/r/bugbounty/

r/bugbounty

92k members
r/bugbounty is a subreddit with 92k members. The community frequently discusses bug bounty, security, bug, vulnerability, and bounty, and they frequently recommend/review vps provider, programming languages, and vps, and the most common flair used is question / discussion, article / write-up / blog, bug bounty drama, research, and tool.
A place to discuss bug bounty and responsible disclosure. Share write-ups, tools, blog posts, and news, ask questions, and give feedback on issues facing the bug bounty community.

Popular Topics in r/bugbounty

#1

Bug Bounty

130 posts
#2

Security

59 posts
#3

Bug

56 posts
#4

Vulnerability

38 posts
#5

Bounty

35 posts
#6

Reporting

26 posts
#7

Xss

25 posts
#8

Finding

20 posts
#9

Hacking

16 posts
#10

Beginner

14 posts

Products Discussed in r/bugbounty

Vps Provider

5 reviews
#1
Domai
3.0 from 1 review
#2
Amazon Web Services
2.0 from 1 review
#3
DigitalOcean
4.0 from 1 review
#1
Python
5.0 from 2 reviews
#2
Bash
4.0 from 1 review
#3
HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP
4.0 from 1 review

Vps

4 reviews
#1
DigitalOcean
4.0 from 3 reviews
#2
Akamai
4.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/bugbounty

#1
Question / Discussion
: "Been using Claude Code for bug bounty for 4 months (~90% of my work). Here's what it finds and what it can't."
148 posts
#2
Article / Write-Up / Blog
: "How I got my first $100 bug bounty at 16"
22 posts
#3
Bug Bounty Drama
: "Rant: Bug Bounty is dead (AI and corporate bad faith destroyed the ecosystem)"
13 posts
#4
Research
: "Got my first CVE 🔥"
7 posts
#5
Tool
: "Using google dorks in 2026: filetype recon + auto-imported results"
4 posts
#6
News
: "Coinbase no longer paying for Low and Medium Findings, dropping payouts for High and Critical"
2 posts

Member Growth in r/bugbounty

Yearly
+26k members(39.1%)

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Last updated: September 2, 2026