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Discussion of database internals and the development of databases.

13k subscribers59 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~3% by known bots)46 authors / mosince 2021

r/databasedevelopment has 13k members (+26% over the last 12 months). It gets about 59 posts a month from 46 people. Top topics: PostgreSQL Database, Rust Programming Learning and NVMe SSD Technology.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+26%in 12 months · +4.4% in 3 months
Oct 202613k
Growing13k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Dec 2021)
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−1.7%vs Sep 2025 · +13% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202659
QuieterPeaked at 80 in Jun 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~3% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/databasedevelopment

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. PostgreSQL Database7.5%
  2. Rust Programming Learning3.9%
  3. NVMe SSD Technology0.9%
  4. Programming Languages Performance Comparisons0.9%
  5. Linux Filesystems0.9%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Medium
  2. ScyllaDB
  3. Substack
  4. Association for Computing Machinery
  5. arXiv.org e-Print archive

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