r/rust↗
The Rust Programming Language
A place for all things related to the Rust programming language—an open-source systems language that emphasizes performance, reliability, and productivity.
428k subscribers1,335 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)913 authors / mosince 2010
r/rust has 428k members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 1,335 posts a month from 913 people. Top topics: Rust Ownership and Lifetimes, Rust Programming Learning and Programming Languages Performance Comparisons.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Rust Ownership and Lifetimes8.9%
- Rust Programming Learning7.3%
- Programming Languages Performance Comparisons6.2%
- RustServerCode4.2%
- RustWebBackends4.1%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Docs.rs
- Codeberg
- Rust-Lang
- Medium
- Stack Overflow
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