r/javascript

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Founded January 2008 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 8

Chat about javascript and javascript related projects. Yes, typescript counts. Please keep self promotion to a minimum/reasonable level.

Members

2,450,564

2.5M

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

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no sample yet

Comments per post

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Growth · 7d

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not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

+0.2%

+3.7K members · ≈32d

Promo tolerance

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not assessed yet

Last post

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no sample yet

Distinct posters

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no sample yet

Tracking since Aug 6 · 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/javascript — frequently asked

How many members does r/javascript have?

r/javascript has 2,450,564 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 8. 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/javascript growing?

Over the last ≈32 days r/javascript changed by +0.2% — a gain of 3.7K 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/javascript?

We don't have a reliable posting-rate sample for r/javascript 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/javascript created?

r/javascript 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/javascript?

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