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r/javascript vs r/webdev

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Web development broadly vs the JavaScript language

r/webdev covers web development front-end and back-end and points design questions to r/web_design. r/javascript is for JavaScript and related projects—TypeScript counts.

Both have SubMouse pages (webdev about 3.3M, rank #314; javascript about 2.5M, rank #455). webdev is busier and text-heavy in our window (roughly 88 posts/day); javascript is a link/text mix at roughly 12.

Collected titles mark the difference. webdev has assistance-question and career/getting-started guidelines, keeps feedback requests to Saturday, and bans memes and self-promotion. javascript states it is not a support forum, asks “where’s the JavaScript?”, notes Java !== JavaScript, and bans low-effort listicles and memes. Ask a web-stack how-to in webdev within its assistance rules; share JS language news, libraries and projects in javascript—and beginner coding questions in learnprogramming.

  • r/webdev: front/back-end; assistance and career-question guidelines; feedback on Saturdays (collected titles).
  • r/javascript: JS/TS language and projects; not a support forum (collected title).
  • Both have full SubMouse community pages.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-06.

r/javascript

𝚓𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚝

Chat about javascript and javascript related projects. Yes, typescript counts. Please keep self promotion to a minimum/reasonable level.

Members
2.5M
7-day growth
+530
Posts/day
11.5
Directory rank
#455
Created
Jan 25, 2008
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: links 51%, text posts 49%

Topics: JavaScript & Web Dev

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • Excessive Self-Promotion
  • Where's the Javascript?
  • /r/JavaScript is not a support forum
  • Java !== Javascript
  • "Remember the human."
  • Low-effort content (listicles, memes, etc.)
  • Advertising

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About this community: Looking for r/javascript? This #455 community (about 2.5 million) is chat about javascript and javascript related projects. Yes, typescript counts. Please keep self promotion to a minimum/reasonable level. Collected rules highlight Excessive Self-Promotion; Where's the Javascript?; and /r/JavaScript is not a support forum, among 7 listed. Activity mix in sample: link:44, text:43. Busy sample (~11.5 ppd across 87 pos…

r/webdev

webdev: reddit for web developers

A community dedicated to all things web development: both front-end and back-end. For more design-related questions, try /r/web_design.

Members
3.3M
7-day growth
+2.6K
Posts/day
87.9
Directory rank
#314
Created
Jan 25, 2009
Submissions
Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 73%, images 13%, links 8%

Topics: JavaScript & Web Dev

Rule titles (short names we collected)

  • No vague support questions about WYSIWYG editors or other software.
  • No memes, screenshots, and jokes
  • No self-promotion
  • No commercial promotions/solicitations
  • No soliciting feedback not on Saturday
  • Assistance Questions Guidelines
  • Career/Getting Started Questions

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About this community: r/webdev (#314, about 3.3 million) is for front-end and back-end web development (design Qs → web_design). Rules ban vague WYSIWYG support, memes/screenshots/jokes, self-promo, commercial solicitations; feedback solicitation only Saturday; assistance and career questions have guidelines. Text/Image (~87.9 ppd).

Supported differences

Aspectr/javascriptr/webdev
Public focus (from each community’s public description) Chat about javascript and javascript related projects. Yes, typescript counts. Please keep self promotion to a minimum/reasonable level. A community dedicated to all things web development: both front-end and back-end. For more design-related questions, try /r/web_design.
Size
r/webdev is larger in our directory.
 2.5M members 3.3M members
Posting activity (our sample) 11.5/day 87.9/day
Common post types in our sample links 51%, text posts 49% text posts 73%, images 13%, links 8%
Selected rule titles (short names we collected) Excessive Self-Promotion; Where's the Javascript?; /r/JavaScript is not a support forum; Java !== Javascript; "Remember the human." No vague support questions about WYSIWYG editors or other software.; No memes, screenshots, and jokes; No self-promotion; No commercial promotions/solicitations; No soliciting feedback not on Saturday

What they share

  • Shared SubMouse topics: JavaScript & Web Dev

Rules and tone we can verify

webdev: no vague support questions about WYSIWYG/other software; no memes/screenshots/jokes; no self-promotion; no commercial solicitation; feedback only on Saturday; assistance question guidelines; career/getting started questions. javascript: excessive self-promotion; Where’s the Javascript?; /r/JavaScript is not a support forum; Java !== Javascript; remember the human; low-effort content; advertising.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions, member counts and related links from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples collected for both. Short titles only.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.

Comparisons we prepared

Hand-written explanations for pairs where the public descriptions and rules support a real distinction: