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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 653K members. It has been around since 2016. It uses a forum format for communication.

Roughly 127K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Ai, Ml, and Learning. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Pain & Anger. Product recommendations often mention books, ml courses, and ai tools.

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Established 2016
653K Members

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    Forum

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    Subreddit Analysis

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    Yearly: +127K members
    Growth: +24.2% / 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: 62K members

    Past year (monthly)

    • Jul: 10K members
    • Aug: 13K members
    • Sep: 8K members
    • Oct: 8K members
    • Nov: 11K members
    • Dec: 11K members
    • Jan: 11K members
    • Feb: 11K members
    • Mar: 11K members
    • Apr: 12K members
    • May: 11K members
    • Jun: 7K members

    Themes

    • Advice Requests
      24 posts in the past month
      1. What's the best statistics and probability self learning course for a fresher at university?
      2. Which Machine Learning Course Has Helped You the Most?
      3. Best course for AI/ML on Coursera or any other platform ?
      #1
      Advice Requests
      What's the best statistics and probability self learning course for a fresher at university? · Which Machine Learning Course Has Helped You the Most? · Best course for AI/ML on Coursera or any other platform ?
      24
    • Pain & Anger
      3 posts in the past month
      1. I fell like I’m stuck
      2. Data Scientists in Energy, how much of your week is spent finding data instead of using it? this is KILLING me
      3. Am I the only one who dislikes HuggingFace documentation?
      #2
      Pain & Anger
      I fell like I’m stuck · Data Scientists in Energy, how much of your week is spent finding data instead of using it? this is KILLING me · Am I the only one who dislikes HuggingFace documentation?
      3
    • Solution Requests
      3 posts in the past month
      1. I made a free tool for studying ML papers and notes from PDFs
      2. Effective platform to hire ML engineers?
      3. Architecture Advice: Building an LLM Document Compliance Checker for a Banking Software Co. (Is RAG the best approach?)
      #3
      Solution Requests
      I made a free tool for studying ML papers and notes from PDFs · Effective platform to hire ML engineers? · Architecture Advice: Building an LLM Document Compliance Checker for a Banking Software Co. (Is RAG the best approach?)
      3
    • Self-Promotion
      1 post in the past month
      1. Hi Reddit, I posted my Build Your Own LLM workshop to Youtube
      #4
      Self-Promotion
      Hi Reddit, I posted my Build Your Own LLM workshop to Youtube
      1
    • News
      1 post in the past month
      1. Yann LeCun: World Models: Enabling the next AI revolution
      #5
      News
      Yann LeCun: World Models: Enabling the next AI revolution
      1

    Topics

    • Ai
      97 posts in the past month
      1. I Coded a Genetic Algorithm From Scratch to Teach AI to Race
      2. I built a free structured 10-month AI Engineer roadmap with 40 weeks of daily tasks — you can browse it without signing up
      3. I designed a 25-week GenAI engineering roadmap for myself (8 YOE enterprise dev) and built a public tracker for it — sharing in case it helps anyone else
      #1
      Ai
      I Coded a Genetic Algorithm From Scratch to Teach AI to Race · I built a free structured 10-month AI Engineer roadmap with 40 weeks of daily tasks — you can browse it without signing up · I designed a 25-week GenAI engineering roadmap for myself (8 YOE enterprise dev) and built a public tracker for it — sharing in case it helps anyone else
      97
    • Ml
      84 posts in the past month
      1. Comparative analysis of ML & Data job market
      2. Build a ML System to Predict the WC 2026 winner this Thursday, 5pm CEST
      3. Project ideas using ML/DL
      #2
      Ml
      Comparative analysis of ML & Data job market · Build a ML System to Predict the WC 2026 winner this Thursday, 5pm CEST · Project ideas using ML/DL
      84
    • Learning
      62 posts in the past month
      1. Anyone willing to teach machine learning?
      2. Made a simple deep learning library in python using numpy
      3. Math Focused Learning Resources
      #3
      Learning
      Anyone willing to teach machine learning? · Made a simple deep learning library in python using numpy · Math Focused Learning Resources
      62
    • Data
      33 posts in the past month
      1. Comparative analysis of ML & Data job market
      2. Day 20 of Reviewing 1 free AI, ML, or data certification every day, so you don’t have to waste time with bad courses.
      3. I am super confused between Data Engineering and Data Science?
      #4
      Data
      Comparative analysis of ML & Data job market · Day 20 of Reviewing 1 free AI, ML, or data certification every day, so you don’t have to waste time with bad courses. · I am super confused between Data Engineering and Data Science?
      33
    • Model
      32 posts in the past month
      1. Built a character-level trigram Markov model from scratch
      2. How do you actually know when your ML model is good enough to stop iterating?
      3. Open-source OCR models (2026) to fine-tune for dot-peen on reflective metal?
      #5
      Model
      Built a character-level trigram Markov model from scratch · How do you actually know when your ML model is good enough to stop iterating? · Open-source OCR models (2026) to fine-tune for dot-peen on reflective metal?
      32

    Flair

    • Discussion
      29 posts in the past month
      1. Machine Learning Concepts
      2. What actually counts as "advanced" Machine Learning in 2026? The bar seems to keep shifting and most course lists haven't caught up.
      3. The more I study, the more I feel overwhelmed
      #1
      Discussion
      Machine Learning Concepts · What actually counts as "advanced" Machine Learning in 2026? The bar seems to keep shifting and most course lists haven't caught up. · The more I study, the more I feel overwhelmed
      29
    • Project
      26 posts in the past month
      1. LeetCode for ML
      2. Impress your boss with Decision Tree visualization
      3. I'm 18 and built a machine translation system from scratch for my own language here's what I learned
      #2
      Project
      LeetCode for ML · Impress your boss with Decision Tree visualization · I'm 18 and built a machine translation system from scratch for my own language here's what I learned
      26
    • Help
      24 posts in the past month
      1. Want to learn ML from zero please help
      2. Am I ready to start the CampusX 100 Days of Machine Learning playlist?
      3. Review my CV for AI/ML role.
      #3
      Help
      Want to learn ML from zero please help · Am I ready to start the CampusX 100 Days of Machine Learning playlist? · Review my CV for AI/ML role.
      24
    • Question
      11 posts in the past month
      1. What's the best statistics and probability self learning course for a fresher at university?
      2. M5 air 24gb or M5 pro 16gb for swe + ml ? (Help)
      3. How do you guys get rid of this burnout?
      #4
      Question
      What's the best statistics and probability self learning course for a fresher at university? · M5 air 24gb or M5 pro 16gb for swe + ml ? (Help) · How do you guys get rid of this burnout?
      11
    • Tutorial
      7 posts in the past month
      1. I Coded a Genetic Algorithm From Scratch to Teach AI to Race
      2. New hands-on vLLM course on Andrew Ng is out for production open-source serving
      3. Build a ML System to Predict the WC 2026 winner this Thursday, 5pm CEST
      #5
      Tutorial
      I Coded a Genetic Algorithm From Scratch to Teach AI to Race · New hands-on vLLM course on Andrew Ng is out for production open-source serving · Build a ML System to Predict the WC 2026 winner this Thursday, 5pm CEST
      7

    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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