r/learnprogramming

4.4M members
r/learnprogramming is a subreddit with 4.4M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses learning, programming, coding, struggling, and mentor, and they frequently recommend/review programming language, programming languages, and java ide.
A subreddit for all questions related to programming in any programming language (Contributions are only allowed in English!).

Popular Themes in r/learnprogramming

#1
Advice Requests
: "When are you truly a Software Developer"
38 posts
#2
Ideas
: "How do you even start to build consumer app ideas?"
7 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Noobie Looking to Automate Chrome Actions"
4 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "I can't get FUNCTIONS to click!"
4 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "In my coding game, you can learn how to program traffic lights! I have finally released a demo! Let me know what you think."
2 posts
#6
Money Talk
: "Unbiased Accio job review: Should You Spend Your Money Here?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/learnprogramming

#1

Learning

12 posts
#2

Programming

11 posts
#3

Coding

10 posts
#4

Struggling

7 posts
#5

Mentor

3 posts
#6

Study Partner

3 posts
#7

Java

3 posts
#8

Oop

3 posts
#9

Full Stack

2 posts
#10

Beginner

2 posts

Products Discussed in r/learnprogramming

#1
Python
4.6 from 80 reviews
#2
JavaScript
3.7 from 14 reviews
#3
C
3.9 from 9 reviews
#1
C++
4.0 from 12 reviews
#2
Go
4.7 from 10 reviews
#3
JavaScript
5.0 from 8 reviews

Java Ide

60 reviews
#1
JetBrains
4.5 from 24 reviews
#2
IntelliJ IDEA
5.0 from 11 reviews
#3
Eclipse
3.8 from 9 reviews

Flair Used in r/learnprogramming

#1
Topic
: "I miss the old era"
20 posts
#2
Resource
: "How do I develop a strong foundation and understanding of software from the ground up?"
12 posts
#3
Debugging
: "How do you actually get unstuck without just Googling the answer verbatim?"
4 posts
#4
Tutorial
: "How do you even start to build consumer app ideas?"
4 posts
#5
DSA
: "How do I combine these two recurrence cases into one function?"
1 post
#6
HELP
: "Conditional with logical operators is not working as expected"
1 post
#7
Solved
: "What should I learn first to become job-ready in Python"
1 post
#8
Placement
: "Unbiased Accio job review: Should You Spend Your Money Here?"
1 post

Member Growth in r/learnprogramming

Yearly
+159k members(3.7%)

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Last updated: September 11, 2026