SubTrends

Averages 8 posts/day, top 25% activity. Most active Wednesdays around 11 PM UTC. Mostly text posts (100%).

Posts / Day Average posts per day this month. Arrow is change vs the prior calendar month.
8 5%
Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post this month (upvotes minus downvotes). Arrow is change vs the prior month.
2 23%
Avg Comments Mean number of comments per post this month. Arrow is change vs the prior month when that month’s data is available.
12 6%
Activity Rank #16,877 by posts/day among 92,652 tracked SFW subreddits as of Jul 2026 (Top 25%). Arrow is spots gained or lost vs the prior month.
#16,877 969
Top 25%
Posts w/ Links The percentage of posts that link off-site. This counts true link posts plus text posts with a URL in the body. Image and video posts are not counted.
8%
Low-Reply Rate Share of posts with 0 or 1 comment. A single comment is often an automated mod reply rather than real community discussion.
26%

r/AskProgramming Traffic & Engagement

Volume and engagement over time

Posts/DayAvg Upvotes051015051015Jul 1Jul 8Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29
Posts/Day Avg Upvotes Mean net upvotes per post in this bucket.

Post Format

Top Post Type Text
Typical Title Length Medium (62 chars)
Peak Day Wednesday

Upvote Distribution

How upvoted posts perform Only posts with 2+ upvotes. The bands below show how those posts are spread by upvote count.

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86%
10–99
14%
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0%
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Posts that get upvoted Share of posts that received at least one upvote (2+ net upvotes). Most posts at 1 upvote are excluded. 31%
Median upvoted post Median upvotes among posts that received upvotes. Differs from Avg Upvotes in the snapshot, which includes every post. 4
Top post Highest upvote count on a single post this month. 96

r/AskProgramming Most Active Times

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Most Active by Day

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Mon 10 AM
Tue 12 PM
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Thu 1 PM
Fri 4 AM
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r/AskProgramming Flair Performance

Upvotes and volume by flair

Flair Posts Upvotes
Other40 (30.3%)3
Career/Edu28 (21.2%)2
Python22 (16.7%)1
Architecture11 (8.3%)2
Algorithms8 (6.1%)3
C/C++6 (4.5%)0
Databases5 (3.8%)6
Javascript5 (3.8%)1
Java4 (3.0%)2
C#3 (2.3%)0

Post Type Breakdown

Share by text, image, or link

100%text posts

r/AskProgramming Trending Keywords

Ranked by how often they appear

KeywordMentions ▼UpvotesComments
coding
16 (6.3%)
322
programming
16 (6.3%)
214
help
14 (5.5%)
111
learn
13 (5.1%)
111
learning
13 (5.1%)
28
code
13 (5.1%)
116
project
11 (4.3%)
29
using
10 (4.0%)
113
app
10 (4.0%)
09
python
10 (4.0%)
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r/AskProgramming Mentioned Domains

Most linked sites

This community doesn't link off-site.

Its posts are text, images, or discussion rather than outbound links.

r/AskProgramming Top Posts

Highest-performing posts

r/AskProgramming Audience Overlap

Overlapping audiences

r/AskProgramming FAQ

What's the best time to post on r/AskProgramming?

Based on posting volume, r/AskProgramming is most active on Wednesdays around 11 PM UTC. That window has the most community activity, but busier hours also mean more competition for attention.

How active is r/AskProgramming?

r/AskProgramming averages 8 posts per day and ranks in the top 25% for activity among tracked SFW subreddits.

How many upvotes do posts on r/AskProgramming get?

Posts on r/AskProgramming average about 2 upvotes this month (net score per post).

What kind of posts does r/AskProgramming get most?

On r/AskProgramming, most posts are text posts (100%)