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142k subscribers435 posts / mo in Sep 2026285 authors / mosince 2008

r/gnome has 142k members (+25% over the last 12 months). It gets about 435 posts a month from 285 people. Top topics: GNOME Desktop, GNOME Themes & Customization and GNOME Desktop Themes.

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Size and growth

How r/gnome has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+25%in 12 months · +4.1% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026142k
Growing142k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+13%vs Sep 2025 · +3.6% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026435
BusierPeaked at 524 in Apr 2022
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/gnome

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. GNOME Desktop9.1%
  2. GNOME Themes & Customization9.0%
  3. GNOME Desktop Themes5.0%
  4. Linux Desktop Environments4.8%
  5. Multi-Monitor Setup2.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Flathub
  2. GitLab
  3. Wolfram
  4. Gnome-Look
  5. Codeberg

The full report

Everything else about r/gnome

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.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research