Skip to content

r/FPGA↗

FPGA - everything about programmable hardware

A subreddit for programmable hardware, including topics such as: * FPGA * CPLD * Verilog * VHDL

98k subscribers306 posts / mo in Sep 2026246 authors / mosince 2011

r/FPGA has 98k members (+27% over the last 12 months). It gets about 306 posts a month from 246 people. Top topics: CPU Manufacturers, RISC-V Linux and RAM Overclocking.

Free report

When to post on r/FPGA

You've used today's free reports

Visitors without an account can open 3 subreddit reports a day. The best time to post on r/FPGA, removal risk and the rest of the report are one step away.

Size and growth

How r/FPGA has grown

r/FPGA

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+27%in 12 months · +5.1% in 3 months · +1.3% in 1 month
Oct 202698k
Growing98k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/FPGA

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−24%vs Sep 2025 · −8.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026306
QuieterPeaked at 498 in Apr 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/FPGA

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. CPU Manufacturers2.1%
  2. RISC-V Linux2.0%
  3. RAM Overclocking0.5%
  4. MiSTer Arcade_cores0.4%
  5. NVMe SSD Technology0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. AMD
  2. Hackster
  3. Electronics etc…
  4. Altera FPGAs & SoC
  5. Intel

The full report

Everything else about r/FPGA

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

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