r/FreelanceProgramming
FreelanceProgrammingForHire
Founded June 2016 · Restricted — approved posters only
Best place to hire and get hired for freelance work. A place by and for freelancer and programmer of all kinds to discuss and share every facet of freelance programming.
Members
36,140
36K
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
Posts per day
10.1
from the last 100 posts, spanning 9.8 days
Comments per post
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no sample yet
Growth · 7d
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not enough history yet
Growth · 30d
+5.7%
+2K members · ≈37d
Promo tolerance
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not assessed yet
Last post
Sep 28
sampled Oct 20
Distinct posters
77%
of the last 100 posts
Tracking since Sep 13 · 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
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💼 Devs for Hire — Where developers and clients connect. Whether you’re a dev looking for paid gigs or a client needing solid code, this is your spot. Post jobs, showcase your skills, network, and get hired. No fluff — just real opportunities and real talent.
The hub for freelance hiring. Actively moderated to filter out the noise, spam, and fraud found elsewhere. High-quality posts for serious professionals only.
This is a community where people will post to get hire or to hire developer's.
A place for all-things freelance! Issues with your client? Ideas for new projects? Web development ideas? This is the spot!
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r/FreelanceProgramming — frequently asked
How many members does r/FreelanceProgramming have?
r/FreelanceProgramming has 36,140 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 20. 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/FreelanceProgramming growing?
Over the last ≈37 days r/FreelanceProgramming changed by +5.7% — a gain of 2K 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/FreelanceProgramming?
Around 10.1 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 9.8 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/FreelanceProgramming created?
r/FreelanceProgramming was founded in June 2016 and is a restricted — approved posters only 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/FreelanceProgramming?
Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 77% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Sep 28. 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/FreelanceProgramming?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/FreelanceProgramming 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/FreelanceProgramming for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/FreelanceProgramming 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/FreelanceProgramming's stats?
Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/FreelanceProgramming'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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