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Model Context Protocol (MCP)

The Model Context Protocol is an open standard that enables developers to build secure, two-way connections between their data sources and AI-powered tools

126k subscribers1,370 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~22% by known bots)806 authors / mosince 2010

r/mcp has 126k members (+68% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,370 posts a month from 806 people. Top topics: Claude Code, LLMs and AGI Progress and Local LLMs.

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Size and growth

How r/mcp has grown

r/mcp

Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+68%in 12 months · +7.8% in 3 months · +2.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026125k
Growing125k subscribers
  • no data — drawn from 0 at creation (Oct 2010)
Live · through Oct 2026
r/mcp

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+66%vs Sep 2025 · +12% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 20261.4k
BusierPeaked at 1.5k in Mar 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~22% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/mcp

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Claude Code2.0%
  2. LLMs and AGI Progress0.6%
  3. Local LLMs0.4%
  4. Cursor IDE Discussions0.3%
  5. PostgreSQL Database0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. npm
  2. Medium
  3. Claude Code Docs
  4. PyPI
  5. ChatGPT

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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