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Systems Engineering

Our mission is to foster a collaborative space where professionals, students, and enthusiasts can come together to discuss and learn about Systems Engineering (as defined by INCOSE) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

21k subscribers114 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)99 authors / mosince 2010

r/systems_engineering has 21k members (+53% over the last 12 months). It gets about 114 posts a month from 99 people. Top topics: Programming Books, Engineering Advice & Experience and Engineering Majors.

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Size and growth

How r/systems_engineering has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+53%in 12 months · +10% in 3 months · +3.3% in 1 month
Oct 202621k
Growing21k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/systems_engineering

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+90%vs Sep 2025 · +58% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026114
BusierPeaked at 129 in Jul 2026
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/systems_engineering

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Programming Books0.9%
  2. Engineering Advice & Experience0.9%
  3. Engineering Majors0.7%
  4. Enterprise Architecture Careers0.5%
  5. Academia vs Industry0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. draw.io
  2. Medium
  3. NASA
  4. Dassault Syst u00E8mes
  5. Altium

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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