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Everything and anything related to FreeCAD

FreeCAD on Reddit: a community dedicated to the open-source, extensible & scriptable parametric 3D CAD/CAM/FEM modeler.

69k subscribers368 posts / mo in Sep 2026266 authors / mosince 2012

r/FreeCAD has 69k members (+55% over the last 12 months). It gets about 368 posts a month from 266 people. Top topics: Surface Finishing and Edges, Excel Shortcuts and Learning and 3D Printing Projects.

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Size and growth

How r/FreeCAD has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+55%in 12 months · +8.7% in 3 months · +2.4% in 1 month
Oct 202668k
Growing68k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+3.4%vs Sep 2025 · −17% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026368
BusierPeaked at 498 in Apr 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/FreeCAD

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Surface Finishing and Edges1.7%
  2. Excel Shortcuts and Learning0.2%
  3. 3D Printing Projects0.1%
  4. Line Art & Handwriting0.1%
  5. 3D Printer Builds0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Printables
  2. LimeWire
  3. MakerWorld
  4. Dropbox
  5. McMaster-Carr

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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