r/softwaretesting

60k members
r/softwaretesting is a subreddit with 60k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses testing, looking for, career, job, and qa, and they frequently recommend/review automation tool, api framework, and password manager.
Resources and discussions in English about software testing and software quality assurance (QA).

Popular Themes in r/softwaretesting

#1
Advice Requests
: "39M SDET with 16 years of experience — what’s the next move?"
17 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Need suggestions for switching to automation from manual testing"
9 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I built a mock data tool that handles relational DB seeding, API mocks, and streaming events from one schema"
3 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Suggest some API testing project ideas, please"
2 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "Looking for QA Automation Engineer Opportunities (Java | Selenium | API Testing | Bangalore)"
2 posts
#6
News
: "Playwright Quest just got bigger: accounts, test labs, and free certificates!!"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/softwaretesting

#1

Testing

: "Need suggestions for switching to automation from manual Testing"
27 posts
#2

Looking For

22 posts
#3

Career

19 posts
#4

Job

: "Performance Testing Job"
17 posts
#5

Qa

: "AI for Qa courses"
16 posts
#6

Software Testing

15 posts
#7

Automation

: "Need suggestions for switching to Automation from manual testing"
11 posts
#8

Tool

8 posts
#9

Qa Job

5 posts
#10

Mentor

5 posts

Products Discussed in r/softwaretesting

Automation Tool

23 reviews
#1
Playwright
4.7 from 6 reviews
#2
Selenium
3.5 from 6 reviews
#3
Robot Framework
4.8 from 4 reviews

Api Framework

6 reviews
#1
Playwright
4.0 from 2 reviews
#2
Cypress
4.0 from 1 review
#3
testkit
4.0 from 1 review
#1
1Password
4.5 from 4 reviews
#2
LastPass
4.0 from 2 reviews

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Yearly
+15k members(31.7%)

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Last updated: September 18, 2026