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r/blueteamsec↗

For [Blue|Purple] Teams in Cyber Defence

We focus on technical intelligence, research and engineering to help operational [blue|purple] teams defend their estates and have awareness of the world. Our primary home is on Lemmy after the great ban debacle of 2025.

73k subscribers564 posts / mo in Sep 2026110 authors / mosince 2018

r/blueteamsec has 73k members (+24% over the last 12 months). It gets about 564 posts a month from 110 people. Top topics: Malware Discussions, Ransomware Attacks & Threats and Windows Security Exploits.

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Size and growth

How r/blueteamsec has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+24%in 12 months · +4.3% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 202673k
Growing73k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+46%vs Sep 2025 · +14% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026564
BusierPeaked at 564 in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/blueteamsec

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Malware Discussions3.2%
  2. Ransomware Attacks & Threats2.9%
  3. Windows Security Exploits2.6%
  4. Linux Security Vulnerabilities1.9%
  5. Malware Security1.0%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Medium
  2. Microsoft
  3. Substack
  4. arXiv.org e-Print archive
  5. 腾讯网

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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