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A shitty reddit for shitty sysadmins.

95k subscribers155 posts / mo in Sep 2026122 authors / mosince 2012

r/ShittySysadmin has 95k members (+24% over the last 12 months). It gets about 155 posts a month from 122 people. Top topics: Microsoft MFA & Office, Tech Issues and Password Managers.

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Size and growth

How r/ShittySysadmin has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+24%in 12 months · +3.4% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 202695k
Growing95k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−8.3%vs Sep 2025 · −20% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026155
QuieterPeaked at 254 in Jul 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ShittySysadmin

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Microsoft MFA & Office0.7%
  2. Tech Issues0.6%
  3. Password Managers0.6%
  4. Microsoft Cloud Storage0.6%
  5. Sysadmin Career Paths0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Microsoft
  2. theregister
  3. xkcd
  4. BleepingComputer
  5. Imgflip

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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