r/programming

Computer Programming

Members: 6,927,866
Created: 2006
Posts a day: 7
Avg comments, top posts this week: 23

r/programming is a Reddit community with 6,927,866 members, created in 2006. It averaged about 7 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 49 and an average of 23 comments each. Faster, not and python 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 Friday.

Only approved members can post in r/programming.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

484Don't couple your Go code to GitHub138 comments · September 27, 2026
119Domain-Driven Design (DDD) — The Complete Guide | Visually Explained49 comments · October 16, 2026
230How Stripe uses graph search and state machines to auto-remediate a global database fleet16 comments · October 15, 2026
25Where do you go for help when you're stuck now? Survey says 64% of developers visit Stack Overflow less for simple questions13 comments · October 14, 2026
36C3 0.8.5 - A windowing library and a C backend??11 comments · October 12, 2026
63Why I Love AI (No, Not That Kind)7 comments · October 14, 2026

Common words in titles

faster 4
not 4
python 4
code 3
design 3
guide 3
software 3
another 2
architecture 2
bytes 2
c++ 2
developers 2

Best time to post

08:00 UTC · 3 top posts
12:00 UTC · 3 top posts
21:00 UTC · 2 top posts
Friday · 5 top posts
Wednesday · 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

No LLM-Written Content
AI-related posts must comply with the AI Policy
No Political Posts or Personal/Social Drama/Gossip
No Non-Programming/Generic LLM/Diffusion Content
No Product Promotion/"I Made This" Project Demo Posts
No Content Aggregators
No Surveys Or Job Postings
No Support Questions or AskReddit-Type Questions
No Meta Posts
No Images, Memes, Or Other Low Effort Posts
No Blogspam
No Extreme Beginner Content

How to post in r/programming without breaking its rules

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Member growth

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

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/",
    "name": "programming",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "programming",
    "createdAt": "2006-02-28T18:19:29.000Z",
    "description": "Computer Programming",
    "subscribers": 6927866
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/programming

How many members does r/programming have?

r/programming had 6,927,866 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/programming?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 7 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 23 comments each.

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

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

Can I get r/programming data through an API?

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