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r/learnrust↗

Community for basic Rust programming language questions/discussions

This subreddit is for asking questions about the programming language Rust

56k subscribers139 posts / mo in Sep 2026107 authors / mosince 2015

r/learnrust has 56k members (+36% over the last 12 months). It gets about 139 posts a month from 107 people. Top topics: Rust Ownership and Lifetimes, Rust Learning Resources and Rust Programming Learning.

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Size and growth

How r/learnrust has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+36%in 12 months · +5.7% in 3 months
Oct 202656k
Growing56k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+144%vs Sep 2025 · +1.4% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026139
BusierPeaked at 169 in Feb 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/learnrust

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Rust Ownership and Lifetimes21%
  2. Rust Learning Resources8.0%
  3. Rust Programming Learning6.9%
  4. Programming Languages Performance Comparisons5.3%
  5. RustServerCode4.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. crates.io: Rust Package Registry
  2. Docs.rs
  3. main.rs
  4. Brown University
  5. Lib

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