r/linuxmemes

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Founded March 2012 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Oct 16

A pissed off sub about Linux

Members

184,032

184K

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

16.7

from the last 100 posts, spanning 5.9 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 16

sampled Oct 16

Distinct posters

68%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Oct 16 · 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 16 — growth charts appear after a week of history.

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r/linuxmemes — frequently asked

How many members does r/linuxmemes have?

r/linuxmemes has 184,032 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 16. 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/linuxmemes growing?

We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/linuxmemes yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Oct 16; the chart fills in as history accumulates.

How active is r/linuxmemes?

Around 16.7 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 5.9 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/linuxmemes created?

r/linuxmemes was founded in March 2012 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/linuxmemes?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 68% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 16. 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/linuxmemes?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/linuxmemes 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/linuxmemes for mentions?

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Can my AI agent read r/linuxmemes's stats?

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r/linuxmemes Subreddit Stats — 184K members, 16.7 posts/day