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San José: The Capital of Silicon Valley

A subreddit dedicated to San José, California, the heart of the Silicon Valley. /r/SanJose will be going dark between 12-14th June in protest against Reddit's API changes which will kill 3rd party apps like Apollo, Reddit is Fun, and BaconReader.

272k subscribers1,065 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)825 authors / mosince 2009

r/SanJose has 272k members (+17% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,065 posts a month from 825 people. Top topics: San Jose Downtown, Bay Area Moves and Things to Do.

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Size and growth

How r/SanJose has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+17%in 12 months · +2.3% in 3 months · +0.5% in 1 month
Oct 2026272k
Growing272k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/SanJose

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−17%vs Sep 2025 · −10% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.1k
QuieterPeaked at 1.5k in Jul 2025
Sep 2026: incl. ~2% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/SanJose

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. San Jose Downtown3.0%
  2. Bay Area Moves1.8%
  3. Things to Do1.1%
  4. Oakland Bay Area Food Scene0.7%
  5. Make Friends0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. The Mercury News
  2. NBC Bay Area
  3. KRON-TV
  4. Eventbrite
  5. yelp

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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