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Technical Writing

For people who take the unbelievably complicated things that scientists and engineers devise and make it understandable for non-technical people.

52k subscribers149 posts / mo in Sep 2026130 authors / mosince 2012

r/technicalwriting has 52k members (+21% over the last 12 months). It gets about 149 posts a month from 130 people. Top topics: Technical Writing Careers & Skills, Resume Feedback and AI Tools and Applications.

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Size and growth

How r/technicalwriting has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+21%in 12 months · +3.4% in 3 months · +0.9% in 1 month
Oct 202651k
Growing51k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+8.0%vs Sep 2025 · −10.0% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026149
BusierPeaked at 245 in Jan 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/technicalwriting

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Technical Writing Careers & Skills40%
  2. Resume Feedback1.1%
  3. AI Tools and Applications1.0%
  4. Job Hunting Struggles0.7%
  5. Software Career Navigation0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. LinkedIn
  2. Medium
  3. Squidfunk
  4. Substack
  5. Atlassian

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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