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r/software

Updated Aug 10

Anything software-related. Please follow our rules to avoid getting punished.

Members

369,692

370K

Posts per day

3.0

Comments per post

no sample yet

Growth · 7d

not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

not enough history yet

Promo tolerance

high

read the sidebar rules first

Tracking since Aug 10 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows.

Member growth

Tracking since Aug 10 — growth charts appear after a week of history.

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r/software — frequently asked

How many members does r/software have?

r/software has 369,692 members as of our most recent crawl on Aug 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/software growing?

We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/software yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Aug 10; the chart fills in as history accumulates.

How active is r/software?

Around 3.0 posts per day. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.

Can I promote my product in r/software?

Our read on r/software is high promo tolerance. It has a promo-friendly culture or a dedicated thread, but that still means being useful first. Always read the sidebar rules before you post; moderator enforcement is the thing that actually decides.

How do I monitor r/software for mentions?

Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/software 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.

r/software Stats 2026: Members, Growth & Activity