r/nextjs

Next.js

Founded October 2016 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Aug 31

Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications

Members

174,020

174K

Online now

not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

5.4

from the last 100 posts, spanning 18.4 days

Comments per post

9.0

Growth · 7d

not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

not enough history yet

Promo tolerance

not assessed yet

Last post

Aug 31

sampled Aug 31

Distinct posters

90%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Aug 31 · 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 Aug 31 — growth charts appear after a week of history.

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r/nextjs — frequently asked

How many members does r/nextjs have?

r/nextjs has 174,020 members as of our most recent crawl on Aug 31. 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/nextjs growing?

We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/nextjs yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Aug 31; the chart fills in as history accumulates.

How active is r/nextjs?

Around 5.4 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 18.4 days, averaging 9.0 comments per post. 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/nextjs created?

r/nextjs was founded in October 2016 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/nextjs?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 90% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Aug 31. 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/nextjs?

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