r/linuxsucks

Linux sucks, admit it fanboys!

Founded January 2010 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Oct 9

A subreddit for sharing your frustration with linux and discussing the ways in which it sucks.

Members

39,864

40K

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

6.0

from the last 100 posts, spanning 16.6 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 9

sampled Oct 9

Distinct posters

55%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Oct 9 · 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 9 — growth charts appear after a week of history.

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r/linuxsucks — frequently asked

How many members does r/linuxsucks have?

r/linuxsucks has 39,864 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 9. 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/linuxsucks growing?

We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/linuxsucks yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Oct 9; the chart fills in as history accumulates.

How active is r/linuxsucks?

Around 6.0 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 16.6 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/linuxsucks created?

r/linuxsucks was founded in January 2010 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/linuxsucks?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 55% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 9. 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/linuxsucks?

We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/linuxsucks 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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r/linuxsucks Subreddit Stats — 39.9K members, 6.0 posts/day