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Visual Basic for Applications

A place for questions and discussion on Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and its integrated development environment (IDE).

65k subscribers32 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~13% by known bots)25 authors / mosince 2010

r/vba has 65k members (+5.2% over the last 12 months). It gets about 32 posts a month from 25 people. Top topics: Excel Shortcuts and Learning, Microsoft Cloud Storage and Power BI Dashboards & Data.

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Size and growth

How r/vba has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+5.2%in 12 months · +0.9% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 202664k
Growing64k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−56%vs Sep 2025 · −13% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202632
QuieterPeaked at 328 in Jan 2023
Sep 2026: incl. ~13% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/vba

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Excel Shortcuts and Learning6.5%
  2. Microsoft Cloud Storage0.8%
  3. Power BI Dashboards & Data0.8%
  4. Code Editors & Extensions0.7%
  5. Microsoft MFA & Office0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Microsoft
  2. Stack Overflow
  3. Mrexcel
  4. Experts Exchange
  5. W3Schools Online Web Tutorials

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