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Prompt engineering is the application of engineering practices to the development of prompts - i.e., inputs into generative models like GPT or Midjourney.

426k subscribers669 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)479 authors / mosince 2021

r/PromptEngineering has 426k members (+64% over the last 12 months). It gets about 669 posts a month from 479 people. Top topics: Claude Code, ChatGPT Issues and LLMs and AGI Progress.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+64%in 12 months · +5.3% in 3 months · +1.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026424k
Growing424k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Feb 2021)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−8.4%vs Sep 2025 · −26% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026669
QuieterPeaked at 1.3k in Mar 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/PromptEngineering

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Claude Code3.0%
  2. ChatGPT Issues1.4%
  3. LLMs and AGI Progress1.2%
  4. ChatGPT & AI Developments0.6%
  5. AI in Coding0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. ChatGPT
  2. Apple
  3. Claude Code Docs
  4. Medium
  5. GenTube

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