r/programming
ActiveComputer Programming
Members
6,744,722
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2006
February 28, 2006
Total posts
658.5K
archived
Total comments
8.4M
archived
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r/programming had 6,744,722 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
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When was r/programming created?
r/programming was created on February 28, 2006.
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