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r/rust stats
r/rust has 428,296 members and gets about 13.6 new posts a day. The best time to post is Tuesday around 9pm US Eastern.
- Members
- 428K
- Posts per day
- 13.6
- Avg comments
- 18.8
- Created
- 2010
From the subreddit: A place for all things related to the Rust programming language—an open-source systems language that emphasizes performance, reliability, and productivity.
Best time to post on r/rust
When this month's top 100 posts went up, weighted by score. Times are US Eastern.
- #1
Tue 9pm
- #2
Wed 1pm
- #3
Tue 5am
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Top posts this month
- 9-year-old gaping hole in borrow-checker found▲ 855
- Rust 1.99.0 is out▲ 789
- Google is doing "Large Scale Codebase Migrations and Optimizations" of C/C++ to Rust▲ 786
- Bevy 0.20▲ 728
- PSA: If your program does HTTP requests, update your dependencies now▲ 725
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Teams asking for automation help, AI tooling, managed IT and security vendors.
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Common questions
r/rust has 428,296 members, read from Reddit on October 28, 2026.
Based on when this month's top posts went up, Tuesday around 9pm US Eastern. Check the heatmap for runner-up slots.
It gets about 13.6 new posts a day, and a new post averages 18.8 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/rust 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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