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The Swift Programming Language

Swift is a general-purpose programming language built using a modern approach to safety, performance, and software design patterns.

143k subscribers156 posts / mo in Sep 2026117 authors / mosince 2013

r/swift has 143k members (+8.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 156 posts a month from 117 people. Top topics: SwiftUI Development, iOS Development and iOS Betas and Releases.

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Size and growth

How r/swift has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+8.6%in 12 months · +1.3% in 3 months · +0.3% in 1 month
Oct 2026143k
Growing143k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−44%vs Sep 2025 · −28% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026156
QuieterPeaked at 488 in Aug 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/swift

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. SwiftUI Development13%
  2. iOS Development3.2%
  3. iOS Betas and Releases0.3%
  4. iOS Features Updates0.3%
  5. iOS Apps & Development0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Apple
  2. Substack
  3. Medium
  4. Luma
  5. Stack Overflow

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research