r/rust

The Rust Programming Language

A place for all things related to the Rust programming language—an open-source systems language that emphasizes performance, reliability, and productivity.

Members: 426,767
Created: 2010
Posts a day: 10
Avg comments, top posts this week: 43

r/rust is a Reddit community with 426,767 members, created in 2010. It averaged about 10 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 97 and an average of 43 comments each. Rust, another and code are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 12:00 UTC, and most often on a Thursday.

Only approved members can post in r/rust.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

483Rust Has Become a Career Dead End for Me — What Should I Do?230 comments · October 8, 2026
70Why did the zip crate yank all pre 9.x versions?89 comments · October 16, 2026
115How do i handle this kind of PRs?80 comments · October 13, 2026
33What agents mean for Rust (and vice versa)36 comments · October 16, 2026
53Why is Cornucopia’s SQL-first approach so rarely used in Rust, when sqlc is so popular in Go?27 comments · October 16, 2026
16Rust module system?25 comments · October 17, 2026

Common words in titles

rust 37
another 3
code 3
compiler 3
const 3
trait 3
c++ 2
dead 2
file 2
google 2
iroh 2
language 2

Best time to post

12:00 UTC · 4 top posts
17:00 UTC · 4 top posts
09:00 UTC · 3 top posts
Thursday · 7 top posts
Wednesday · 6 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

Observe our code of conduct
Submissions must be on-topic
Constructive criticism only
Keep things in perspective
No endless re-litigation
No low-effort content

How to post in r/rust without breaking its rules

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Member growth

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

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/",
    "name": "rust",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "The Rust Programming Language",
    "createdAt": "2010-12-02T21:27:18.000Z",
    "description": "A place for all things related to the Rust programming language—an open-source systems language that emphasizes performance, reliability, and productivity.",
    "subscribers": 426767
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/rust

How many members does r/rust have?

r/rust had 426,767 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/rust?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 10 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 43 comments each.

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

This month's top posts in r/rust went up most often around 12:00 UTC, and most often on a Thursday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/rust data through an API?

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