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r/gamedev

Game Development Discussions on Reddit

The subreddit covers various game development aspects, including programming, design, writing, art, game jams, postmortems, and marketing. It serves as a hub for game creators to discuss and share their insights, experiences, and expertise in the industry.

Community Stats

Subscribers
2M
Content rating
SFW
Created
2008-05-19
Posts per day
52/day
Comments per day
570/day
Discussion style
Balanced
Content mix
Text-focused (1% image, 3% video)
Top post
5,800 upvotes
Top 100 median
1,300 upvotes
Competition
Low competition
Peak hour
3:00 AM UTC

r/gamedev is a SFW subreddit with 2 million subscribers, created in 2008. It's text-focused, with only 4% of top posts being images or video. Posts average about 52 per day with 571 comments per day, making it a balanced community. Top posts this year scored up to 5.8K upvotes, with a typical top-100 post earning 1.3K. It's a low-competition community — the 100th-ranked top post of the past year is from 304 days ago. Browse 10 closely related communities below to find similar subreddits.

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