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r/coding

645K members. The best post we have captured here reached 2.4K upvotes, which works out to 4 per 1,000 members.

4peak upvotes per 1,000 members
645Kmembers
2.4Kbest post
461most comments
194posts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

84% 12%
Link 84% Video 12% Image 3% Question 1% Text 1%

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

I’m a former CTO. Here is the 15 sec coding test I used to instantly filter out 50% of unqualified applicants.

↑ 2.4K 💬 420 link 2026

This guy is Bob Ross of game programming

↑ 1.1K 💬 30 video 2019

Join the battle for Net Neutrality! It will die in one month and will affect all of us!

↑ 829 💬 6 link 2017

15 sorting algorithms visualized in 5 minutes, with awesome arcade sounds

↑ 808 💬 48 video 2018

Google CEO says vibe coding has made software development 'so much more enjoyable' and 'exciting again' BS or Not?

↑ 787 💬 314 link 2025

Popular software engineering YouTuber TechLead is silencing all negative reviews of his code interview platform AlgoPro

↑ 711 💬 94 link 2019

A PDF Parser from the 80s Beats Claude (And They Use It Internally)

↑ 687 💬 37 link 2026

Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency

↑ 686 💬 49 link 2026

Springer releases 50 Programming books for free: Intro to Python, Data Science, AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Forensics

↑ 644 💬 53 link 2020

We finished our first algorithm for generating procedural buildings through code. (See comments for a video demo)

↑ 642 💬 23 video 2019

Communities its size

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Every figure here is what ViralHunt has captured from r/coding, not everything the community has ever posted. We deliberately do not publish an average score: our sample is weighted toward a community's best posts, so an average would be flattering and wrong. Peak per 1,000 members is computed the same way for every community listed. See how we measure.