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The officially unofficial subreddit for all things VMware.

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174k subscribers143 posts / mo in Sep 2026102 authors / mosince 2008

r/vmware has 174k members (+7.4% over the last 12 months). It gets about 143 posts a month from 102 people. Top topics: VMware vSphere ESXi vCenter, Virtualization Technologies & Security and Virtualization Homelab.

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Size and growth

How r/vmware has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+7.4%in 12 months · +1.3% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026174k
Growing174k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−56%vs Sep 2025 · −28% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026143
QuieterPeaked at 820 in May 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/vmware

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. VMware vSphere ESXi vCenter30%
  2. Virtualization Technologies & Security10%
  3. Virtualization Homelab9.4%
  4. ZFS & Proxmox Storage1.2%
  5. GPU Passthrough Tech1.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. WilliamLam
  2. Microsoft
  3. LinkedIn
  4. theregister
  5. Dell

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