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r/debian↗

Debian — The Universal Operating System

Subreddit to discuss all the Debian things, the Universal Operating System

157k subscribers380 posts / mo in Sep 2026323 authors / mosince 2008

r/debian has 157k members (+31% over the last 12 months). It gets about 380 posts a month from 323 people. Top topics: Debian Releases and News, Debian & Derivatives and Linux Graphics Drivers.

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Size and growth

How r/debian has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+31%in 12 months · +5.2% in 3 months · +1.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026157k
Growing157k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−50%vs Sep 2025 · −2.4% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026380
QuieterPeaked at 1.2k in Aug 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/debian

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Debian Releases and News12%
  2. Debian & Derivatives9.6%
  3. Linux Graphics Drivers2.4%
  4. KDE Plasma Updates & Mobile1.2%
  5. Linux Kernels & LTS1.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. NVIDIA
  2. Flathub
  3. The Linux Kernel Archives
  4. GNOME
  5. KDE Community

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Everything else about r/debian

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

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