Web Development
r/webdev
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- Last successful update
- Updated 2026-08-29 08:28 UTC · 5d ago
- Most-mentioned analysis range
- Most-discussed range 2026-07-30 → 2026-08-29
Trend windows
- Current seven-day window
- Current window 2026-08-22 → 2026-08-28
- Comparison seven-day window
- Comparison 2026-08-15 → 2026-08-21
- Analyzed records behind the comparison
- 2,594 current vs 3,275 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
chrome
BROWSERRising- Prevalence change
- +3.0 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 93 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #2
firefox
BROWSERRising- Prevalence change
- +2.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 83 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #3
safari
BROWSERRising- Prevalence change
- +2.0 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 55 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #4
ai
SOFTWARE_ARCHITECTURERising- Prevalence change
- +1.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 150 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #5
google
CLOUD_PROVIDERRising- Prevalence change
- +1.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 49 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
- #6
email
COMMUNICATION_TOOLRising- Prevalence change
- +1.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 37 posts/comments
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
Window: 2026-08-22 → 2026-08-28 compared with 2026-08-15 → 2026-08-21 (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.
BROWSER
+7.6 pp
from 231 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: chrome, firefox, safari
CMS
+2.3 pp
from 89 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: shopify, wordpress, wp
CLOUD_PROVIDER
+1.9 pp
from 90 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: google, cloudflare, cloud run
SOFTWARE_ARCHITECTURE
+1.8 pp
from 150 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: ai
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
+1.5 pp
from 81 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: css, php, python
COMMUNICATION_TOOL
+1.3 pp
from 55 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: email, chatgpt, slack
SKILL_LEVEL
+0.8 pp
from 43 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: junior, beginner, senior
FILE_FORMAT
+0.8 pp
from 51 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: html, svg, markdown file
PAYMENT_GATEWAY
+0.7 pp
from 20 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: stripe
DATE
+0.7 pp
from 29 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: today, day one, saturday
EVENT
+0.6 pp
from 48 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: interview, showoff saturday, meeting
JOB_TITLE
+0.6 pp
from 15 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: lead
DURATION
+0.6 pp
from 34 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: forever, 30 second, month
DATA_STRUCTURE
+0.5 pp
from 15 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: div, divs
CONTAINER_TECHNOLOGY
+0.4 pp
from 23 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: docker
PROJECT_TYPE
+0.4 pp
from 16 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: side project, personal project
HARDWARE_DEVICE
+0.3 pp
from 16 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: cpu, pc, laptop
UI_COMPONENT
+0.2 pp
from 11 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: search bar, button
NETWORK_PROTOCOL
+0.2 pp
from 25 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: dns, websocket
AUTHENTICATION_METHOD
+0.2 pp
from 6 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: sso
ORGANIZATION
+0.2 pp
from 19 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: hr, agency
OPERATING_SYSTEM
+0.2 pp
from 8 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: linux
VERSION_CONTROL_SYSTEM
+0.2 pp
from 6 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: git
WEB_SERVER
+0.1 pp
from 5 posts/comments behind its top signals
Top signals: apache
All signals for r/webdev are reported for the same exact windows; strength is a presentation aid, not a stored metric.
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Exact published metrics for r/webdev. Rising and Falling compare the current seven-day window 2026-08-22 → 2026-08-28 with the previous seven days 2026-08-15 → 2026-08-21 ( complete UTC days; 2,594 current vs 3,275 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 (2026-07-30 → 2026-08-29) — 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.
chrome
BROWSERRising- Prevalence change
- +3.0 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 93 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 26 comparison → 129 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
firefox
BROWSERRising- Prevalence change
- +2.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 83 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 20 comparison → 113 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
safari
BROWSERRising- Prevalence change
- +2.0 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 55 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 5 comparison → 75 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
ai
SOFTWARE_ARCHITECTURERising- Prevalence change
- +1.8 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 150 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 284 comparison → 289 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
google
CLOUD_PROVIDERRising- Prevalence change
- +1.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 49 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 37 comparison → 64 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
email
COMMUNICATION_TOOLRising- Prevalence change
- +1.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 37 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 16 comparison → 64 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
shopify
CMSRising- Prevalence change
- +1.0 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 32 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 9 comparison → 47 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
wordpress
CMSRising- Prevalence change
- +1.0 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 47 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 44 comparison → 56 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
css
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGERising- Prevalence change
- +1.0 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 46 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 39 comparison → 55 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
stripe
PAYMENT_GATEWAYRising- Prevalence change
- +0.7 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 20 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 27 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
lead
JOB_TITLENew- Prevalence change
- +0.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 15 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 39 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
chromium
BROWSERRising- Prevalence change
- +0.6 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 15 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 17 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
today
DATERising- Prevalence change
- +0.5 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 19 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 9 comparison → 23 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
cloudflare
CLOUD_PROVIDERRising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 34 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 40 comparison → 44 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
docker
CONTAINER_TECHNOLOGYRising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 23 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 27 comparison → 40 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
edge
BROWSERNew- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 10 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
junior
SKILL_LEVELRising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 17 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 13 comparison → 19 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
html
FILE_FORMATRising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 39 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 55 comparison → 56 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
div
DATA_STRUCTURERising- Prevalence change
- +0.4 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 12 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
interview
EVENTRising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 27 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 27 comparison → 43 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
wp
CMSRising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 14 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
php
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGERising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 22 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 23 comparison → 28 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
python
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGERising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 13 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 13 comparison → 20 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
beginner
SKILL_LEVELRising- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 10 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 3 comparison → 12 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
contentful
CMSNew- Prevalence change
- +0.3 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 7 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 13 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 7 recent records
svg
FILE_FORMATRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 7 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 11 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 7 recent records
cloud run
CLOUD_PROVIDERRising- 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
ie
BROWSERRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 7 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 8 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 7 recent records
chatgpt
COMMUNICATION_TOOLRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 13 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 9 comparison → 17 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
sso
AUTHENTICATION_METHODNew- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 7 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
forever
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 12 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 11 comparison → 12 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
linux
OPERATING_SYSTEMRising- 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
side project
PROJECT_TYPERising- 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
30 second
DURATIONRising- 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
showoff saturday
EVENTRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 9 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 5 comparison → 10 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 9 recent records
hr
ORGANIZATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 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
nextcloud
CLOUD_PROVIDERNew- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 0 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
divs
DATA_STRUCTURENew- 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
markdown file
FILE_FORMATNew- 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
wasm
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGENew- 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
dns
NETWORK_PROTOCOLRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 19 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 28 comparison → 26 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
git
VERSION_CONTROL_SYSTEMRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 2 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
senior
SKILL_LEVELRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 16 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 19 comparison → 28 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
cpu
HARDWARE_DEVICERising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 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
search bar
UI_COMPONENTRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 5 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 1 comparison → 5 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 5 recent records
javascript
PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGERising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 22 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 33 comparison → 27 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
vercel
CLOUD_PROVIDERRising- Prevalence change
- +0.2 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 7 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 9 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 7 recent records
pc
HARDWARE_DEVICERising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 6 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 5 comparison → 9 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 6 recent records
month
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 16 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 16 comparison → 17 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 recent records
week
DURATIONRising- Prevalence change
- +0.1 pp
- Distinct-document support
- Seen in 13 posts/comments (current window)
- Mentions comparison vs current
- 13 comparison → 15 current mentions
- Recent evidence records
- 10 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.