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r/programming stats
r/programming has 6,930,458 members and gets about 7.5 new posts a day. The best time to post is Thursday around 1am US Eastern.
- Members
- 6.9M
- Posts per day
- 7.5
- Avg comments
- 26.7
- Created
- 2006
From the subreddit: Computer Programming
Best time to post on r/programming
When this month's top 100 posts went up, weighted by score. Times are US Eastern.
- #1
Thu 1am
- #2
Tue 8am
- #3
Fri 7pm
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Top posts this month
- Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90▲ 4K
- <input type="password" maxlength="20"> is considered harmful, and why I couldn't login into Vanguard▲ 1K
- Eight Bits of Trust; eMudhra's CA keys cracked in milliseconds▲ 1K
- Just finished my multiplayer system in C and turns out we can support 50k players in a single server at 60hz simulation tick▲ 945
- Software developers are not okay | Bjarnason▲ 776
Who buys on r/programming
Readers following technology, programming and science. Good for developer tools, consumer tech and education products.
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Common questions
r/programming has 6,930,458 members, read from Reddit on October 28, 2026.
Based on when this month's top posts went up, Thursday around 1am US Eastern. Check the heatmap for runner-up slots.
It gets about 7.5 new posts a day, and a new post averages 26.7 comments.
Read the subreddit rules first; most business subreddits remove promotional posts. What works is answering posts where someone asks for help, being genuinely useful, and disclosing when you mention your own product.
Watch for posts where someone asks for a recommendation, a quote, or an alternative to a tool. Leadhoot watches r/programming for you, scores every new post 0–100 for buyer intent, and alerts you within a minute of the high scorers.
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