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Operating System Development

58k subscribers253 posts / mo in Sep 2026158 authors / mosince 2010

r/osdev has 58k members (+42% over the last 12 months). It gets about 253 posts a month from 158 people. Top topics: Linux Kernel Updates和支持, Boot Issues & Dual Booting and RISC-V Linux.

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Size and growth

How r/osdev has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+42%in 12 months · +6.6% in 3 months · +1.7% in 1 month
Oct 202658k
Growing58k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+116%vs Sep 2025 · +3.7% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026253
BusierPeaked at 253 in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/osdev

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Linux Kernel Updates和支持5.2%
  2. Boot Issues & Dual Booting2.0%
  3. RISC-V Linux1.9%
  4. Linux and Networking1.4%
  5. Linux Filesystems1.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Codeberg
  2. GNU Project
  3. Phil-Opp
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  5. The Linux Kernel Archives

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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