r/java↗

Java News/Tech/Discussion/etc. No programming help, no learning Java

News, Technical discussions, research papers and assorted things of interest related to the Java programming language NO programming help, NO learning Java related questions, NO installing or downloading Java questions, NO JVM languages - Exclusively Java

410k subscribers164 posts / mo in Sep 2026122 authors / mosince 2008

r/java has 410k members (+8.5% over the last 12 months). It gets about 164 posts a month from 122 people. Top topics: Java Development Tools & Features, Programming Languages Learning and IDEs and Editors.

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Subscribers over time

+8.5%in 12 months · +1.6% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month

Oct 2026409k

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−32%vs Sep 2025 · −19% last 3 months vs the 3 before

Sep 2026164

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OpenJDK
Oracle
Spring
Apache Software Foundation
Medium

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