r/learnprogramming vs r/programming
Side-by-side using public descriptions, members, growth and rule titles from SubMouse. Missing fields show as n/a. Adult communities are excluded.
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Show the field vs learn the craft
r/programming’s public description is simply “Computer Programming,” but its collected meta and short rule titles make the lane clear: submissions are link-oriented, and one title states it is not a support forum. r/learnprogramming’s description is explicit—questions about programming in any language (English contributions)—and its meta allows text (self) posts.
Our activity samples agree with that split. programming’s recent sample is dominated by links (with some video), at roughly two dozen posts per day. learnprogramming’s sample in the same collection window is essentially all text, at a higher posts-per-day rate, which fits question-and-answer traffic.
Each community lists the other on its related list in our directory. Bring news, essays and project links that stand on their own to programming; bring “how do I…?” learning questions to learnprogramming, after reading its short rule titles—including FAQ duplicates, low-effort questions and AI-generated material.
- r/programming: link posts; collected short title: not a support forum.
- r/learnprogramming: text questions for learners; collected titles include Low Effort Questions and AI generated.
- They list each other as related in our directory—adjacent, not duplicates. Neither currently has a full SubMouse community page (directory ranks past the current Top list).
Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-06.
r/learnprogramming
learn programming
A subreddit for all questions related to programming in any programming language (Contributions are only allowed in English!).
- Members
- 4.4M
- 7-day growth
- +1.9K
- Posts/day
- 42.1
- Directory rank
- #209
- Created
- Sep 24, 2009
- Submissions
- Text posts
Sample mix: text posts 100%
Topics: Programming
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- No unprofessional/derogatory speech
- No spam or tasteless self-promotion
- No off-topic posts
- Do not ask exact duplicates of FAQ questions
- Do not delete posts
- No app/website review requests/app showcases
- No rewards
- No indirect links
- Do not promote illegal or unethical practices
- No complete solutions
- Don't Ask To Ask
- Low Effort Questions
Open r/learnprogramming on SubMouse
About this community: r/learnprogramming (#209, about 4.4 million) is the generalist Q&A room for programming questions in any language (English-only contributions per the public description)—the helpdesk counterpart to discussion-first r/programming.
r/programming
programming
Computer Programming
- Members
- 6.9M
- 7-day growth
- +1.8K
- Posts/day
- 23.6
- Directory rank
- #111
- Created
- Feb 28, 2006
- Submissions
- Link posts
Sample mix: links 89%, videos 11%
Topics: Programming
Rule titles (short names we collected)
- /r/programming is not a support forum
- Keep submissions on topic and of high quality
- No surveys
- No résumés/job listings
- Project and product demos, spam
Open r/programming on SubMouse
About this community: r/programming is a high-level, link-driven channel about computer programming as a field—not a helpdesk for debug pastebins. It ranks #111 on SubMouse (about 6.9 million subscribers). Collected rules state outright that it is not a support forum and demand on-topic, higher-quality submissions; surveys, résumés, and spammy demos are rejected.
Supported differences
| Aspect | r/learnprogramming | r/programming |
|---|
| Public focus (from each community’s public description) |
A subreddit for all questions related to programming in any programming language (Contributions are only allowed in English!). |
Computer Programming |
| Size r/programming is larger in our directory (about 1.6×). |
4.4M members |
6.9M members |
| Posting activity (our sample) |
42.1/day |
23.6/day |
| Common post types in our sample |
text posts 100% |
links 89%, videos 11% |
| Allowed submission type (meta) |
Text posts |
Link posts |
| Selected rule titles (short names we collected) |
No unprofessional/derogatory speech; No spam or tasteless self-promotion; No off-topic posts; Do not ask exact duplicates of FAQ questions; Do not delete posts |
/r/programming is not a support forum; Keep submissions on topic and of high quality; No surveys; No résumés/job listings; Project and product demos, spam |
What they share
- Shared SubMouse topics: Programming
- Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.
Rule titles that matter for choosers
programming’s collected short titles include “/r/programming is not a support forum,” “Keep submissions on topic and of high quality,” “No surveys,” “No résumés/job listings,” and “Project and product demos, spam.” learnprogramming’s collected short titles include civility and spam limits, “No off-topic posts,” FAQ-duplicate limits, showcase/review bans, “Low Effort Questions,” and “AI generated.” Those are the short titles we show in the comparison cards—not paraphrases of unseen full rule text. Always read each community’s live Reddit sidebar before posting.
Where this comparison comes from
Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Submission type, short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected for both names. Mutual related-list link in that same directory. No full rule bodies or post text are reproduced.
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: