r/vba is a subreddit with 63k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses vba, excel, macro, struggling, and word.
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
: "Building your VBA Project in the Cloud"
38 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "VBA Cheat Sheet - Printable PDF Guide (Excel Off the Grid)"
18 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I hate this, but my company is really pushing everyone to use LLMs (aka "AI") in the office. I just realized it will write VBA. Obsolete skill?"
4 posts
#4
Ideas
: "I made a Discord bot that runs from a hidden Excel sheet. Because why not."
3 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I built a full audio engine for VBA. No DLLs, no COM wrappers, no addins. Just a .bas file"
3 posts
#6
News
: "Wasabi just hit Awesome VBA + Update v2.3.8"
3 posts
Popular Topics in r/vba
#1
Vba
: "Vba Cheat Sheet - Printable PDF Guide (Excel Off the Grid)"
403 posts
#2
Excel
: "VBA Cheat Sheet - Printable PDF Guide (Excel Off the Grid)"
194 posts
#3
Macro
: "PSA: If your Excel Macros broke after a Windows/Office update, check these 4 things before debugging your VBA"
52 posts
#4
Struggling
26 posts
#5
Word
: "Does anyone use VBA in PowerPoint or Word?"
23 posts
#6
Automation
: "A collection of ~70 VBA macros for Excel & Outlook (file handling, email Automation, data cleanup)"
15 posts
#7
Code
: "Experiences using AI Code generation for VBA"
12 posts
#8
Outlook
: "What are we doing about the demise of Outlook Classic?"
11 posts
#9
: "A collection of ~70 VBA macros for Excel & Outlook (file handling, Email automation, data cleanup)"
9 posts
#10
Error
8 posts
Flair Used in r/vba
#1
Discussion
: "A collection of ~70 VBA macros for Excel & Outlook (file handling, email automation, data cleanup)"
67 posts
#2
Unsolved
: "VBA Pro Update (VSCode Extension)"
53 posts
#3
Show & Tell
: "Whenever I open my VBE..."
47 posts
#4
ProTip
: "VBA Cheat Sheet - Printable PDF Guide (Excel Off the Grid)"
27 posts
#5
Weekly Recap
: "This Week's /r/VBA Recap for the week of May 09 - May 15, 2026"
6 posts
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Yearly
+4k members(6.0%)
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Last updated: June 8, 2026