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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 659K 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 Ml, Struggling, and Ai. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Ideas. Product recommendations often mention books, ml courses, and ai tools.

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Established 2016
659K Members

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    Subreddit Analysis

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    Yearly: +127K members
    Growth: +23.9% / 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: 69K members

    Past year (monthly)

    • 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: 10K members
    • Jul: 4K members

    Themes

    • Advice Requests
      23 posts in the past month
      1. After years of web & mobile development, I’m finally diving into Machine Learning. Any advice?
      2. Self taught ML, how to be job ready
      3. best AI course for beginners, I want to learn AI from scratch, any recommendations?
      #1
      Advice Requests
      After years of web & mobile development, I’m finally diving into Machine Learning. Any advice? · Self taught ML, how to be job ready · best AI course for beginners, I want to learn AI from scratch, any recommendations?
      23
    • Ideas
      3 posts in the past month
      1. How do you guys come up with AI project ideas that solve actual problems?
      2. How do you guys come up with AI project ideas that solve actual problems?
      3. looking for major project ideas as a CS AI student.
      #2
      Ideas
      How do you guys come up with AI project ideas that solve actual problems? · How do you guys come up with AI project ideas that solve actual problems? · looking for major project ideas as a CS AI student.
      3
    • Solution Requests
      2 posts in the past month
      1. Hand Gesture Binary Language Recognition Software :D?
      2. Which laptop should I buy for machine learning
      #3
      Solution Requests
      Hand Gesture Binary Language Recognition Software :D? · Which laptop should I buy for machine learning
      2
    • Self-Promotion
      1 post in the past month
      1. I built a free desktop app to make running local models dead simple (Athanor Lite)
      #4
      Self-Promotion
      I built a free desktop app to make running local models dead simple (Athanor Lite)
      1

    Topics

    • Ml
      34 posts in the past month
      1. Looking for a study partner — ML Engineering track
      2. Looking for a small group of ML/MLOps learners to go through this journey together
      #1
      Ml
      Looking for a study partner — ML Engineering track · Looking for a small group of ML/MLOps learners to go through this journey together
      34
    • Struggling
      30 posts in the past month
      #2
      Struggling
      30
    • Ai
      18 posts in the past month
      #3
      Ai
      18
    • Learning
      16 posts in the past month
      #4
      Learning
      16
    • Data
      9 posts in the past month
      #5
      Data
      9

    Flair

    • Help
      37 posts in the past month
      1. Anyone have this book - hands on ml with scikit learn and pytorch
      2. For those who learned ML & got hired in the past 2-3 years - what actually worked?
      3. I just started my third year as an AI/ML engineer, i want to be prepared for jobs by the end of the year.
      #1
      Help
      Anyone have this book - hands on ml with scikit learn and pytorch · For those who learned ML & got hired in the past 2-3 years - what actually worked? · I just started my third year as an AI/ML engineer, i want to be prepared for jobs by the end of the year.
      37
    • Discussion
      20 posts in the past month
      1. Building a LLM from scratch was easier than i thought.
      2. Is anyone else getting completely burnt out on just... transformers?
      3. If you're learning ML in India, this week's hiring data tells you exactly what to prioritize
      #2
      Discussion
      Building a LLM from scratch was easier than i thought. · Is anyone else getting completely burnt out on just... transformers? · If you're learning ML in India, this week's hiring data tells you exactly what to prioritize
      20
    • Project
      20 posts in the past month
      1. How do you guys come up with AI project ideas that solve actual problems?
      2. I implemented YOLO26n inference from scratch in ARM64 Assembly + C on Raspberry Pi 4
      3. AI Dev 25 Conference, hosted by Andrew Ng, the man himself
      #3
      Project
      How do you guys come up with AI project ideas that solve actual problems? · I implemented YOLO26n inference from scratch in ARM64 Assembly + C on Raspberry Pi 4 · AI Dev 25 Conference, hosted by Andrew Ng, the man himself
      20
    • Question
      13 posts in the past month
      1. Anyone have? hands on machine learning with scikit learn keras and tensorflow
      2. Self taught ML, how to be job ready
      3. Exam question debate: K-means vs Random Forest for predicting customer spend categories
      #4
      Question
      Anyone have? hands on machine learning with scikit learn keras and tensorflow · Self taught ML, how to be job ready · Exam question debate: K-means vs Random Forest for predicting customer spend categories
      13
    • Tutorial
      6 posts in the past month
      1. Toto 2.0: Time Series Forecasting Enters the Scaling Era
      2. Toto: Time Series Optimized Transformer for Observability
      3. Built a local RAG app that answers questions from your own PDFs, fully offline
      #5
      Tutorial
      Toto 2.0: Time Series Forecasting Enters the Scaling Era · Toto: Time Series Optimized Transformer for Observability · Built a local RAG app that answers questions from your own PDFs, fully offline
      6

    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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