r/IndieDev
r/IndieDev is a Gaming community on Reddit with 418,847 members, ranking #142 of 3,876 in Gaming. This is the place for indie devs and gamers to share anything, be it game development, their favorite games or just cool images, GIFs and music from an indie game in a casual community-run environment. If you're an indie gamer, this place welcomes you too! After all, every gamer is a potential indie developer!
How big is r/IndieDev?
Created in 2011, r/IndieDev has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Gaming it ranks #142 of 3,876 communities we track — the top 3.7% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 243× the median Gaming subreddit, which has 1,724 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Gaming community we track is r/gaming with 47,193,147 members — roughly 113 times the size of r/IndieDev. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2011 sits in the middle wave of community building on the platform. Subscriber counts indicate reach, not activity — a large community can be quiet, and a smaller one busy. Open r/IndieDev on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 418,847 |
|---|---|
| Category | Gaming |
| Rank in category | #142 of 3,876 |
| Created | 2011 |
| Category median size | 1,724 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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