r/golang
Ask questions and post articles about the Go programming language and related tools, events etc.
Members
372,684
373K
Posts per day
5.0
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
Tracking since Aug 10 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows.
Member growth
Tracking since Aug 10 — growth charts appear after a week of history.
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r/golang — frequently asked
How many members does r/golang have?
r/golang has 372,684 members as of our most recent crawl on Aug 10. 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/golang growing?
We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/golang yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Aug 10; the chart fills in as history accumulates.
How active is r/golang?
Around 5.0 posts per day. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.
Can I promote my product in r/golang?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/golang 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/golang for mentions?
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