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Best time to post in r/webdev

The best and worst hours to post, the rules that get posts removed, and a check of your draft against both.

Posts in r/webdev are most often removed for self-promotion issues. It is a public subreddit that allows both text and link posts and does not require post flair. In our latest sample of 420 recent posts, an estimated 97% were still up about a day later.

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The best and worst hours to post in r/webdev

In our sample of 800 recent and top r/webdev posts, activity and scores peak around Thursday 8pm UTC, and are weakest around Sunday 5pm UTC. Based on posts sampled through Sep 4, 2026. Times in this sentence are UTC; the grid below converts to your local timezone. Timing helps a clean post get seen. It does not save a post that breaks a rule.

Times in your timezoneUTC · GMT+0

Window 1
Thu around 8pm
avg score 2388 · 4 posts sampled
Window 2
Wed around 11am
avg score 675.8 · 4 posts sampled
Window 3
Sat around 4pm
avg score 337.9 · 16 posts sampled

Your timezone: UTC (GMT+0). Darker cells mean more posts in our sample.

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Estimated survival rate

97%

of 420 recent r/webdev posts we sampled were still publicly visible about a day later.

How this is measured

Estimate. We sample recent public posts and check again about 18 hours later to count how many are still publicly visible. Posts removed at the moment of submission never become publicly visible at all, so the true removal rate is at least this high. Last sampled Sep 5, 2026.

Strictness: RelaxedPublic subText + link postsFlair optionalPromo: designated thread only

r/webdev rules: what actually gets removed

Each rule below is paired with the way it is most likely enforced. Where the rules state a number, we quote it. Where they do not, we say so instead of guessing.

1.No vague support questions about WYSIWYG editors or other software.
Enforcement varies
No vague product support questions (like "why is this plugin not working" or "how do I set up X"). For vague product support questions, please use communities relevant to that product for best results. Specific issues that follow rule 6 are allowed.
2.No memes, screenshots, and jokes
Enforcement varies
Do not post memes, screenshots of bad design, or jokes. Check out /r/ProgrammerHumor/ for this type of content.
3.No self-promotion
Enforcement varies
Read and follow reddiquette; no excessive self-promotion. Please refer to the Reddit 9:1 rule when considering posting self promoting materials.
4.No commercial promotions/solicitations
Enforcement varies
We do not allow any commercial promotion or solicitation. Violations can result in a ban.
5.No soliciting feedback not on Saturday
Enforced automatically
Sharing your project, portfolio, or any other content that you want to either show off or request feedback on is limited to Showoff Saturday. If you post such content on any other day, it will be removed. Posts must be tagged with the correct flair. Commercial promotion still falls under rule #4 and is not allowed. Think project, not product. Focus on the technical details of your project and how it's relevant to the audience of the subreddit.
6.Assistance Questions Guidelines
Enforcement varies
If you are asking for assistance on a problem, you are required to provide * Context of the problem * Research you have completed prior to requesting assistance * Problem you are attempting to solve with high specificity Questions in violation of this rule will be removed or locked.
7.Career/Getting Started Questions
Enforcement varies
Open-ended/general "how do I get started in web dev" and general Career related posts are only allowed within the pinned monthly career thread. The answer to many of these questions can also be found in the sub FAQ, or in /r/learnprogramming/ and /r/cscareerquestions/. Highly specific career/getting started assistance questions are allowed so long as they follow the required assistance post guidelines.
8.No low-effort posts/comments
Enforcement varies
Low-effort posts/comments will be removed. This includes title-only posts, easily searchable questions, vague/open-ended discussion prompts, LLM generated posts or comments, and posts/comments that do not provide enough context for meaningful replies or discussion.

r/webdev does not publish karma or account-age minimums in its rules. Subreddits often enforce unpublished filters on top of what they write down, which is why posts from new accounts can vanish without a message here.

Can you self-promote in r/webdev?

Only in the designated thread. r/webdev restricts promotion to Showoff Saturday; a standalone promo post gets removed. The sub's own wording: "Sharing your project, portfolio, or any other content that you want to either show off or request feedback on is limited to Showoff Saturday". Post your promo there and keep regular posts value-first.

r/webdev by the numbers

Members: 3.3M
Active right now: Not public
Posts / day: 16; 410 comments / day
Community age: 17 years; since Jan 25, 2009

What a successful r/webdev post looks like · 400 top posts from the last month
Median title length	Posts with a link	Posts with flair	Dominant format
61 characters	31%	70%	text posts

What gets removed in r/webdev

Self-promo outside the designated thread
Promotion is only allowed in Showoff Saturday. A standalone promo post gets removed.
Low karma or a new account
r/webdev publishes no karma or age minimum, but unpublished account filters are common at this size. New accounts should comment before posting.
Reddit's sitewide spam filter
A separate layer before the subreddit ever sees your post. New accounts posting links, URL shorteners, and repeated domains are its favorite targets. Removals are instant and silent.
A shadowbanned account
If the account itself is shadowbanned, every post looks live to you and invisible to everyone else, in any subreddit.

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Subreddits like r/webdev

Posting somewhere adjacent? Each of these has its own rules and its own removal pattern. Check the one you actually plan to post in.

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r/webdev posting questions

Can I post links in r/webdev?

Yes. r/webdev accepts link posts. The usual sitewide traps still apply: URL shorteners, affiliate parameters, and brand-new domains get filtered fast, and promotional links are judged against the sub's self-promo rules. One clean link to the original source is the safe pattern.

Does r/webdev require karma to post?

r/webdev does not publish a karma minimum. That does not mean there is none: many subreddits enforce unpublished karma and account-age filters that remove posts silently. If your account is new or has little karma, that is the first thing to rule out when a post disappears.

Can you self-promote in r/webdev?

Is r/webdev strict?

Relaxed, by our estimate (18/100 on our strictness scale, from its measured removal rate, 8 rules, and its stated gates). About 3% of recent posts disappeared within a day in our sample. Strictness is about enforcement, not hostility: a strict sub is predictable if you follow its rules.

What is the best time to post in r/webdev?

Based on our sample of recent and top posts, activity and scores peak around Thursday 8pm UTC and Wednesday 11am UTC. Treat this as a starting point, not a guarantee: a post that breaks a rule gets removed at any hour. The heatmap on this page converts these windows to your local time.

Why do posts get removed in r/webdev?

The most common reasons are self-promotion violations, plus the layers every subreddit has: Reddit's sitewide spam filter, unpublished AutoMod rules, and account-level gates like karma and age. In our recent sample, roughly 3% of r/webdev posts disappeared within about a day of going up. Many removals are silent, so checking your draft first beats finding out after.

Rules last checked Sep 2, 2026

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