r/devops

Everything DevOps

Members: 517,963
Created: 2010
Posts a day: 6
Avg comments, top posts this week: 36

r/devops is a Reddit community with 517,963 members, created in 2010. It averaged about 6 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 18 and an average of 36 comments each. Devops, production and engineer are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 08:00 UTC, and most often on a Wednesday.

Only approved members can post in r/devops.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

345Senior engineer said "bastion hosts have been insecure and outdated for 10 years" what am I missing?243 comments · September 21, 2026
308Is it just me or Github actions is overrated?205 comments · September 29, 2026
124If AI makes everyone a 10x developer… who gets promoted?180 comments · September 30, 2026
94What are your best SRE/DevOps time savers?99 comments · September 22, 2026
50How do you get your first DevOps job when every position requires experience?97 comments · October 16, 2026
159What's the most ridiculous "temporary fix" you've seen that's been running in production for years?93 comments · October 8, 2026

Common words in titles

devops 13
production 6
engineer 4
github 4
actions 3
aws 3
cloud 3
file 3
gets 3
infrastructure 3
learn 3
open 3

Best time to post

08:00 UTC · 2 top posts
14:00 UTC · 2 top posts
12:00 UTC · 2 top posts
Wednesday · 5 top posts
Monday · 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

Submissions must include discussion information
No editorialized titles
Job-related postings go to /r/devopsjobs
Self Promotion / Vendors / Personal Affiliation Disclaimer
Low-Effort / Low-Quality Content
Surveys / Polls
No shortened URLs
No personal info
Be excellent to each other

How to post in r/devops without breaking its rules

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Member growth

We started recording r/devops 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/devops" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/devops/",
    "name": "devops",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "Everything DevOps",
    "createdAt": "2010-08-02T12:46:22.000Z",
    "description": null,
    "subscribers": 517963
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/devops

How many members does r/devops have?

r/devops had 517,963 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/devops?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 6 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 36 comments each.

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

This month's top posts in r/devops went up most often around 08:00 UTC, and most often on a Wednesday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/devops data through an API?

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