r/civilengineering

Civil Engineering

Founded November 2008 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 15

A community dedicated to Civil Engineers and those aspiring to be. Please read the rules before participating.

Members

230,183

230K

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

28.3

from the last 100 posts, spanning 3.5 days

Comments per post

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no sample yet

Growth · 7d

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not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

+1.4%

+3.1K members · ≈33d

Promo tolerance

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not assessed yet

Last post

Sep 15

sampled Sep 15

Distinct posters

94%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Jul 31 · 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/civilengineering — frequently asked

How many members does r/civilengineering have?

r/civilengineering has 230,183 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 15. 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/civilengineering growing?

Over the last ≈33 days r/civilengineering changed by +1.4% — a gain of 3.1K 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/civilengineering?

Around 28.3 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 3.5 days. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.

When was r/civilengineering created?

r/civilengineering was founded in November 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.

Who posts in r/civilengineering?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 94% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Sep 15. A low share means a feed dominated by a handful of accounts (bots, mods, or one prolific poster) rather than a community.

Can I promote my product in r/civilengineering?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/civilengineering 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.

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