r/crystal_programming
Crystal, the programming language
Founded October 2014 · Public — anyone can post
/r/Crystal_Programming revolves around Crystal, a programming language that attempts to combine the power and speed of C-like languages with the simplicity and elegance of a Ruby-like syntax. Some questions have better chance in the Crystal forum (https://forum.crystal-lang.org)
Members
5,430
5.4K
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
Posts per day
0.2
from the last 100 posts, spanning 401.3 days
Comments per post
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no sample yet
Growth · 7d
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not enough history yet
Growth · 30d
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not enough history yet
Promo tolerance
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not assessed yet
Last post
Oct 6
sampled Oct 11
Distinct posters
39%
of the last 100 posts
Tracking since Oct 11 · 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.
Member growth
Tracking since Oct 11 — growth charts appear after a week of history.
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r/crystal_programming — frequently asked
How many members does r/crystal_programming have?
r/crystal_programming has 5,430 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 11. 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/crystal_programming growing?
We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/crystal_programming yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Oct 11; the chart fills in as history accumulates.
How active is r/crystal_programming?
Around 0.2 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 401.3 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/crystal_programming created?
r/crystal_programming was founded in October 2014 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/crystal_programming?
Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 39% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 6. 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/crystal_programming?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/crystal_programming 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/crystal_programming for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/crystal_programming 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/crystal_programming's stats?
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