As of July 2021, over 140,000 posts are made on /pol/ every day. This is the most of any board on the site, and makes up about 15% of all posts made on the site every day. Certain events caused a spike in activity on /pol/: the 2016 United States Presidential Election, Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church, the 2020 Presidential Election, and the 2021 attack on the US Capitol.