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A community focused on uplifting Game Developers on Reddit. Post you Dev Logs, Share your new projects, Ask questions, and Make friends.

16k subscribers500 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)330 authors / mosince 2012

r/GameDevs has 16k members (+97% over the last 12 months). It gets about 500 posts a month from 330 people. Top topics: Indie Game Development Journey, Game Development Tools & Studios and Game Development Feedback.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+97%in 12 months · +12% in 3 months · +3.1% in 1 month
Oct 202616k
Growing16k subscribers
Data since Jun 2019Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+167%vs Sep 2025 · +13% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026500
BusierPeaked at 506 in Aug 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

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Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Indie Game Development Journey3.7%
  2. Game Development Tools & Studios3.2%
  3. Game Development Feedback2.4%
  4. Game Art Concepts2.1%
  5. Horror Games1.8%

Brands people mention

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