How many hours a week do you spend working on your site?

Between managing posts, tweaking the layout, dealing with spam, and trying to grow the community, it can really add up. How much time do you put in each week?

I dont have a forum, but on my projects, I spend about 20 hours a week, give or take

capn said:

I dont have a forum, but on my projects, I spend about 20 hours a week, give or take

Similar to @capn I don't spend much time on a forum specifically. But I have a lot of ongoing projects that probably get around 20 hours a week spent on them. I just have to split that time accordingly.

I probably spend around 3 hours between writing posts and catching up on old issues I missed everyday. Every week- Collectively probably around 21-40 hours a week. My moderation team probably exceeds that.

I spend around 15 hours every week on my sites, 2 hours every day on average. I have 4 sites and sometimes I end up working more, especially when I am trying to publish articles.

We don't have to lie here. Running a site can consume your whole week if you don't control yourself. At first, I thought maybe one hour per day will do it but lol. Once you start checking stats, replying to threads, fixing small issues, updating plugins, time would just disappear. I remember one evening I planned to watch football but ended up adjusting forum layout till midnight.

I usually give between 2 to 3 hours working on forums everyday. If you calculate that by 7 days of the week, it's around 14 to 21 hours in a week for me.

I used to spend a few hours when I used to run a website. It was actually a blog. I tried my best to manage the website. Regardless of that, the project was not that successful either. I used to spend hours trying to write content.

This is relatable 😅 I used to tell myself “just 1 hour” next thing it’s 3am, still tweaking something useless. Managing a site can be very addictive, especially when you are growing. What you need to do is to set a limit for yourself because your forum is not running away. 😂

Too many... 😂

On Apr 7, 2026, Korok said:

Too many... 😂

But what else would we do? 🤔😀

I'm not as tech savvy as most people here, so I don't spend a lot of time working on it. I prefer to post and since other forums are active, you'll find me on those responding to threads and creating new ones.

On Mar 4, 2026, Steve said:

I spend around 15 hours every week on my sites, 2 hours every day on average. I have 4 sites and sometimes I end up working more, especially when I am trying to publish articles.

I know that manging four forums everyday is going to be a tough job. Do you have staff members like moderators and admins who support you?