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r/webdev stats

r/webdev has 3,326,375 members and gets about 23.8 new posts a day. The best time to post is Saturday around 5pm US Eastern.

Members
3.3M
Posts per day
23.8
Avg comments
16.7
Created
2009

From the subreddit: A community dedicated to all things web development: both front-end and back-end. For more design-related questions, try /r/web_design.

Best time to post on r/webdev

When this month's top 100 posts went up, weighted by score. Times are US Eastern.

  1. #1

    Sat 5pm

  2. #2

    Mon 12pm

  3. #3

    Wed 10pm

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Who buys on r/webdev

People hiring developers, designers and writers, and freelancers swapping clients and referrals.

Useful for web developers, app developers and WordPress developers.

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Common questions

r/webdev has 3,326,375 members, read from Reddit on October 28, 2026.

Based on when this month's top posts went up, Saturday around 5pm US Eastern. Check the heatmap for runner-up slots.

It gets about 23.8 new posts a day, and a new post averages 16.7 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/webdev 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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