How many members does r/programming have?

r/programming has about 6.9M members (as of July 2026).

How active is r/programming?

r/programming gets roughly 7 new posts per day (measured July 2026).

Strictly limited

Promoting on r/programming: Rules and What Gets Removed

r/programming is a large subreddit for discussion and news about computer programming, aimed at people interested in programming topics.

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community rules

Can you promote your product in r/programming?

You generally should not promote your product in r/programming. Rule 5, "No Product Promotion/'I Made This' Project Demo Posts," says the subreddit "is not the place to post a project to get feedback, ask for help, or otherwise promote it," but it allows technical write-ups when the technical substance is the focus. The sidebar also warns, "Are you interested in promoting your own content? STOP! Read this first," and Rule 11 bans actual blogspam.

The rules that cover promotion

Rule 5: No Product Promotion/"I Made This" Project Demo Posts

"r/programming is not the place to post a project to get feedback, ask for help, or otherwise promote it."

Rule 5: No Product Promotion/"I Made This" Project Demo Posts

"Technical write-ups on what makes a project technically challenging, interesting, or educational are allowed and encouraged, but just a link to a GitHub page or a list of features is not."

Rule 5: No Product Promotion/"I Made This" Project Demo Posts

"The technical write-up must be the focus of the post, not just a tickbox-checking exercise to get us to allow it."

Rule 11: No Blogspam

"Don't post actual blogspam: blogposts that do nothing more than linking to a primary source."

Quoted from the subreddit's own rules, snapshot from July 2026. Read all 14 rules on Reddit

What gets removed

Product promotion and "I made this" project demo posts
Posts that are just a GitHub link or a list of features
Blogspam, blogposts that do nothing more than link to a primary source
Content aggregators such as newsletters and listicles

Safer ways to show up

Post a technical write-up that focuses on how you built something and why it is technically interesting
Make the technical content the main point, not promotion, feedback seeking, or feature listing
Share programming news or discussion topics that are not about promoting your own product
Read Reddit's self-promotion guidance linked in the sidebar before posting your own content

Whatever the written rules say, the pattern that gets promo removed everywhere is the same: batches of similar comments, reused wording, and necro-posting on old threads. A promotional mention only has value if it survives, so pace matters more than volume. We measured this the expensive way: 70% of bought pool comments were removed within two weeks. See also how to find customers on Reddit without getting banned.