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r/SideProject - A community for sharing side projects

r/SideProject is a subreddit for sharing and receiving constructive feedback on side projects.

882k subscribers29,983 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)20,376 authors / mosince 2013

r/SideProject has 882k members (+68% over the last 12 months). It gets about 29,983 posts a month from 20,376 people. Top topics: Side Projects, First Users and Revenue and App Building Journey.

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Size and growth

How r/SideProject has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+68%in 12 months · +10% in 3 months · +2.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026877k
Growing877k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+156%vs Sep 2025 · −5.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202630k
BusierPeaked at 31k in Mar 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~2% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/SideProject

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Side Projects2.4%
  2. First Users and Revenue2.2%
  3. App Building Journey2.0%
  4. Building Projects1.6%
  5. iOS Apps & Development1.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Product Hunt
  2. microlaunch
  3. VibeCodingList
  4. Microsoft
  5. API Hub

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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