r/C_Programming

231k members
r/C_Programming is a subreddit with 231k members. The community frequently discusses c, programming, learning, projects, and coding, and they frequently recommend/review ide, gui library, and code editor, and the most common flair used is question, project, discussion, video, and article.
The subreddit for the C programming language

Popular Topics in r/C_Programming

#1

C

98 posts
#2

Programming

72 posts
#3

Learning

30 posts
#4

Projects

18 posts
#5

Coding

13 posts
#6

C Programming

10 posts
#7

Code

9 posts
#8

Arrays

8 posts
#9

Pointers

7 posts
#10

Memory

7 posts

Products Discussed in r/C_Programming

Ide

41 reviews
#1
Microsoft
4.7 from 12 reviews
#2
Code::Blocks
3.3 from 4 reviews
#3
CodeLite
4.0 from 3 reviews

Gui Library

10 reviews
#1
Qt
3.8 from 6 reviews
#2
GTK+
3.0 from 1 review
#3
NanoGUI
4.0 from 1 review

Code Editor

6 reviews
#1
Visual Studio Code
4.3 from 3 reviews
#2
Helix
5.0 from 1 review
#3
CLion
4.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/C_Programming

#1
Question
: "Reality check: where do we still write C?"
50 posts
#2
Project
: "I wrote an x86 PC emulator in C that is Pentium-compatible and runs Windows NT/2000 and Linux (yes, it also runs DOOM!)"
31 posts
#3
Discussion
: "🚀 Requesting moderators to ban slop projects and disgenuis posts."
10 posts
#4
Video
: "You can do A LOT with raw ANSI escape codes"
9 posts
#5
Article
: "We lost Skeeto"
7 posts
#6
Etc
: "my love for man pages."
2 posts

Member Growth in r/C_Programming

Yearly
+35k members(17.5%)

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Last updated: June 23, 2026