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r/EngineeringManagers↗

building high-performance teams of motivated engineers!

Exchange ideas on how to build up great, healthy teams and keep their members happy and motivated.

37k subscribers156 posts / mo in Sep 2026126 authors / mosince 2018

r/EngineeringManagers has 37k members (+161% over the last 12 months). It gets about 156 posts a month from 126 people. Top topics: Manager Advice & Tips, Software Career Navigation and Developer Career Navigation.

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Size and growth

How r/EngineeringManagers has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+161%in 12 months · +16% in 3 months · +4.2% in 1 month
Oct 202636k
Growing36k subscribers
Data since Jun 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+16%vs Sep 2025 · −21% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026156
BusierPeaked at 251 in Jun 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/EngineeringManagers

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Manager Advice & Tips6.3%
  2. Software Career Navigation2.1%
  3. Developer Career Navigation1.6%
  4. AI Jobs Future1.3%
  5. Product Management Career Navigation1.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Substack
  2. Medium
  3. Claude Code Docs
  4. LinkedIn
  5. Tally Forms

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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