Web Development
r/webdev
Web Development Geeks
- Last successful update
- Updated 2026-10-16 14:21 UTC · 2d ago
- Most-mentioned analysis range
- Most-discussed range 2026-09-16 → 2026-10-16
Trend windows
- Current seven-day window
- Current window 2026-10-09 → 2026-10-15
- Comparison seven-day window
- Comparison 2026-10-02 → 2026-10-08
- Analyzed records behind the comparison
- 2,852 current vs 2,789 comparison analyzed posts/comments
Editorial overview
Trending in r/webdev
The strongest rising or new signals by prevalence change: how much more often each entity appears in the current seven-day window compared with the previous seven, normalized by analyzed activity. A signal needs at least 5 distinct posts or comments in the current window. “New” means absent from the comparison window — not new to the world or to Reddit.
- #1
css
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGERising- Prevalence change
- +0.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 82 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #2
month
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 32 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #3
godaddy
HOSTING_PLATFORMRising- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 22 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #4
interview
EVENTRising- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 24 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #5
hour
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 33 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #6
chrome
BROWSERRising- Prevalence change
- +0.5 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 27 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
Window: 2026-10-09 → 2026-10-15 compared with 2026-10-02 → 2026-10-08 (complete UTC days).
Categories by trend strength
Category strength is the sum of its three strongest eligible rising/new signals, in percentage points. Ordered strongest first.
DURATION
+1.6 pp
from 84 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: month, hour, day
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
+1.3 pp
from 124 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: css, assembly, javascript
EVENT
+1.0 pp
from 43 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: interview, showoff saturday, meeting
HOSTING_PLATFORM
+0.9 pp
from 30 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: godaddy, netlify
DATE
+0.8 pp
from 33 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: today, yesterday, last year
NETWORK_PROTOCOL
+0.7 pp
from 27 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: https, http, smtp
BROWSER
+0.6 pp
from 35 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: chrome, safari
SKILL_LEVEL
+0.6 pp
from 26 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: experienced developer, beginner, mid level
PROJECT_TYPE
+0.5 pp
from 20 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: personal project, hobby project, side project
SOFTWARE_ARCHITECTURE
+0.4 pp
from 15 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: codebase
CLOUD_PROVIDER
+0.4 pp
from 30 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: google
LOCATION
+0.4 pp
from 20 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: uk, office, home
PACKAGE_MANAGER
+0.4 pp
from 12 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: deno
DATABASE
+0.4 pp
from 26 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: localstorage, redis, postgre
ORGANIZATION
+0.3 pp
from 29 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: agency, startup
FILE_FORMAT
+0.3 pp
from 50 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: jpeg, html
DATA_STRUCTURE
+0.2 pp
from 9 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: queue
HARDWARE_DEVICE
+0.2 pp
from 13 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: gpu, computer
SECURITY_CONCEPT
+0.1 pp
from 8 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: auth
LICENSE_TYPE
+0.1 pp
from 6 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: mit
JOB_TITLE
+0.1 pp
from 6 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: manager
FRAMEWORK
+0.1 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: bootstrap
MOBILE_PLATFORM
+0.0 pp
from 6 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: ios
VERSION_CONTROL_SYSTEM
+0.0 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: git
All signals for r/webdev are reported for the same exact windows; strength is a presentation aid, not a stored metric.
Signal explorer
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Exact published metrics for r/webdev. Rising and Falling compare the current seven-day window 2026-10-09 → 2026-10-15 with the previous seven days 2026-10-02 → 2026-10-08 ( complete UTC days; 2,852 current vs 2,789 comparison analyzed records). Signals appear only with at least 5 distinct posts or comments behind them — the current window for Rising, the comparison window for Falling; the CSV export still contains the complete published metric set. Most discussed uses the current analysis lookback (2026-09-16 → 2026-10-16) — frequency, never trending.
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“New” means absent from the comparison window — not new to the world or to Reddit. All signals are automatically extracted and may be wrong; they are directional product signals, not causal claims.
css
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGERising- Prevalence change
- +0.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 82 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 85 comparison → 146 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
month
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 32 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 18 comparison → 34 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
godaddy
HOSTING_PLATFORMRising- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 22 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 26 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
interview
EVENTRising- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 24 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 7 comparison → 36 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
hour
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 33 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 17 comparison → 37 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
chrome
BROWSERRising- Prevalence change
- +0.5 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 27 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 13 comparison → 34 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
codebase
SOFTWARE_ARCHITECTURERising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 15 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 15 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
google
CLOUD_PROVIDERRising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 30 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 19 comparison → 46 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
today
DATERising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 15 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 5 comparison → 15 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
deno
PACKAGE_MANAGERRising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 12 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 19 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
yesterday
DATERising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 11 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 11 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
assembly
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGERising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 12 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 4 comparison → 20 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
https
NETWORK_PROTOCOLRising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 17 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
day
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 19 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 20 comparison → 20 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
http
NETWORK_PROTOCOLRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 11 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 6 comparison → 17 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
queue
DATA_STRUCTURERising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 9 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 13 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 9 recent records
netlify
HOSTING_PLATFORMRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 8 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 13 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 8 recent records
agency
ORGANIZATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 24 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 22 comparison → 33 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
personal project
PROJECT_TYPERising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 4 comparison → 11 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
showoff saturday
EVENTRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 9 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 10 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 9 recent records
two week
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 7 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 7 recent records
experienced developer
SKILL_LEVELRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 7 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 7 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 7 recent records
smtp
NETWORK_PROTOCOLNew- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 13 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
1 min
DURATIONNew- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 6 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
beginner
SKILL_LEVELRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 13 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 7 comparison → 15 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
javascript
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGERising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 30 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 30 comparison → 45 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
jpeg
FILE_FORMATNew- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 7 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
daily
DURATIONNew- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 6 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
few week
DURATIONNew- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 6 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
hobby project
PROJECT_TYPENew- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 5 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
python
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGERising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 12 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 13 comparison → 20 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
15 year
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 8 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 8 recent records
uk
LOCATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 8 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
localstorage
DATABASERising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 6 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
java
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGERising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 6 comparison → 21 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
20 year
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 6 comparison → 10 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
auth
SECURITY_CONCEPTRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 8 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 4 comparison → 10 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 8 recent records
redis
DATABASERising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 8 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 7 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 8 recent records
gpu
HARDWARE_DEVICERising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 7 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 7 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 7 recent records
mid level
SKILL_LEVELRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 7 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
mit
LICENSE_TYPERising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 6 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
office
LOCATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 6 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
html
FILE_FORMATRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 45 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 59 comparison → 70 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
meeting
EVENTRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 8 comparison → 11 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
home
LOCATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 9 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 6 comparison → 10 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 9 recent records
safari
BROWSERRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 8 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 5 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 8 recent records
manager
JOB_TITLERising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 4 comparison → 7 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
startup
ORGANIZATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 6 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
forever
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 8 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 6 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 8 recent records
last year
DATERising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 7 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 5 comparison → 8 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 7 recent records
Entities are extracted automatically and may be wrong. Trend signals are directional product signals, not causal claims. See the methodology for the exact definitions.