r/golang

The Go Programming Language

Ask questions and post articles about the Go programming language and related tools, events etc.

Members: 380,836
Created: 2009
Posts a day: 4
Avg comments, top posts this week: 16

r/golang is a Reddit community with 380,836 members, created in 2009. It averaged about 4 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 13 and an average of 16 comments each. Building, concurrency and data are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 03:00 UTC, and most often on a Sunday.

Only approved members can post in r/golang.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

270Does our expertise still matter?195 comments · October 6, 2026
128Can you build a kernel with Go?95 comments · September 25, 2026
98Data Engineering in Go?73 comments · September 27, 2026
72What do you use to create CLI tools/apps?55 comments · September 27, 2026
89What are you using to monitor small Go services?45 comments · October 1, 2026
96What Go patterns are most frequently used?32 comments · September 20, 2026

Common words in titles

building 3
concurrency 3
data 3
design 3
open 3
small 3
source 3
tools 3
agent 2
apps 2
breaks 2
dependency 2

Best time to post

03:00 UTC · 3 top posts
16:00 UTC · 3 top posts
17:00 UTC · 3 top posts
Sunday · 6 top posts
Friday · 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 friendly and welcoming.
Be patient.
Be thoughtful.
Be respectful.
Be charitable.
Be constructive.
Be responsible.
Follow the Go Code of Conduct
Must be Go Related
Do Not Post Pirated Material
Job Listings Go in the Who's Hiring? Post
AI Policy

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Member growth

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

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/",
    "name": "golang",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "The Go Programming Language",
    "createdAt": "2009-11-11T00:54:28.000Z",
    "description": "Ask questions and post articles about the Go programming language and related tools, events etc.",
    "subscribers": 380836
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/golang

How many members does r/golang have?

r/golang had 380,836 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/golang?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 4 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 16 comments each.

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

This month's top posts in r/golang went up most often around 03:00 UTC, and most often on a Sunday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/golang data through an API?

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