r/buildinpublic

A community for creators, developers, entrepreneurs, and makers to openly share their journey as they build projects in public. Whether you're coding, designing, writing, or launching a business, this is the place to share progress, challenges, wins, and lessons.

Members: 124,774
Created: 2020
Posts a day: 63
Avg comments, top posts this week: 60

r/buildinpublic is a Reddit community with 124,774 members, created in 2020. It averaged about 63 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 13 and an average of 60 comments each. App, building and built are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 15:00 UTC, and most often on a Tuesday.

Only approved members can post in r/buildinpublic.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

22What are you working on? Let's self promote.170 comments · October 6, 2026
19What are you building in this weekend? Drop your work and let's connect74 comments · October 16, 2026
16Hey Founders, How did you get your first 100 users??49 comments · October 14, 2026
9Anyone else feel like adding payments gets complicated way too fast?16 comments · October 14, 2026
9How I accidentally grew my app to $0k MRR without spending on ads11 comments · October 11, 2026
1Bootstrapping founders: what do you do when cash is tight before traction?3 comments · October 18, 2026

Common words in titles

app 19
building 15
built 13
users 10
paying 8
free 6
founder 5
drop 4
side 4
startup 4
audio 3
feedback 3

Best time to post

15:00 UTC · 5 top posts
09:00 UTC · 2 top posts
12:00 UTC · 2 top posts
Tuesday · 6 top posts
Thursday · 5 top posts

These are counted from the timestamps of this month's 25 top posts. They show when popular posts went up and don't guarantee reach.

Rules

Be Respectful
Stay on Topic
No Self-Promotion Without Context
No Spam
No Plagiarism or Misrepresentation
Privacy
Transparency in Tools & Resources

How to post in r/buildinpublic without breaking its rules

Similar subreddits

None found.

Member growth

We started recording r/buildinpublic member counts on October 18, 2026. Growth will show here once we have a few weeks of history.

Get this data from the API

Every number on this page comes from ChatterAPI's Reddit endpoints and is refreshed about once a week. You can pull the same data for any subreddit from your own code or AI agent.

curl "https://chatterapi.com/v1/reddit/subreddits/buildinpublic" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/buildinpublic/",
    "name": "buildinpublic",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "buildinpublic",
    "createdAt": "2020-09-15T14:25:39.000Z",
    "description": "A community for creators, developers, entrepreneurs, and makers to openly share their journey as they build projects in public. Whether you're coding, designing, writing, or launching a business, this is the place to share progress, challenges, wins, and lessons.",
    "subscribers": 124774
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/buildinpublic

How many members does r/buildinpublic have?

r/buildinpublic had 124,774 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/buildinpublic?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 63 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 60 comments each.

When is the best time to post in r/buildinpublic?

This month's top posts in r/buildinpublic went up most often around 15:00 UTC, and most often on a Tuesday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/buildinpublic data through an API?

Yes. Call GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/buildinpublic for members, rules and description, and GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/buildinpublic/posts for its posts. Each call costs 2 credits, and new accounts get 100 free credits.