r/rails↗

Reddit for Ruby on Rails enthusiasts

A subreddit for discussion and news about Ruby on Rails

75k subscribers173 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)128 authors / mosince 2008

r/rails has 75k members (+7.3% over the last 12 months). It gets about 173 posts a month from 128 people. Top topics: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL Database and DockerContainers.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+7.3%in 12 months · +1.4% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month

Oct 202675k

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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−1.1%vs Sep 2025 · −3.3% last 3 months vs the 3 before

Sep 2026173

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rubyonrails.org
RubyGems
Claude Code Docs
Fly
Medium

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