Top Programming subreddits

Largest Programming subreddits

Largest Programming subreddits

#	Subreddit	Members	12-mo growth	Commenters / mo
1	r/InternetIsBeautiful	16.64M	+0.5%	1,303
2	r/programming	6.93M	+2.1%	3,643
3	r/ProgrammerHumor	4.77M	+3.2%	16,698
4	L r/learnprogramming	4.42M	+3.8%	5,732
5	r/webdev	3.32M	+6.6%	8,159
6	r/javascript	2.45M	+1.9%	615
7	r/gamedev	2.08M	+7.4%	11,116
8	r/linux	1.93M	+9.6%	8,669
9	r/Python	1.52M	+7.9%	1,479
10	r/learnpython	1.06M	+9.7%	2,448
11	r/web_design	980,571	+4.8%	1,017
12	r/SideProject	876,532	+68%	12,275
13	r/unixporn	670,290	–	3,300
14	C r/coding	647,901	+4.8%	260
15	r/HowToHack	614,979	+14%	1,041
16	D r/devops	518,517	+19%	3,188
17	r/reactjs	515,646	+8.2%	1,213
18	r/Unity3D	482,860	+12%	5,211
19	r/leetcode	462,806	+26%	5,210
20	r/GameDevelopment	438,871	+9.1%	1,889
21	r/rust	427,373	+16%	4,178
22	r/ExperiencedDevs	422,865	+29%	6,077
23	r/java	409,134	+8.5%	709
24	r/aws	397,662	+11%	1,503
25	P r/programminghorror	394,834	+4.8%	694

Fastest growing Programming subreddits

Member growth over 12 months, among subreddits that had at least 18,251 members a year ago.

Fastest growing Programming subreddits

#	Subreddit	12-mo growth	Members gained	Members	Commenters / mo
1	r/micro_saas	+481%	+118,199	142,757	5,572
2	r/vibecoding	+326%	+293,259	383,269	14,402
3	r/buildinpublic	+299%	+94,106	125,584	3,451
4	r/LeetcodeDesi	+189%	+37,490	57,286	2,938
5	r/Backend	+117%	+38,413	71,235	1,208
6	r/iosdev	+111%	+21,619	41,029	1,141
7	r/lovable	+110%	+29,631	56,469	1,122
8	C r/coolgithubprojects	+107%	+66,768	128,896	1,470
9	r/linuxbrasil	+103%	+27,264	53,819	2,756
10	r/PythonLearning	+99%	+61,611	123,981	1,679
11	r/developers	+92%	+28,710	59,823	857
12	r/arch	+89%	+38,557	82,002	2,624
13	r/DeepSeek	+88%	+69,198	147,569	5,237
14	r/programmer	+88%	+16,775	35,944	1,187
15	r/AppDevelopers	+85%	+26,400	57,302	1,329
16	r/CloudFlare	+84%	+35,030	76,681	1,102
17	W r/WebDeveloperJobs	+82%	+47,367	105,227	644
18	W r/webdesign	+79%	+39,318	89,010	2,425
19	C r/CEH	+76%	+14,098	32,597	117
20	r/theprimeagen	+76%	+27,944	64,908	4,580
21	r/CodingJobs	+72%	+19,143	45,679	201
22	r/tmux	+72%	+13,307	31,857	150
23	r/codeforces	+71%	+18,838	45,463	1,239
24	r/webdevelopment	+69%	+34,968	85,308	551
25	r/SideProject	+68%	+355,576	876,532	12,275

Most members gained

Programming subreddits that gained the most members

#	Subreddit	Members gained	12-mo growth	Members	Commenters / mo
1	r/SideProject	+355,576	+68%	876,532	12,275
2	r/vibecoding	+293,259	+326%	383,269	14,402
3	r/webdev	+205,834	+6.6%	3.32M	8,159
4	r/linux	+169,574	+9.6%	1.93M	8,669
5	L r/learnprogramming	+161,704	+3.8%	4.42M	5,732
6	r/ProgrammerHumor	+148,832	+3.2%	4.77M	16,698
7	r/gamedev	+142,692	+7.4%	2.08M	11,116
8	r/programming	+142,543	+2.1%	6.93M	3,643
9	r/micro_saas	+118,199	+481%	142,757	5,572
10	r/Python	+111,171	+7.9%	1.52M	1,479
11	r/ExperiencedDevs	+94,818	+29%	422,865	6,077
12	r/leetcode	+94,343	+26%	462,806	5,210
13	r/buildinpublic	+94,106	+299%	125,584	3,451
14	r/learnpython	+93,919	+9.7%	1.06M	2,448
15	r/InternetIsBeautiful	+90,954	+0.5%	16.64M	1,303
16	r/godot	+90,147	+31%	380,294	10,919
17	D r/devops	+82,080	+19%	518,517	3,188
18	r/indiehackers	+77,172	+64%	197,784	1,591
19	r/HowToHack	+73,306	+14%	614,979	1,041
20	r/DeepSeek	+69,198	+88%	147,569	5,237
21	C r/coolgithubprojects	+66,768	+107%	128,896	1,470
22	r/PythonLearning	+61,611	+99%	123,981	1,679
23	r/rust	+59,988	+16%	427,373	4,178
24	r/Unity3D	+53,117	+12%	482,860	5,211
25	r/ollama	+52,551	+59%	141,244	1,705

Most active Programming subreddits

People who comment in a month, the average of the three months ending September 2026.

Most active Programming subreddits

#	Subreddit	Commenters / mo	Posts / mo	Members
1	r/ProgrammerHumor	16,698	1,072	4.77M
2	r/vibecoding	14,402	7,154	383,269
3	r/SideProject	12,275	27,784	876,532
4	r/gamedev	11,116	2,413	2.08M
5	r/godot	10,919	3,806	380,294
6	r/linux	8,669	1,526	1.93M
7	r/webdev	8,159	3,230	3.32M
8	r/ExperiencedDevs	6,077	672	422,865
9	L r/learnprogramming	5,732	1,819	4.42M
10	r/micro_saas	5,572	2,828	142,757
11	r/DeepSeek	5,237	1,343	147,569
12	r/Unity3D	5,211	1,899	482,860
13	r/leetcode	5,210	1,276	462,806
14	r/theprimeagen	4,580	416	64,908
15	r/programare	4,226	701	117,450
16	r/rust	4,178	1,493	427,373
17	r/programming	3,643	914	6.93M
18	r/buildinpublic	3,451	3,221	125,584
19	r/unixporn	3,300	979	670,290
20	D r/devops	3,188	904	518,517
21	r/opencodeCLI	2,970	776	61,932
22	r/LeetcodeDesi	2,938	786	57,286
23	r/appledevelopers	2,936	1,503	31,038
24	r/Wordpress	2,871	761	318,884
25	r/linuxbrasil	2,756	662	53,819

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