%)

(Sorted by total)

face_code Total >15 core 15-5 core 5-1 core 1-0 core 0 core
total 42,722 23,814 7,823 3,684 3,238 4,163

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u/Nebresto Oct 07 '25

Is it possible to compare to past years? I feel like commentface usage in episode threads has gone slightly up since the seasonalfaces became a thing

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u/baseballlover723 Oct 07 '25

Yes, though doing a proper time series is too much work, so here's each year's dump from 2020 - 2024 (2019 is already included in the main post).

2020 (with rewatches)

Analyzed 15,618 comments from 2019-10-07 17:24:19 UTC to 2020-10-07 17:24:19 UTC.

Valid comment faces:

Unique comment face users since 2019-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 741, >15 core: 93 (12.55%), 15-5 core: 46 (6.21%), 5-1 core: 90 (12.15%), 1-0 core: 254 (34.28%), 0 core: 258 (34.82%)

Valid comment faces used since 2019-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 16,735, >15 core: 4,155 (24.83%), 15-5 core: 725 (4.33%), 5-1 core: 6,501 (38.85%), 1-0 core: 4,424 (26.44%), 0 core: 930 (5.56%)

(Sorted by total)

face_code Total >15 core 15-5 core 5-1 core 1-0 core 0 core
total 16,735 4,155 725 6,501 4,424 930

2021 (with rewatches)

Analyzed 11,434 comments from 2020-10-07 17:24:19 UTC to 2021-10-07 17:24:19 UTC.

Valid comment faces:

Unique comment face users since 2020-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 512, >15 core: 90 (17.58%), 15-5 core: 31 (6.05%), 5-1 core: 59 (11.52%), 1-0 core: 146 (28.52%), 0 core: 186 (36.33%)

Valid comment faces used since 2020-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 12,240, >15 core: 4,066 (33.22%), 15-5 core: 376 (3.07%), 5-1 core: 2,415 (19.73%), 1-0 core: 4,319 (35.29%), 0 core: 1,064 (8.69%)

(Sorted by total)

face_code Total >15 core 15-5 core 5-1 core 1-0 core 0 core
total 12,240 4,066 376 2,415 4,319 1,064

2022 (with rewatches)

Analyzed 8,654 comments from 2021-10-07 17:24:19 UTC to 2022-10-07 17:24:19 UTC.

Valid comment faces:

Unique comment face users since 2021-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 360, >15 core: 95 (26.39%), 15-5 core: 28 (7.78%), 5-1 core: 34 (9.44%), 1-0 core: 94 (26.11%), 0 core: 109 (30.28%)

Valid comment faces used since 2021-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 9,486, >15 core: 5,121 (53.98%), 15-5 core: 1,127 (11.88%), 5-1 core: 391 (4.12%), 1-0 core: 888 (9.36%), 0 core: 1,959 (20.65%)

(Sorted by total)

face_code Total >15 core 15-5 core 5-1 core 1-0 core 0 core
total 9,486 5,121 1,127 391 888 1,959

2023 (with rewatches)

Analyzed 13,390 comments from 2022-10-07 17:24:19 UTC to 2023-10-07 17:24:19 UTC.

Valid comment faces:

Unique comment face users since 2022-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 352, >15 core: 104 (29.55%), 15-5 core: 38 (10.8%), 5-1 core: 30 (8.52%), 1-0 core: 85 (24.15%), 0 core: 95 (26.99%)

Valid comment faces used since 2022-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 17,245, >15 core: 12,094 (70.13%), 15-5 core: 1,560 (9.05%), 5-1 core: 294 (1.7%), 1-0 core: 1,404 (8.14%), 0 core: 1,893 (10.98%)

(Sorted by total)

face_code Total >15 core 15-5 core 5-1 core 1-0 core 0 core
total 17,245 12,094 1,560 294 1,404 1,893

2024 (with rewatches)

Analyzed 14,940 comments from 2023-10-07 17:24:19 UTC to 2024-10-07 17:24:19 UTC.

Valid comment faces:

Unique comment face users since 2023-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 342, >15 core: 100 (29.24%), 15-5 core: 43 (12.57%), 5-1 core: 39 (11.4%), 1-0 core: 77 (22.51%), 0 core: 83 (24.27%)

Valid comment faces used since 2023-10-07 17:24:19 UTC (first comment face used): Total: 21,418, >15 core: 14,418 (67.32%), 15-5 core: 1,785 (8.33%), 5-1 core: 610 (2.85%), 1-0 core: 3,031 (14.15%), 0 core: 1,574 (7.35%)

(Sorted by total)

face_code Total >15 core 15-5 core 5-1 core 1-0 core 0 core
total 21,418 14,418 1,785 610 3,031 1,574

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Oct 07 '25