r/optimization
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Community for Mathematical Optimization and any directly related topic.
Members
7,646
as of February 2025
Last post
today
October 3, 2026
Posts (30 days)
18
Created
2009
August 23, 2009
Total posts
2.7K
archived
Total comments
7.3K
archived
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How many members does r/optimization have?
r/optimization had 7,646 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/optimization dead?
No. r/optimization is active — the most recent post was today, with 18 posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/optimization created?
r/optimization was created on August 23, 2009.
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