r/building
Active/r/Building
Subreddit for the builders of Reddit.
Members
6,404
as of February 2025
Last post
5 days ago
September 22, 2026
Posts (30 days)
14
Created
2011
May 24, 2011
Total posts
7.4K
archived
Total comments
8.2K
archived
Is r/building dead? Active community.
r/building is posting regularly — the latest post was 5 days ago. Active subreddits can't be requested through r/redditrequest.
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Frequently asked questions about r/building
How many members does r/building have?
r/building had 6,404 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/building dead?
No. r/building is active — the most recent post was 5 days ago, with 14 posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/building created?
r/building was created on May 24, 2011.
Can I take over r/building?
Probably not. r/building is still in active use, and Reddit only hands over communities whose human moderators have all gone inactive on Reddit for 60+ days. If you want a community in this niche, look for abandoned subreddits on the same topic instead — DeadSubs finds them automatically.
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