General Information
As of February 8, 2024
r/gapyear
Share your Gap Year stories and advice!
en
Taking a gap year means to purposefully "put your life on pause" and spend your time doing something meaningful - generally between high school and university, or sometimes between finishing university and seeking work. Gap years can involve travel, volunteering, developing skills or simply the pursuit of hobbies. People who take gap years are generally young adults between 18-24. This is the place to discuss things to do on your gap year or get career advice related to your gap year.
The Gap Year, traditionally a British trend where 18 year old school-leavers go travelling for a year before continuing on to University.
Nowadays, the term can refer to anyone from any country of any age taking any length of time off from their normal life to go and see the world! Anything from vo...
7,588
April 28, 2012
public
all_ads
Total Submissions
1,294
Total Comments
3,727
Earliest Submission
September 5, 2012
Earliest Comment
January 19, 2013
Metrics
Activity Over Time
Submission Flags
Comment Flags
Submission Score Distribution
Comment Score Distribution
Title Length
Submission Text Length
Comments per Submission
Most Distinctive Words
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 1,157 | 3,502,654 | 10905.4 | 29.2 | 373.38 | |
| #2 | 37 | 306,740 | 348.7 | 2.6 | 136.35 | |
| #3 | 50 | 452,195 | 471.3 | 3.8 | 124.99 | |
| #4 | 34 | 359,276 | 320.5 | 3.0 | 106.97 | |
| #5 | 36 | 399,812 | 339.3 | 3.3 | 101.78 | |
| #6 | 161 | 1,965,459 | 1517.5 | 16.4 | 92.59 | |
| #7 | 99 | 1,357,551 | 933.1 | 11.3 | 82.43 | |
| #8 | 33 | 517,199 | 311.0 | 4.3 | 72.12 | |
| #9 | 45 | 978,204 | 424.2 | 8.2 | 52.00 | |
| #10 | 62 | 1,432,511 | 584.4 | 11.9 | 48.92 | |
| #11 | 194 | 4,810,961 | 1828.6 | 40.1 | 45.58 | |
| #12 | 34 | 844,328 | 320.5 | 7.0 | 45.52 | |
| #13 | 54 | 1,346,512 | 509.0 | 11.2 | 45.33 | |
| #14 | 62 | 1,546,434 | 584.4 | 12.9 | 45.32 | |
| #15 | 112 | 3,253,351 | 1055.7 | 27.1 | 38.91 | |
| #16 | 44 | 1,553,375 | 414.7 | 13.0 | 32.02 | |
| #17 | 361 | 14,062,805 | 3402.6 | 117.3 | 29.02 | |
| #18 | 228 | 9,247,043 | 2149.0 | 77.1 | 27.87 | |
| #19 | 185 | 7,946,469 | 1743.7 | 66.3 | 26.32 | |
| #20 | 64 | 2,789,253 | 603.2 | 23.3 | 25.94 | |
| #21 | 47 | 2,166,562 | 443.0 | 18.1 | 24.52 | |
| #22 | 50 | 2,317,459 | 471.3 | 19.3 | 24.39 | |
| #23 | 1,550 | 73,664,282 | 14609.7 | 614.3 | 23.78 | |
| #24 | 30 | 1,544,150 | 282.8 | 12.9 | 21.96 | |
| #25 | 46 | 2,384,950 | 433.6 | 19.9 | 21.80 | |
| #26 | 56 | 2,982,376 | 527.8 | 24.9 | 21.22 | |
| #27 | 114 | 6,965,341 | 1074.5 | 58.1 | 18.50 | |
| #28 | 34 | 2,185,910 | 320.5 | 18.2 | 17.58 | |
| #29 | 48 | 3,826,514 | 452.4 | 31.9 | 14.18 | |
| #30 | 33 | 2,896,502 | 311.0 | 24.2 | 12.88 | |
| #31 | 93 | 8,286,848 | 876.6 | 69.1 | 12.69 | |
| #32 | 335 | 30,216,786 | 3157.6 | 252.0 | 12.53 | |
| #33 | 76 | 7,041,726 | 716.3 | 58.7 | 12.20 | |
| #34 | 32 | 3,197,021 | 301.6 | 26.7 | 11.31 | |
| #35 | 37 | 3,756,638 | 348.7 | 31.3 | 11.13 | |
| #36 | 55 | 5,713,171 | 518.4 | 47.6 | 10.88 | |
| #37 | 40 | 4,165,127 | 377.0 | 34.7 | 10.86 | |
| #38 | 71 | 7,458,318 | 669.2 | 62.2 | 10.76 | |
| #39 | 66 | 6,990,015 | 622.1 | 58.3 | 10.67 | |
| #40 | 68 | 7,323,586 | 640.9 | 61.1 | 10.50 | |
| #41 | 55 | 6,048,358 | 518.4 | 50.4 | 10.28 | |
| #42 | 30 | 3,423,929 | 282.8 | 28.6 | 9.90 | |
| #43 | 53 | 6,094,848 | 499.6 | 50.8 | 9.83 | |
| #44 | 39 | 4,525,709 | 367.6 | 37.7 | 9.74 | |
| #45 | 85 | 9,896,846 | 801.2 | 82.5 | 9.71 | |
| #46 | 36 | 4,318,461 | 339.3 | 36.0 | 9.42 | |
| #47 | 67 | 8,052,928 | 631.5 | 67.1 | 9.40 | |
| #48 | 234 | 28,278,572 | 2205.6 | 235.8 | 9.35 | |
| #49 | 43 | 5,293,399 | 405.3 | 44.1 | 9.18 | |
| #50 | 82 | 10,126,248 | 772.9 | 84.4 | 9.15 |