r/datascience

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About r/datascience

A space for data science professionals to engage in discussions and debates on the subject of data science.

The community at a glance

r/datascience is a Subreddit for Data Scientists and ML Engineers with roughly 2.8M members. It uses a forum format for communication. It is the 3rd largest community in the Data Science topic page and the 4th largest community in the Machine Learning topic page.

Roughly 75K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Struggling, Data, and Data Science. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Self-Promotion. Product recommendations often mention data science course and laptop.

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2.8M Members

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Subreddit Analysis

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Yearly: +75K members
Growth: +2.8% / year

Member growth over time

All time (yearly)

  • 2013: 1K members
  • 2014: 4K members
  • 2015: 7K members
  • 2016: 12K members
  • 2017: 23K members
  • 2018: 46K members
  • 2019: 83K members
  • 2020: 179K members
  • 2023: 862K members
  • 2024: 1.3M members
  • 2025: 230K members
  • 2026: 48K members

Past year (monthly)

  • Sep: 3K members
  • Oct: 3K members
  • Nov: 9K members
  • Dec: 8K members
  • Jan: 8K members
  • Feb: 7K members
  • Mar: 7K members
  • Apr: 7K members
  • May: 7K members
  • Jun: 7K members
  • Jul: 6K members

Themes

  • Advice Requests
    5 posts in the past month
    1. Managing/ Dealing with Junior Data Scientists?
    2. My job makes me happy and satisfied but doesn’t pay me enough. How to think about this situation?
    3. Data scientist in pharma trying to figure out what’s the best path forward
    #1
    Advice Requests
    Managing/ Dealing with Junior Data Scientists? · My job makes me happy and satisfied but doesn’t pay me enough. How to think about this situation? · Data scientist in pharma trying to figure out what’s the best path forward
    5
  • Self-Promotion
    3 posts in the past month
    1. Launching mobiusengine 2.0
    2. I built an open-source toolkit to audit robot datasets before training
    3. I got frustrated with current state of SQL tools and built one just for myself.
    #2
    Self-Promotion
    Launching mobiusengine 2.0 · I built an open-source toolkit to audit robot datasets before training · I got frustrated with current state of SQL tools and built one just for myself.
    3
  • Solution Requests
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Picking an experimentation platform: a retrospective
    2. Best approach for finding product pages across many e-commerce sites without writing a parser per site?
    #3
    Solution Requests
    Picking an experimentation platform: a retrospective · Best approach for finding product pages across many e-commerce sites without writing a parser per site?
    2
  • News
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Inkling, a new open-weight 975B mixture-of-experts model, comes with a few surprises
    2. Skill engineering and the case against one-shot AI design
    #4
    News
    Inkling, a new open-weight 975B mixture-of-experts model, comes with a few surprises · Skill engineering and the case against one-shot AI design
    2
  • Pain & Anger
    1 post in the past month
    1. All these layoffs have made me question my job search
    #5
    Pain & Anger
    All these layoffs have made me question my job search
    1

Topics

  • Struggling
    23 posts in the past month
    #1
    Struggling
    23
  • Data
    22 posts in the past month
    1. Managing/ Dealing with Junior Data Scientists?
    2. Data scientist in pharma trying to figure out what’s the best path forward
    3. As a data scientist do you experiment with tools (open source or not) that solve specific issues around DS work? If yes, how do you think about uploading work data into those tools?
    #2
    Data
    Managing/ Dealing with Junior Data Scientists? · Data scientist in pharma trying to figure out what’s the best path forward · As a data scientist do you experiment with tools (open source or not) that solve specific issues around DS work? If yes, how do you think about uploading work data into those tools?
    22
  • Data Science
    17 posts in the past month
    1. How do you decide whether a data science problem really needs machine learning?
    #3
    Data Science
    How do you decide whether a data science problem really needs machine learning?
    17
  • Job
    9 posts in the past month
    #4
    Job
    9
  • Tired
    9 posts in the past month
    #5
    Tired
    9

Flair

  • Discussion
    24 posts in the past month
    1. Managing/ Dealing with Junior Data Scientists?
    2. What Do Today’s Data Science Graduates Commonly Lack?
    3. Why Reddit Data Scientists Keep Saying Not To Use Prophet
    #1
    Discussion
    Managing/ Dealing with Junior Data Scientists? · What Do Today’s Data Science Graduates Commonly Lack? · Why Reddit Data Scientists Keep Saying Not To Use Prophet
    24
  • Career | US
    7 posts in the past month
    1. All these layoffs have made me question my job search
    2. MS in Operations Research vs Data Science
    3. Data scientist in pharma trying to figure out what’s the best path forward
    #2
    Career | US
    All these layoffs have made me question my job search · MS in Operations Research vs Data Science · Data scientist in pharma trying to figure out what’s the best path forward
    7
  • Analysis
    7 posts in the past month
    1. A short project analysing the radio
    2. GPT 5.6 has 72 possible configurations. What's a good default?
    3. Choosing a Database Schema for analytics
    #3
    Analysis
    A short project analysing the radio · GPT 5.6 has 72 possible configurations. What's a good default? · Choosing a Database Schema for analytics
    7
  • Tools
    7 posts in the past month
    1. Relevant tech stack for 2026/2027
    2. cosmos.gl, a WebGL library for visualizing network graphs
    3. A guide to profiling attention layers in PyTorch, part 3 of a series
    #4
    Tools
    Relevant tech stack for 2026/2027 · cosmos.gl, a WebGL library for visualizing network graphs · A guide to profiling attention layers in PyTorch, part 3 of a series
    7
  • AI
    4 posts in the past month
    1. Structured Evaluation Pipelines to Improve Your AI Workflows
    2. Context degradation in LLMs: what the papers actually show, and the habits I built for long analysis sessions
    3. How to control reasoning effort and thinking-token budgets in LLMs
    #5
    AI
    Structured Evaluation Pipelines to Improve Your AI Workflows · Context degradation in LLMs: what the papers actually show, and the habits I built for long analysis sessions · How to control reasoning effort and thinking-token budgets in LLMs
    4

Product recommendations

  • data science course
    3 posts in the past month
    1. Best Data Science Course to become data scientist / data analyst / data engineer / ai engineer / ai developer / ?
    2. Best Data Science Course to become data scientist / data analyst / data engineer / ai engineer / ai developer / ?
    3. Best Data Science Courses?
    #1
    data science course
    Best Data Science Course to become data scientist / data analyst / data engineer / ai engineer / ai developer / ? · Best Data Science Course to become data scientist / data analyst / data engineer / ai engineer / ai developer / ? · Best Data Science Courses?
    3
  • laptop
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Laptop Recs
    2. Laptop Recs
    #2
    laptop
    Laptop Recs · Laptop Recs
    2
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Frequently asked questions

Who is r/datascience for?
Best for Data Scientists and ML Engineers enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
Is r/datascience free to join?
This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
How many members does r/datascience have?
Roughly 2.8M members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
What platform is r/datascience on?
r/datascience runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
What topics does r/datascience cover?
On the Hive Index, r/datascience is organized under Data Scientists, ML Engineers.
How do I join r/datascience?
You can join r/datascience by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
What are the Data Science communities like?
Communities for data scientists and analysts covering machine learning, statistics, Python, and real-world data projects. Slack, Discord, and Reddit all have active communities, ranging from beginner-friendly spaces for breaking into the field to more technical groups discussing research papers and production ML systems.
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