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r/programmer subreddit stats
Posts, comments, unique posters, link rates, and activity patterns from the last month, updated daily.
Updated . Reporting period: Sep 26, 2026–Oct 26, 2026 (UTC).
From September 26, 2026 to October 26, 2026, 1,503 users on r/programmer made 439 posts and 3,068 comments, or about 14 posts/day and 100 comments/day. The subreddit averaged 7.0 comments per post; 25.3% of posts and 1.1% of comments contained links. Its Health Score was 42.9/100, meaning unique posters divided by total posts and comments. The top 1% of users produced 2.1% of posts and 17.3% of comments. Activity is measured in UTC: the most active hour was 14:00 (1.7x avg), the most active day was Friday (1.3x avg), and normalized weekend volume was 1.00x weekday volume.
Daily activity in r/programmer
Daily totals combine posts and comments, grouped by UTC date. The lighter final bar shows a partial day through Oct 26 at 14:52 UTC.
Activity by day and hour
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|---|---|---|
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Calculated . Based on comments from Oct 18 through Oct 24, 2026 (UTC). Results are refreshed after one month.
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