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60k subscribers137 posts / mo in Sep 202699 authors / mosince 2009

r/redhat has 60k members (+18% over the last 12 months). It gets about 137 posts a month from 99 people. Top topics: Red Hat/Linux, Linux Admin Certification & Sysadmin and Virtualization Homelab.

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Size and growth

How r/redhat has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+18%in 12 months · +3.5% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 202659k
Growing59k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−0.7%vs Sep 2025 · −7.6% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026137
QuieterPeaked at 225 in Jul 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/redhat

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Red Hat/Linux19%
  2. Linux Admin Certification & Sysadmin1.1%
  3. Virtualization Homelab0.6%
  4. Terminal Commands0.4%
  5. Fedora Linux Releases0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. LinkedIn
  2. O'Reilly Media
  3. Medium
  4. The Fedora Project
  5. Example

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