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An unofficial place for all things Arduino! We all learned this stuff from some kind stranger on the internet. Bring us your Arduino questions or help answer something you might know! 😉

790k subscribers620 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)493 authors / mosince 2008

r/arduino has 790k members (+8.1% over the last 12 months). It gets about 620 posts a month from 493 people. Top topics: ESP8266 Projects, IDEs and Editors and Custom Controllers.

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Size and growth

How r/arduino has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+8.1%in 12 months · +1.6% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026789k
Growing789k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/arduino

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−38%vs Sep 2025 · −24% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026620
QuieterPeaked at 1.7k in Apr 2024
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/arduino

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. ESP8266 Projects1.4%
  2. IDEs and Editors0.3%
  3. Custom Controllers0.3%
  4. 3D Printer Builds0.3%
  5. RC Servo & Steering0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Adafruit Industries
  2. Instructables
  3. Aliexpress
  4. Tinkercad
  5. Digi-Key

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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