r/vba is a subreddit with 64k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses vba, struggling, excel, macro, and frustrating.
A place for questions and discussion on Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and its integrated development environment (IDE).
Popular Themes in r/vba
#1
Solution Requests
: "I built a zero-copy JSON parser and writer for VBA with natural chained access"
14 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "How to connect VBA to Copilot (or any AI) to process PDF and return extracted data?"
6 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I built a full audio engine for VBA. No DLLs, no COM wrappers, no addins. Just a .bas file"
3 posts
Popular Topics in r/vba
#1
Vba
: "pyOpenVba — a pure-Python, zero-dependency reader/writer for Vba macros in .xlsm / .xlsb / .xlam / .xls"
57 posts
#2
Struggling
26 posts
#3
Excel
: "Excel Add In with our own chatbot"
21 posts
#4
Macro
: "How do I make this Macro work on column O instead of A"
9 posts
#5
Frustrating
4 posts
#6
Word
: "I built a Scientific Writing Assistant in Microsoft Word VBA – now adding a Chemistry Formula Engine"
4 posts
#7
Loop
3 posts
#8
Annoying
3 posts
#9
Data
3 posts
#10
File
2 posts
Flair Used in r/vba
#1
Unsolved
: "Issue with Creating Pivot Table in VBA"
33 posts
#2
Show & Tell
: "pyOpenVBA — a pure-Python, zero-dependency reader/writer for VBA macros in .xlsm / .xlsb / .xlam / .xls"
21 posts
#3
Discussion
: "The future of VBA language isn’t about replacing it. It’s about supercharging it."
14 posts
#4
Weekly Recap
: "This Week's /r/VBA Recap for the week of May 09 - May 15, 2026"
9 posts
#5
ProTip
: "Stop using the legacy VBA Timer for benchmarking. Use the Windows Kernel QueryPerformanceCounter instead."
6 posts
#6
Solved
: "OneDrive won't sync .docx created from macro-enabled template (.dotm) found a "workaround" (re-triggering the file, sync starts) [WORD]"
1 post
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Last updated: July 12, 2026