r/programmer↗
A home for programmers
36k subscribers338 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)275 authors / mosince 2008
r/programmer has 36k members (+88% over the last 12 months). It gets about 338 posts a month from 275 people. Top topics: Learning Resources, Programmer Profiles and AI in Coding.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Learning Resources6.7%
- Programmer Profiles4.2%
- AI in Coding2.9%
- Software Career Navigation1.8%
- Programming Languages1.6%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Medium
- roadmap.sh
- Boot.dev
- freeCodeCamp
- W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
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