r/MachineLearning

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The community at a glance

r/MachineLearning is a Subreddit for Data Scientists and ML Engineers with roughly 3.1M members. It uses a forum format for communication. On the Hive Index it ranks #1 in the Machine Learning communities list and #2 in the Data Science communities list.

Roughly 79K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Looking For, D, and Struggling. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Pain & Anger. Product recommendations often mention which ai model is best for emoji/sticker generation, mid level ds/ml strategy, and what are the best subreddits you follow for ai/ml/llms etc??.

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3.1M Members

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Yearly: +79K members
Growth: +2.6% / year

Member growth over time

All time (yearly)

  • 2013: 7K members
  • 2014: 11K members
  • 2015: 19K members
  • 2016: 34K members
  • 2017: 106K members
  • 2018: 338K members
  • 2019: 335K members
  • 2020: 686K members
  • 2023: 1.3M members
  • 2024: 96K members
  • 2025: 65K members
  • 2026: 56K members

Past year (monthly)

  • Sep: 3K members
  • Oct: 3K members
  • Nov: 8K members
  • Dec: 7K members
  • Jan: 8K members
  • Feb: 8K members
  • Mar: 8K members
  • Apr: 8K members
  • May: 7K members
  • Jun: 7K members
  • Jul: 7K members
  • Aug: 4K members

Themes

  • Advice Requests
    5 posts in the past month
    1. Missed EMNLP commitment deadline, what can be done? [D]
    2. NeurIPS26 rebuttal phase doesn't show "Official comments" anymore and only lets you write "AC Confidential Comments"? [R]
    3. Open-source tabular model validation toolkit TanML needs feedback [D]
    #1
    Advice Requests
    Missed EMNLP commitment deadline, what can be done? [D] · NeurIPS26 rebuttal phase doesn't show "Official comments" anymore and only lets you write "AC Confidential Comments"? [R] · Open-source tabular model validation toolkit TanML needs feedback [D]
    5
  • Pain & Anger
    3 posts in the past month
    1. I have lost three and a half potential PhD students due to the conference review process [D]
    2. If reviewing is mandatory for paper submissions, low-quality reviews can no longer be justified as “volunteer work” [D]
    3. NeurIPS E&D: Should authors respond to ethical reviews during the discussion period? [D]
    #2
    Pain & Anger
    I have lost three and a half potential PhD students due to the conference review process [D] · If reviewing is mandatory for paper submissions, low-quality reviews can no longer be justified as “volunteer work” [D] · NeurIPS E&D: Should authors respond to ethical reviews during the discussion period? [D]
    3
  • News
    3 posts in the past month
    1. ICLR 2027 Deadline is before NeurIPS 2026 Decisions [D]
    2. Decoupled Descent: Enforcing Exact Train-Test Error Tracking Via AMP Onsager Corrections [R]
    3. EMNLP 2026 AI Reviewing Experiment [D]
    #3
    News
    ICLR 2027 Deadline is before NeurIPS 2026 Decisions [D] · Decoupled Descent: Enforcing Exact Train-Test Error Tracking Via AMP Onsager Corrections [R] · EMNLP 2026 AI Reviewing Experiment [D]
    3
  • Solution Requests
    3 posts in the past month
    1. I have trained a model to predict my blood sugar [P]
    2. Good OCR strategy for detecting doctor handwritting [P]
    3. Help me decide the build.. [D]
    #4
    Solution Requests
    I have trained a model to predict my blood sugar [P] · Good OCR strategy for detecting doctor handwritting [P] · Help me decide the build.. [D]
    3
  • Self-Promotion
    1 post in the past month
    1. I built ganfs: A Python package that uses GANs to automate feature selection for high-dimensional datasets. (No domain expert required) [P] [R]
    #5
    Self-Promotion
    I built ganfs: A Python package that uses GANs to automate feature selection for high-dimensional datasets. (No domain expert required) [P] [R]
    1

Topics

  • Looking For
    67 posts in the past month
    #1
    Looking For
    67
  • D
    54 posts in the past month
    #2
    D
    54
  • Struggling
    37 posts in the past month
    #3
    Struggling
    37
  • Ai
    33 posts in the past month
    1. Observations: non-instructional text prefix may bypass RLHF constraints without adversarial prompting? [D]
    #4
    Ai
    Observations: non-instructional text prefix may bypass RLHF constraints without adversarial prompting? [D]
    33
  • Looking
    25 posts in the past month
    #5
    Looking
    25

Flair

  • Discussion
    67 posts in the past month
    1. I have lost three and a half potential PhD students due to the conference review process [D]
    2. It's time to desk reject papers that don't include code that can reproduce the results [D]
    3. NeurIPS 2026: If the rebuttal addresses your concern, please raise your score [D]
    #1
    Discussion
    I have lost three and a half potential PhD students due to the conference review process [D] · It's time to desk reject papers that don't include code that can reproduce the results [D] · NeurIPS 2026: If the rebuttal addresses your concern, please raise your score [D]
    67
  • Research
    35 posts in the past month
    1. Round-Trip Consistency: Bidirectional Diffusion Models Can Predict Their Own Rollout Errors [R]
    2. NeurIPS 2026 Reviewer: AI-Generated Rebuttals (and Paper) [D]
    3. How to file a complaint about a published CVPR paper? [R]
    #2
    Research
    Round-Trip Consistency: Bidirectional Diffusion Models Can Predict Their Own Rollout Errors [R] · NeurIPS 2026 Reviewer: AI-Generated Rebuttals (and Paper) [D] · How to file a complaint about a published CVPR paper? [R]
    35
  • Project
    25 posts in the past month
    1. I have trained a model to predict my blood sugar [P]
    2. Transformers are famously bad at arithmetic, so I set one's weights by hand (no training) and it multiplies with 100% accuracy [P]
    3. I Compressed Bad Apple into a 3MB Neural Network [P]
    #3
    Project
    I have trained a model to predict my blood sugar [P] · Transformers are famously bad at arithmetic, so I set one's weights by hand (no training) and it multiplies with 100% accuracy [P] · I Compressed Bad Apple into a 3MB Neural Network [P]
    25
  • News
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Real-Time Conversational Agents (RTCA) Workshop @ NeurIPS 2026 — submissions now open, deadline Aug 29 AoE [N]
    2. Eleven Labs scaled to a 11 Billion dollar company with a 10 person finance team[N]
    #4
    News
    Real-Time Conversational Agents (RTCA) Workshop @ NeurIPS 2026 — submissions now open, deadline Aug 29 AoE [N] · Eleven Labs scaled to a 11 Billion dollar company with a 10 person finance team[N]
    2

Product recommendations

  • which ai model is best for emoji/sticker generation
    4 posts in the past month
    1. Which AI Model is best for Emoji/Sticker Generation
    2. Which AI Model is best for Emoji/Sticker Generation
    3. Which AI Model is best for Emoji/Sticker Generation
    #1
    which ai model is best for emoji/sticker generation
    Which AI Model is best for Emoji/Sticker Generation · Which AI Model is best for Emoji/Sticker Generation · Which AI Model is best for Emoji/Sticker Generation
    4
  • mid level ds/ml strategy
    3 posts in the past month
    1. [D] Mid Level DS/ML, best strategy for upskilling with Deep Learning and GenAI ?
    2. Mid Level DS/ML, best strategy for upskilling with Deep Learning and GenAI ?
    3. Mid level DS/ML, best strategy for upskilling with Deep Learning and GenAI ?
    #2
    mid level ds/ml strategy
    [D] Mid Level DS/ML, best strategy for upskilling with Deep Learning and GenAI ? · Mid Level DS/ML, best strategy for upskilling with Deep Learning and GenAI ? · Mid level DS/ML, best strategy for upskilling with Deep Learning and GenAI ?
    3
  • what are the best subreddits you follow for ai/ml/llms etc??
    3 posts in the past month
    1. [D] What are the best subreddits you follow for AI/ML/LLMs/NLP/Agentic AI etc?
    2. What are the best subreddits you follow for AI/ML/LLMs etc??
    3. What are the best subreddits you follow for AI/ML/LLMs etc??
    #3
    what are the best subreddits you follow for ai/ml/llms etc??
    [D] What are the best subreddits you follow for AI/ML/LLMs/NLP/Agentic AI etc? · What are the best subreddits you follow for AI/ML/LLMs etc?? · What are the best subreddits you follow for AI/ML/LLMs etc??
    3
  • tools for academic writing
    2 posts in the past month
    1. [D] Best tools for academic writing
    2. Best tools for academic writing
    #4
    tools for academic writing
    [D] Best tools for academic writing · Best tools for academic writing
    2
  • understanding vision transformers (vits)
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Understanding Vision Transformers (ViTs) in 2025: Key Concepts, Challenges, and Best Resources
    2. Understanding Vision Transformers (ViTs) in 2025: Key Concepts, Challenges, and Best Resources
    #5
    understanding vision transformers (vits)
    Understanding Vision Transformers (ViTs) in 2025: Key Concepts, Challenges, and Best Resources · Understanding Vision Transformers (ViTs) in 2025: Key Concepts, Challenges, and Best Resources
    2
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Frequently asked questions

Who is r/MachineLearning for?
Best for Data Scientists and ML Engineers enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
Is r/MachineLearning 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/MachineLearning have?
Roughly 3.1M members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
What platform is r/MachineLearning on?
r/MachineLearning 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/MachineLearning cover?
On the Hive Index, r/MachineLearning is organized under Data Scientists, ML Engineers.
How do I join r/MachineLearning?
You can join r/MachineLearning 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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