Community Overview
About r/coding
Fuck /u/spez.
The community at a glance
r/coding is a Subreddit for Programmers with roughly 648K members. It has been around since 2009. It uses a forum format for communication.
Roughly 30K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Tired, Looking For, and Coding. Common discussion themes are Solution Requests and Self-Promotion. Product recommendations often mention javascript framework.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchYearly: +30K members
Growth: +4.9% / year
Member growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 10K members
- 2014: 13K members
- 2015: 12K members
- 2016: 15K members
- 2017: 17K members
- 2018: 28K members
- 2019: 80K members
- 2020: 60K members
- 2021: 41K members
- 2023: 280K members
- 2024: 15K members
- 2025: 24K members
- 2026: 23K members
2013
+10K new
2014
+13K new
2015
+12K new
2016
+15K new
2017
+17K new
2018
+28K new
2019
+80K new
2020
+60K new
2021
+41K new
2023
+280K new
2024
+15K new
2025
+24K new
2026
+23K new
Past year (monthly)
- Nov: 3K members
- Dec: 3K members
- Jan: 4K members
- Feb: 3K members
- Mar: 2K members
- Apr: 2K members
- May: 3K members
- Jun: 3K members
- Jul: 3K members
- Aug: 2K members
- Sep: 2K members
- Oct: 868 members
November 2025
+3K new
December 2025
+3K new
January 2026
+4K new
February 2026
+3K new
March 2026
+2K new
April 2026
+2K new
May 2026
+3K new
June 2026
+3K new
July 2026
+3K new
August 2026
+2K new
September 2026
+2K new
October 2026
+868 new
Themes
- Solution Requests6 posts in the past month
- WorldTube is an AGPL-licensed local-first desktop video client for watching YouTube content without ads on Windows and Linux.
- What's the design called and how can i achieve this? In this given website's footer, there is appealing background, cursor sensoring or whatever you call it, whats that, when we drag our cursor there, it moves like water... exactly like water. how's that possible?
- Lab file PDFs mein har page pe Name/Enrollment No. edit karna annoying tha, isliye ye tool banaya. Find & Replace dalo → har page ka first match replace ho jayega. Download se pehle preview bhi milta hai. Free, no login:
#16Solution RequestsWorldTube is an AGPL-licensed local-first desktop video client for watching YouTube content without ads on Windows and Linux. · What's the design called and how can i achieve this? In this given website's footer, there is appealing background, cursor sensoring or whatever you call it, whats that, when we drag our cursor there, it moves like water... exactly like water. how's that possible? · Lab file PDFs mein har page pe Name/Enrollment No. edit karna annoying tha, isliye ye tool banaya. Find & Replace dalo → har page ka first match replace ho jayega. Download se pehle preview bhi milta hai. Free, no login: - Self-Promotion5 posts in the past month
- I published my first dataset! I cleaned 10,809 house and senate trading filings and put it into a database of 183,675 trades.
- I'm new to this community and I want to share my project, how can I do? It only lets me insert a link, pls help guys ( Ill put a Rick yep link just to post )
- If anyone wants to beta test our app, click the button next to the download button ''apply for beta testing''.
#25Self-PromotionI published my first dataset! I cleaned 10,809 house and senate trading filings and put it into a database of 183,675 trades. · I'm new to this community and I want to share my project, how can I do? It only lets me insert a link, pls help guys ( Ill put a Rick yep link just to post ) · If anyone wants to beta test our app, click the button next to the download button ''apply for beta testing''. - Advice Requests3 posts in the past month
- Analysis paralysis with personal projects — C/C++ and systems dev looking for direction
- Built Telemetry Resilience, an open-source CLI for testing software against simulated sensor and telemetry failures. It’s fully local and supports fault injection, campaigns, CI reports, andLooking for testers and feedback.
- I have been looking for a good platform to learn coding in a more structured way and i recently came across Marevlo. Has anyone here used it? I am mainly curious whether the hands-on/application side is actually useful or if it ends up feeling like another course library... would especially apprecia
#33Advice RequestsAnalysis paralysis with personal projects — C/C++ and systems dev looking for direction · Built Telemetry Resilience, an open-source CLI for testing software against simulated sensor and telemetry failures. It’s fully local and supports fault injection, campaigns, CI reports, andLooking for testers and feedback. · I have been looking for a good platform to learn coding in a more structured way and i recently came across Marevlo. Has anyone here used it? I am mainly curious whether the hands-on/application side is actually useful or if it ends up feeling like another course library... would especially apprecia - Ideas1 post in the past month
- What features would you want from a better `tree`-style CLI tool?
#41IdeasWhat features would you want from a better `tree`-style CLI tool? - Pain & Anger1 post in the past month
- I recently participated in a coding competition in UOM, help me maximize likes on this post!
#51Pain & AngerI recently participated in a coding competition in UOM, help me maximize likes on this post!
Topics
- Tired7 posts in the past month#17Tired
- Looking For7 posts in the past month#27Looking For
- Coding6 posts in the past month#36Coding
- Annoying6 posts in the past month#46Annoying
- Api5 posts in the past month
- Help with using an API to get a team's schedule
- c++ graphics API - number libraries, transforms, supersampling
- cpp graphics api - source code review
#55ApiHelp with using an API to get a team's schedule · c++ graphics API - number libraries, transforms, supersampling · cpp graphics api - source code review
Product recommendations
- javascript framework2 posts in the past month
- I know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, but I'm not interested in frontend. I want to learn backend development but don't know which JavaScript framework to start with. Given that I dont know a thing in backend (I only know the await fetch API), which framework would you recommend?
- I know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, but I'm not interested in frontend. I want to learn backend development but don't know which JavaScript framework to start with. Given that I dont know a thing in backend (I only know the await fetch API), which framework would you recommend?
#12javascript frameworkI know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, but I'm not interested in frontend. I want to learn backend development but don't know which JavaScript framework to start with. Given that I dont know a thing in backend (I only know the await fetch API), which framework would you recommend? · I know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, but I'm not interested in frontend. I want to learn backend development but don't know which JavaScript framework to start with. Given that I dont know a thing in backend (I only know the await fetch API), which framework would you recommend?
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Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/coding for?
- Best for Programmers enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/coding free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/coding have?
- Roughly 648K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/coding on?
- r/coding runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/coding cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/coding is organized under Programmers.
- How do I join r/coding?
- You can join r/coding by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Software Development communities like?
- The largest tech-adjacent category on the site, covering software engineering across languages, frameworks, and specialties. Discord and Slack host communities for specific languages and stacks, while Reddit has massive general programming communities. Good for code review, career advice, tool recommendations, and connecting with developers at similar stages.
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