r/retrocomputing↗
Retrocomputing: Forever 8-bit
A subreddit to discuss and share retrocomputing related content.
53k subscribers221 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~4% by known bots)175 authors / mosince 2010
r/retrocomputing has 53k members (+81% over the last 12 months). It gets about 221 posts a month from 175 people. Top topics: Vintage Computers, Identify Old Computers and Computers & Laptops.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Vintage Computers3.8%
- Identify Old Computers2.4%
- Computers & Laptops2.1%
- Commodore 641.8%
- Windows Legacy Gaming & DOS1.5%
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- eBay
- WinWorld: Welcome
- VCF
- Microsoft
- ChatGPT
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