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The Go Programming Language

Ask questions and post articles about the Go programming language and related tools, events etc.

382k subscribers487 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)375 authors / mosince 2009

r/golang has 382k members (+15% over the last 12 months). It gets about 487 posts a month from 375 people. Top topics: Go Web Projects, Golang Learning Resources and Backend Languages.

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Size and growth

How r/golang has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+15%in 12 months · +2.7% in 3 months · +0.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026381k
Growing381k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/golang

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−35%vs Sep 2025 · −19% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026487
QuieterPeaked at 945 in Aug 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/golang

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Go Web Projects15%
  2. Golang Learning Resources6.9%
  3. Backend Languages5.8%
  4. Scoring Rules0.8%
  5. AWS Serverless Functions0.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Medium
  2. GitLab
  3. Codeberg
  4. Boot.dev
  5. Google

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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