r/macapps

r/MacApps

Founded June 2010 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 10

r/MacApps is a one stop shop for all things related to MacOS apps - featuring app showcases, news, updates, sales, discounts and even freebies.

Members

249,068

249K

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

36.5

Growth · 7d

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not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

+2.4%

+5.9K 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 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

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r/macapps — frequently asked

How many members does r/macapps have?

r/macapps has 249,068 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 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/macapps growing?

Over the last ≈32 days r/macapps changed by +2.4% — a gain of 5.9K 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/macapps?

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

r/macapps was founded in June 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.

Can I promote my product in r/macapps?

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

Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/macapps 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/macapps's stats?

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r/macapps Subreddit Stats — 249K members, +2.4% in 32d