r/learnmachinelearning

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About r/learnmachinelearning

Welcome to r/learnmachinelearning - a community of learners and educators passionate about machine learning! This is your space to ask questions, share resources, and grow together in understanding ML concepts - from basic principles to advanced techniques. Whether you're writing your first neural network or diving into transformers, you'll find supportive peers here. For ML research, /r/machinelearning For resume review, /r/engineeringresumes For ML engineers, /r/mlengineering

The community at a glance

r/learnmachinelearning is a Subreddit with roughly 690K members. It has been around since 2016. It uses a forum format for communication.

Roughly 120K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Struggling, Ml, and Ai. Product recommendations often mention books, ml courses, and ai tools.

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Established 2016
690K Members

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    Subreddit Analysis

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    Yearly: +120K members
    Growth: +21.1% / year

    Member growth over time

    All time (yearly)

    • 2017: 18K members
    • 2018: 27K members
    • 2019: 72K members
    • 2020: 85K members
    • 2021: 49K members
    • 2023: 118K members
    • 2024: 93K members
    • 2025: 126K members
    • 2026: 100K members

    Past year (monthly)

    • Dec: 11K members
    • Jan: 11K members
    • Feb: 11K members
    • Mar: 11K members
    • Apr: 12K members
    • May: 11K members
    • Jun: 10K members
    • Jul: 10K members
    • Aug: 10K members
    • Sep: 7K members
    • Oct: 7K members
    • Nov: 812 members

    Topics

    • Struggling
      19 posts in the past month
      #1
      Struggling
      19
    • Ml
      17 posts in the past month
      #2
      Ml
      17
    • Ai
      8 posts in the past month
      #3
      Ai
      8
    • Data
      7 posts in the past month
      #4
      Data
      7
    • Models
      6 posts in the past month
      #5
      Models
      6

    Flair

    • Project
      10 posts in the past month
      1. Discover AI - 58 free, interactive labs for learning AI/ML in 3 different reading mode.
      2. This is a.. different one: An LLM judge that scores open-source AI projects from their code, and what I learned making its scores stable
      3. Do you need an LLM to know why your sources disagree?
      #1
      Project
      Discover AI - 58 free, interactive labs for learning AI/ML in 3 different reading mode. · This is a.. different one: An LLM judge that scores open-source AI projects from their code, and what I learned making its scores stable · Do you need an LLM to know why your sources disagree?
      10
    • Help
      9 posts in the past month
      1. Best resources to learn ML and AI engineering from scratch in 2026
      2. Understanding Vanishing Gradients – Gradient vs. Learning Rate
      3. why is the gradient of softmax plus cross entropy just p minus y?
      #2
      Help
      Best resources to learn ML and AI engineering from scratch in 2026 · Understanding Vanishing Gradients – Gradient vs. Learning Rate · why is the gradient of softmax plus cross entropy just p minus y?
      9
    • Discussion
      6 posts in the past month
      1. With AI tools making ML experimentation easier, are strong fundamentals becoming even more important?
      2. hackathon team up
      3. A scheduling benchmark that never invoked the subagent: reading DeepSeek's Super-agent ablation
      #3
      Discussion
      With AI tools making ML experimentation easier, are strong fundamentals becoming even more important? · hackathon team up · A scheduling benchmark that never invoked the subagent: reading DeepSeek's Super-agent ablation
      6
    • Tutorial
      5 posts in the past month
      1. Oral-B ML model unpacked + distilled with Claude Code
      2. Deep dive into how AI actually learns (math, mechanics, and architecture explained)
      3. Deepseek V4.1 Flash Visualized Like a Book
      #4
      Tutorial
      Oral-B ML model unpacked + distilled with Claude Code · Deep dive into how AI actually learns (math, mechanics, and architecture explained) · Deepseek V4.1 Flash Visualized Like a Book
      5
    • Question
      5 posts in the past month
      1. 🧠 ELI5 Wednesday
      2. Which AWS certification should I start with
      3. Used-car ML lab: merchant NER, Bayesian residuals, and some uncomfortable evaluation questions
      #5
      Question
      🧠 ELI5 Wednesday · Which AWS certification should I start with · Used-car ML lab: merchant NER, Bayesian residuals, and some uncomfortable evaluation questions
      5

    Product recommendations

    • books
      8 posts in the past month
      1. Best textbook for ML math?
      2. What books would you guys recommend for someone who is serious about research in deep learning and neural networks.
      3. What book would you recommend reading after finishing The StatQuest Illustrated Guide to Machine Learning?
      #1
      books
      Best textbook for ML math? · What books would you guys recommend for someone who is serious about research in deep learning and neural networks. · What book would you recommend reading after finishing The StatQuest Illustrated Guide to Machine Learning?
      8
    • ml courses
      3 posts in the past month
      1. Best online certification course for data science and machine learning.
      2. Best AI/ML courses with teacher
      3. Best FREE ML courses for a complete beginner with background in CS?
      #2
      ml courses
      Best online certification course for data science and machine learning. · Best AI/ML courses with teacher · Best FREE ML courses for a complete beginner with background in CS?
      3
    • ai tools
      2 posts in the past month
      1. Looking for the Best OCR + Preprocessing + Embedding Workflow for Complex PDF Documents
      2. I'm trying to create a comprehensive table of the best AI tools to Increase Your Productivity + Automate Your Work- feel free to give some recs so I can add it to the list.
      #3
      ai tools
      Looking for the Best OCR + Preprocessing + Embedding Workflow for Complex PDF Documents · I'm trying to create a comprehensive table of the best AI tools to Increase Your Productivity + Automate Your Work- feel free to give some recs so I can add it to the list.
      2
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    Roughly 690K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
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