r/bioinformatics
Founded January 2008 · Public — anyone can post
## A subreddit to discuss the intersection of computers and biology. ------ A subreddit dedicated to bioinformatics, computational genomics and systems biology.
Members
165,998
166K
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
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Growth · 7d
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Growth · 30d
+0.8%
+1.3K members · ≈23d
Promo tolerance
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not assessed yet
Last post
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Distinct posters
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Tracking since Sep 3 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.
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r/bioinformatics — frequently asked
How many members does r/bioinformatics have?
r/bioinformatics has 165,998 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 27. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.
Is r/bioinformatics growing?
Over the last ≈23 days r/bioinformatics changed by +0.8% — a gain of 1.3K members. We compare against the nearest snapshot we actually hold and state the real span rather than rounding it to a clean "30 days".
How active is r/bioinformatics?
We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/bioinformatics yet. Subscriber count alone is a poor guide to whether a community is active, so treat this one as unverified until the next sample lands.
When was r/bioinformatics created?
r/bioinformatics was founded in January 2008 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.
Can I promote my product in r/bioinformatics?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/bioinformatics yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.
How do I monitor r/bioinformatics for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/bioinformatics into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.
Can my AI agent read r/bioinformatics's stats?
Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/bioinformatics's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.
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