r/developers
ActiveShare your knowledge, ask questions, and engage with other members of the community.
Members
15,456
as of February 2025
Last post
today
October 6, 2026
Posts (30 days)
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Created
2011
January 26, 2011
Total posts
16.9K
archived
Total comments
35.5K
archived
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How many members does r/developers have?
r/developers had 15,456 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/developers dead?
No. r/developers is active — the most recent post was today.
When was r/developers created?
r/developers was created on January 26, 2011.
Can I take over r/developers?
Probably not. r/developers 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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