r/vmware

The officially unofficial subreddit for all things VMware.

Founded October 2008 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Oct 16

Read the rules before posting! A community dedicated to discussion of VMware products and services.

Members

173,905

174K

Online now

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not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

3.2

from the last 100 posts, spanning 30.6 days

Comments per post

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no sample yet

Growth · 7d

—

not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

+0.4%

+676 members · ≈36d

Promo tolerance

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not assessed yet

Last post

Oct 16

sampled Oct 16

Distinct posters

71%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Sep 10 · 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.

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r/vmware — frequently asked

How many members does r/vmware have?

r/vmware has 173,905 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/vmware growing?

Over the last ≈36 days r/vmware changed by +0.4% — a gain of 676 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/vmware?

Around 3.2 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 30.6 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/vmware created?

r/vmware was founded in October 2008 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/vmware?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 71% 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/vmware?

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

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

Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/vmware's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.

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r/vmware Subreddit Stats — 174K members, 3.2 posts/day