r/docker

Updated 2026-10-24

r/docker is a Technology & IT community on Reddit with 316,585 members, ranking #89 of 2,569 in Technology & IT. Docker is an open-source project to easily create lightweight, portable, self-sufficient containers from any application. The same container that a developer builds and tests on a laptop can run at scale, in production, on VMs, bare metal, OpenStack clusters, public clouds and more.

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How big is r/docker?

Created in 2013, r/docker has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Technology & IT it ranks #89 of 2,569 communities we track — the top 3.5% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 459× the median Technology & IT subreddit, which has 689 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.

For scale, the largest Technology & IT community we track is r/Futurology with 21,683,866 members — roughly 68 times the size of r/docker. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2013 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/docker on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.

Members316,585
CategoryTechnology & IT
Rank in category#89 of 2,569
Created2013
Category median size689 members
Content ratingWork-safe (SFW)

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