Skip to content

r/ProgrammerHumor↗

memesAndJokesAboutEverythingProgrammingAndCS

For anything funny related to programming and software development.

4.8M subscribers902 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)624 authors / mosince 2012

r/ProgrammerHumor has 4.8M members (+3.2% over the last 12 months). It gets about 902 posts a month from 624 people. Top topics: Programmer Profiles, Coding Issues and Legacy Code Refactoring.

Free report

When to post on r/ProgrammerHumor

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/ProgrammerHumor, removal risk and the rest of the report are one step away.

Size and growth

How r/ProgrammerHumor has grown

r/ProgrammerHumor

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+3.2%in 12 months · +0.6% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 20264.8M
Growing4.8M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/ProgrammerHumor

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−32%vs Sep 2025 · −16% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026902
QuieterPeaked at 7.1k in Jun 2022
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ProgrammerHumor

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Programmer Profiles2.5%
  2. Coding Issues1.2%
  3. Legacy Code Refactoring1.0%
  4. Programmer Humor1.0%
  5. Programming Beginners1.0%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. xkcd
  2. Microsoft
  3. Stack Overflow
  4. Mozilla
  5. arXiv.org e-Print archive

The full report

Everything else about r/ProgrammerHumor

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