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CentOS - Community Enterprise Operating System

A community for users, developers, and people interested in the CentOS Project and news and information about it.

17k subscribers3 posts / mo in Sep 20263 authors / mosince 2010

r/CentOS has 17k members (+2.7% over the last 12 months). It gets about 3 posts a month from 3 people. Top topics: Red Hat/Linux, Linux Terminal Basics and Boot Issues & Dual Booting.

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Size and growth

How r/CentOS has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+2.7%in 12 months · +0.3% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Sep 202617k
Growing17k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Sep 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−57%vs Sep 2025 · −55% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20263
QuieterPeaked at 57 in Nov 2021
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/CentOS

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Red Hat/Linux2.2%
  2. Linux Terminal Basics1.9%
  3. Boot Issues & Dual Booting1.0%
  4. NAS Sharing & Security0.9%
  5. Pi-Hole & DNS Management0.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

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Who posts on r/CentOS

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