r/sysadmin

Sysadmin

A reddit dedicated to the profession of Computer System Administration.

Members: 1,331,324
Created: 2008
Posts a day: 20
Avg comments, top posts this week: 183

r/sysadmin is a Reddit community with 1,331,324 members, created in 2008. It averaged about 20 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 410 and an average of 183 comments each. Else, microsoft and non are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 18:00 UTC, and most often on a Friday.

Only approved members can post in r/sysadmin.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

1,103Anyone here pretty much loathe AI?868 comments · September 22, 2026
784What's the biggest bonehead mistake you have every made in IT support?583 comments · September 24, 2026
570Director says she doesn’t trust me, then HR takes a dig at my workload. How would you handle this?410 comments · September 18, 2026
885Does anyone else just.. cruise along in their current role and not want to progress?375 comments · September 21, 2026
446We're having sysadmins in our organization pass away at unsettling rates. These guys were all fairly young. Is anyone else having this happen? What gives?340 comments · October 13, 2026
967Anyone else tired of users sending ai generated fixes to you?335 comments · October 5, 2026

Common words in titles

else 4
microsoft 3
non 3
not 3
possible 3
sysadmin 3
vmware 3
access 2
company 2
cve 2
dell 2
entire 2

Best time to post

18:00 UTC · 4 top posts
14:00 UTC · 3 top posts
11:00 UTC · 3 top posts
Friday · 6 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

Account Age
Professionalism
Advertising
Wrong Community
Low Quality

How to post in r/sysadmin without breaking its rules

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Member growth

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

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/",
    "name": "sysadmin",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "Sysadmin",
    "createdAt": "2008-10-22T02:41:53.000Z",
    "description": "A reddit dedicated to the profession of Computer System Administration.",
    "subscribers": 1331324
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/sysadmin

How many members does r/sysadmin have?

r/sysadmin had 1,331,324 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/sysadmin?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 20 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 183 comments each.

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

This month's top posts in r/sysadmin went up most often around 18:00 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/sysadmin data through an API?

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