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Indie Developers SubReddit

This is a subreddit for indie developers. Within this subreddit you can share your own games, help or get help from other developers and just be an all-round helpful community. This industry is already difficult as it is.

8.4k subscribers290 posts / mo in Sep 2026178 authors / mosince 2014

r/IndieDevelopers has 8.4k members. It gets about 290 posts a month from 178 people. Top topics: Horror Games, Weapon Customization and Game Sales.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+60%since May 2026 · +28% in 3 months · +6.9% in 1 month
Oct 20268.1k
Growing8.1k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Oct 2014)
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+171%vs Sep 2025 · +51% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026290
BusierPeaked at 394 in Aug 2026
Data 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. Horror Games9.4%
  2. Weapon Customization3.8%
  3. Game Sales3.8%
  4. Game Art Concepts3.8%

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