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 683K members. It has been around since 2016. It uses a forum format for communication.

Roughly 122K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Struggling, Ml, and Ai. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Solution Requests. Product recommendations often mention books, ml courses, and ai tools.

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Established 2016
683K Members

Community Topics

    Community Features

    Forum

    This community has a forum

    Subreddit Analysis

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    Yearly: +122K members
    Growth: +21.8% / 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: 93K members

    Past year (monthly)

    • 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: 10K members
    • Aug: 10K members
    • Sep: 7K members
    • Oct: 662 members

    Themes

    • Advice Requests
      8 posts in the past month
      1. What would you rate this AI & DS Course?
      2. Built an AI/ML roadmap & learning site for beginners — looking for honest feedback on content & format!
      3. need help!
      #1
      Advice Requests
      What would you rate this AI & DS Course? · Built an AI/ML roadmap & learning site for beginners — looking for honest feedback on content & format! · need help!
      8
    • Solution Requests
      1 post in the past month
      1. Wanna buy 20$ worth AI subscription, pls suggest the best one claude pro/codex/grok bot/cursor or whichever
      #2
      Solution Requests
      Wanna buy 20$ worth AI subscription, pls suggest the best one claude pro/codex/grok bot/cursor or whichever
      1
    • Pain & Anger
      1 post in the past month
      1. 5 painful lessons I learned after taking my first ML model to production
      #3
      Pain & Anger
      5 painful lessons I learned after taking my first ML model to production
      1
    • Ideas
      1 post in the past month
      1. Need ideas for a genuinely interesting final-year ML project
      #4
      Ideas
      Need ideas for a genuinely interesting final-year ML project
      1
    • Opportunities
      1 post in the past month
      1. 2025 AI & Data Science Graduate — desperately looking for my first opportunity
      #5
      Opportunities
      2025 AI & Data Science Graduate — desperately looking for my first opportunity
      1

    Topics

    • Struggling
      22 posts in the past month
      #1
      Struggling
      22
    • 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

    • Help
      10 posts in the past month
      1. 2025 AI & Data Science Graduate — desperately looking for my first opportunity
      2. Building a churn model + FastAPI API, but confused about the SQL part (I only know SQLite). Is my workflow right?
      3. Need ideas for a genuinely interesting final-year ML project
      #1
      Help
      2025 AI & Data Science Graduate — desperately looking for my first opportunity · Building a churn model + FastAPI API, but confused about the SQL part (I only know SQLite). Is my workflow right? · Need ideas for a genuinely interesting final-year ML project
      10
    • Project
      9 posts in the past month
      1. I built word embeddings from 21 sentences so every number can be checked by hand
      2. First ML project
      3. Small embedding project: combine two games to retrieve a third
      #2
      Project
      I built word embeddings from 21 sentences so every number can be checked by hand · First ML project · Small embedding project: combine two games to retrieve a third
      9
    • Question
      5 posts in the past month
      1. Why do we train bigger models instead of finding better neural pathways?
      2. 🧠 ELI5 Wednesday
      3. What ML concept took you the longest to truly understand ?
      #3
      Question
      Why do we train bigger models instead of finding better neural pathways? · 🧠 ELI5 Wednesday · What ML concept took you the longest to truly understand ?
      5
    • Discussion
      5 posts in the past month
      1. Is this asking for too much help before first implementation?
      2. Do I know to code? Am I ready to work at a AI product company? I doubt my workflow, tell me your workflow let's talk it @AI/ML engineers/devs- fix my workflow
      3. Incident Responsive Agent
      #4
      Discussion
      Is this asking for too much help before first implementation? · Do I know to code? Am I ready to work at a AI product company? I doubt my workflow, tell me your workflow let's talk it @AI/ML engineers/devs- fix my workflow · Incident Responsive Agent
      5
    • Request
      2 posts in the past month
      1. Carbonato Botnet Puts an AI Agent on Hacked Docker Hosts
      2. OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra ran supply chain attacks despite being told not to
      #5
      Request
      Carbonato Botnet Puts an AI Agent on Hacked Docker Hosts · OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra ran supply chain attacks despite being told not to
      2

    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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    Who is r/learnmachinelearning for?
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    How many members does r/learnmachinelearning have?
    Roughly 683K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
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    r/learnmachinelearning 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.
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