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Weekly data through Aug 30, 2026

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5,302+727.1%in 4 weeks, year over year
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Posts and comments in 4 weeks5,302+727.1% year over year4 weeks to Aug 30, 2026
Unique contributors per week751+598.4% year over year4-week average to Aug 30, 2026
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Weekly activity in r/softwareengineer

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Posts and comments per week · 1 yearPublic posts plus comments, r/softwareengineer

Week ending Aug 30, 20261,754+496.6% on the same week a year earlier

Posts and comments per week0100020003000Nov ’252026MarMayJulWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGPeak 1,754 · Aug 30, 2026Low 21 · Oct 26, 2025Posts and comments per week0100020003000Nov ’252026MarMayJulWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNGPeak 1,754 · Aug 30, 2026Low 21 · Oct 26, 2025

Each point is a complete Monday–Sunday UTC week, dated by the Sunday it closed. The busiest week in the range is marked, and the quietest where it stands well apart.

Weekly unique contributors · 1 yearUnique contributors to r/softwareengineer

Week ending Aug 30, 2026960+421.7% on the same week a year earlier

Unique contributors per week050010001500Nov ’252026MarMayJulWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGPeak 975 · Aug 23, 2026Unique contributors per week050010001500Nov ’252026MarMayJulWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNGPeak 975 · Aug 23, 2026

Accounts that posted or commented in the week, each counted once. Updated monthly.

Members · 1 yearMembers of r/softwareengineer

Week ending Sep 6, 202620.2K+209.5% on the same week a year earlier

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Posts and comments · 1 yearPosts against comments, r/softwareengineer

Week ending Aug 30, 2026Weekly posts87+128.9% on the same week a year earlierWeekly comments1,667+551.2% on the same week a year earlier

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Week ending Sep 27, 2026
CommunityIndexedSince Oct 8, 2023Since the week before
r/softwareengineer58466.7585×+2.6% from Aug 23
r/aerodynamics1543.815×−2.4% from Sep 20
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Activity pattern

How r/softwareengineer moves through a year

Oscylo reads the newest 52 weeks of posts, comments and unique contributors and gives each subreddit one of the patterns below. The figures behind the label are shown beside it.

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Posts and comments per weekThe newest 52 weeks against the 52 before, r/softwareengineer

Week ending Aug 30, 2026Newest 52 weeks1,754The 52 weeks before294

Posts and comments per week0100020003000Nov ’252026MarMayJulWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGPeak 1,754 · Aug 30, 2026Posts and comments per week0100020003000Nov ’252026MarMayJulWeek, dated by the Sunday it endedDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNGPeak 1,754 · Aug 30, 2026

The 52 weeks before are drawn on the same calendar, so each week lines up with the matching week of the previous year.

Community anatomy

r/softwareengineer statistics

Six measures of how the community posts and replies, averaged over the twelve weeks from Jun 8, 2026 to Aug 30, 2026. Each bar places r/softwareengineer among every subreddit on Oscylo; the diamond marks the middle of its topic.

Comments per post

12.5 comments for each new post

LowerHigher

Higher than 33% of subreddits. Sciences middle: 13.4.

Threaded replies

51% of comments reply to another comment

LowerHigher

Higher than 59% of subreddits. Sciences middle: 53%.

Text posts

100% of new posts are text rather than links or media

LowerHigher

Higher than 99% of subreddits. Sciences middle: 51%.

Activity per contributor

1.7 posts and comments per unique contributor each week

LowerHigher

Higher than 10% of subreddits. Sciences middle: 2.0.

Most active 1%

7.3% of posts come from the busiest 1% of posting accounts

LowerHigher

Higher than 66% of subreddits. Sciences middle: 6.9%.

Participation

48 unique contributors in the latest week for every 1,000 members

LowerHigher

Higher than 90% of subreddits. Sciences middle: 4.0.

How contributions landPosts and comments by score
r/softwareengineerAverage subreddit
Share of posts and comments0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%0–1: 76%76%0–12–3: 18%18%2–34–7: 3.7%3.7%4–78–15: 1.2%1.2%8–1516–31: 0.6%0.6%16–3132–127: 0.3%0.3%32–127128–511: 0.1%0.1%128–511512–2K: <0.1%<0.1%512–2K2K+: 0%0%2K+Score (upvotes minus downvotes)Download this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNGShare of posts and comments0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%0–1: 76%0-12–3: 18%2-34–7: 3.7%4-78–15: 1.2%8-1516–31: 0.6%16-3132–127: 0.3%32-127128–511: 0.1%128-511512–2K: <0.1%512-2K2K+: 0%2K+Score (upvotes minus downvotes)Download this chart as a PNG imagePNG

Score is upvotes minus downvotes a day or more after the post or comment was made, over the same twelve weeks. Outlined bars show the average mix across every subreddit on Oscylo.

Against its category

r/softwareengineer beside every Sciences subreddit

Posts and comments in r/softwareengineer are +727.1% year over year. The middle Sciences subreddit is at −6.0%.

Year-on-year changeEvery Sciences subreddit, posts and comments year over year
−75%−50%−25%0+25%+50%+100%+200%+400%Middle −6.0%r/science: +28.7%r/space: −41.6%r/askscience: +17.2%r/dataisbeautiful: +8.9%r/MapPorn: +1.9%r/nasa: −24.0%r/psychology: −6.5%r/spaceporn: −37.6%r/math: −36.5%r/chemistry: −31.7%r/spacex: −42.5%r/Physics: −48.0%r/Astronomy: −29.5%r/datascience: −65.9%r/AskEngineers: −47.7%r/theydidthemath: +3.1%r/geography: −57.3%r/AskPhysics: −6.7%r/EngineeringPorn: −0.2%r/EngineeringStudents: +4.3%r/Biohackers: −3.3%r/mapporncirclejerk: −58.4%r/labrats: −0.8%r/statistics: −58.8%r/mbti: −36.4%r/mathmemes: −10.1%r/bodylanguage: −75.3%r/imaginarymaps: +9.0%r/dataengineering: −59.1%r/learnmath: −13.6%r/emotionalintelligence: −44.5%r/tornado: −12.8%r/ElectricalEngineering: −0.7%r/physicsmemes: −13.3%r/GoogleEarthFinds: +25.2%r/Paleontology: −43.5%r/Entomology: −0.7%r/AskAnthropology: −19.6%r/infp: −29.1%r/fossilid: −29.3%r/geology: −10.7%r/energy: +46.0%r/climate: +83.3%r/MechanicalEngineering: +9.4%r/Archaeology: −46.1%r/analytics: +3.5%r/infj: −55.8%r/telescopes: −28.5%r/biotech: −11.8%r/mathematics: +156.9%r/askmath: −9.1%r/intj: −24.1%r/civilengineering: +20.3%r/dataanalysis: −42.5%r/AskScienceDiscussion: −3.4%r/DisasterUpdate: +841.8%r/askastronomy: +27.4%r/climatechange: +22.2%r/Aging: −20.7%r/AncestryDNA: −6.0%r/astrophysics: −42.4%r/geoguessr: −14.2%r/23andme: −39.0%r/Biochemistry: −34.2%r/psychologyofsex: +268.1%r/Popular_Science_Ru: +77.8%r/StructuralEngineering: −2.0%r/zoology: −19.6%r/PhysicsStudents: +12.8%r/cogsci: −0.3%r/ChemicalEngineering: −23.4%r/immortalists: +0.9%r/chemistrymemes: −40.5%r/aerospace: +57.7%r/whereisthis: −8.0%r/Biohacking: 132×r/MathJokes: −43.5%r/OrganicChemistry: −3.4%r/chemhelp: −30.7%r/EconomyCharts: −24.8%r/SpaceXMasterrace: +29.3%r/meteorology: +29.1%r/guessthecity: +163.7%r/cryptography: +5.1%r/UKWeather: 10×r/foodscience: +10.3%r/charts: −91.3%r/Earthquakes: +72.4%r/HotScienceNews: +332.2%r/Radiation: −51.9%r/NuclearPower: +45.0%r/desmos: −30.6%r/Chempros: −16.0%r/AskChemistry: +12.3%r/hungary_pszichologia: −3.7%r/CFD: −1.7%r/cursedchemistry: −10.4%r/askgeology: +150.6%r/IndiaStatistics: +96.1%r/microbiomenews: 636×r/ClimateNews: 11×r/metallurgy: −36.2%r/Nutraceuticalscience: +627.0%r/aerodynamics: +207.1%r/comp_chem: −6.4%r/radon: +11.1%r/wetter: 36×r/WRXingaround: 30×r/sciencer/spacer/asksciencer/dataisbeautifulr/MapPornr/nasar/psychologyr/spacepornr/mathr/chemistryr/softwareengineer +727.1%Posts and comments, year over yearDownload this chart as a PNG imageDownload PNG−75%−25%0+25%+100%+400%Middle −6.0%r/science: +28.7%r/space: −41.6%r/askscience: +17.2%r/dataisbeautiful: +8.9%r/MapPorn: +1.9%r/nasa: −24.0%r/psychology: −6.5%r/spaceporn: −37.6%r/math: −36.5%r/chemistry: −31.7%r/spacex: −42.5%r/Physics: −48.0%r/Astronomy: −29.5%r/datascience: −65.9%r/AskEngineers: −47.7%r/theydidthemath: +3.1%r/geography: −57.3%r/AskPhysics: −6.7%r/EngineeringPorn: −0.2%r/EngineeringStudents: +4.3%r/Biohackers: −3.3%r/mapporncirclejerk: −58.4%r/labrats: −0.8%r/statistics: −58.8%r/mbti: −36.4%r/mathmemes: −10.1%r/bodylanguage: −75.3%r/imaginarymaps: +9.0%r/dataengineering: −59.1%r/learnmath: −13.6%r/emotionalintelligence: −44.5%r/tornado: −12.8%r/ElectricalEngineering: −0.7%r/physicsmemes: −13.3%r/GoogleEarthFinds: +25.2%r/Paleontology: −43.5%r/Entomology: −0.7%r/AskAnthropology: −19.6%r/infp: −29.1%r/fossilid: −29.3%r/geology: −10.7%r/energy: +46.0%r/climate: +83.3%r/MechanicalEngineering: +9.4%r/Archaeology: −46.1%r/analytics: +3.5%r/infj: −55.8%r/telescopes: −28.5%r/biotech: −11.8%r/mathematics: +156.9%r/askmath: −9.1%r/intj: −24.1%r/civilengineering: +20.3%r/dataanalysis: −42.5%r/AskScienceDiscussion: −3.4%r/DisasterUpdate: +841.8%r/askastronomy: +27.4%r/climatechange: +22.2%r/Aging: −20.7%r/AncestryDNA: −6.0%r/astrophysics: −42.4%r/geoguessr: −14.2%r/23andme: −39.0%r/Biochemistry: −34.2%r/psychologyofsex: +268.1%r/Popular_Science_Ru: +77.8%r/StructuralEngineering: −2.0%r/zoology: −19.6%r/PhysicsStudents: +12.8%r/cogsci: −0.3%r/ChemicalEngineering: −23.4%r/immortalists: +0.9%r/chemistrymemes: −40.5%r/aerospace: +57.7%r/whereisthis: −8.0%r/Biohacking: 132×r/MathJokes: −43.5%r/OrganicChemistry: −3.4%r/chemhelp: −30.7%r/EconomyCharts: −24.8%r/SpaceXMasterrace: +29.3%r/meteorology: +29.1%r/guessthecity: +163.7%r/cryptography: +5.1%r/UKWeather: 10×r/foodscience: +10.3%r/charts: −91.3%r/Earthquakes: +72.4%r/HotScienceNews: +332.2%r/Radiation: −51.9%r/NuclearPower: +45.0%r/desmos: −30.6%r/Chempros: −16.0%r/AskChemistry: +12.3%r/hungary_pszichologia: −3.7%r/CFD: −1.7%r/cursedchemistry: −10.4%r/askgeology: +150.6%r/IndiaStatistics: +96.1%r/microbiomenews: 636×r/ClimateNews: 11×r/metallurgy: −36.2%r/Nutraceuticalscience: +627.0%r/aerodynamics: +207.1%r/comp_chem: −6.4%r/radon: +11.1%r/wetter: 36×r/WRXingaround: 30×r/sciencer/spacer/asksciencer/dataisbeautifulr/MapPornr/softwareengineer +727.1%Year over yearDownload this chart as a PNG imagePNG

Each subreddit's newest four weeks of posts and comments against the same four weeks a year earlier. The scale stretches near zero and compresses the extremes, and changes beyond +400% sit at the edge.

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