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Building Codes

A place to discuss building and construction code related issues

13k subscribers76 posts / mo in Sep 202663 authors / mosince 2014

r/BuildingCodes has 13k members (+31% over the last 12 months). It gets about 76 posts a month from 63 people. Top topics: Oakland Housing Permits, Subreddit Growth and Deck Building & Finishing.

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Size and growth

How r/BuildingCodes has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+31%in 12 months · +5.0% in 3 months · +1.1% in 1 month
Oct 202613k
Growing13k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+62%vs Sep 2025 · +32% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202676
BusierPeaked at 109 in Aug 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/BuildingCodes

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Oakland Housing Permits2.3%
  2. Subreddit Growth0.4%
  3. Deck Building & Finishing0.4%
  4. Deck Issues & Maintenance0.4%
  5. California Housing Crisis0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. ICC
  2. UpCodes
  3. Simpson Strong-Tie
  4. USG
  5. The Home Depot

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research