r/MachineLearning

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Beginners -> /r/mlquestions or /r/learnmachinelearning , AGI -> /r/singularity, career advices -> /r/cscareerquestions, datasets -> r/datasets

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 #3 in the Data Science communities list.

Roughly 78K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Looking For, D, and Struggling. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Ideas. 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: +78K 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: 52K 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

Themes

  • Advice Requests
    8 posts in the past month
    1. GPT-5.5 Scores 10.6% on ActiveVision, Humans Hit 96.1% [R]
    2. Am I focusing on the wrong skills as a CS student in the AI era? (Need brutally honest advice) [D]
    3. Asking about how to collaborate with professors or research labs [D]
    #1
    Advice Requests
    GPT-5.5 Scores 10.6% on ActiveVision, Humans Hit 96.1% [R] · Am I focusing on the wrong skills as a CS student in the AI era? (Need brutally honest advice) [D] · Asking about how to collaborate with professors or research labs [D]
    8
  • Ideas
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Hundreds of papers hit arXiv every day and maybe 3 matter to my research, so I built an open-source tool that finds them [P]
    2. Are Current AI Memory Architectures Optimizing for the Wrong Abstraction? [D]
    #2
    Ideas
    Hundreds of papers hit arXiv every day and maybe 3 matter to my research, so I built an open-source tool that finds them [P] · Are Current AI Memory Architectures Optimizing for the Wrong Abstraction? [D]
    2
  • Self-Promotion
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Looking for feedback on my GPU-accelerated Snake AI project [P]
    2. I trained a vision-language model to play Snake, and so can you. [P]
    #3
    Self-Promotion
    Looking for feedback on my GPU-accelerated Snake AI project [P] · I trained a vision-language model to play Snake, and so can you. [P]
    2
  • Pain & Anger
    1 post in the past month
    1. Why is ECCV so insanely expensive for students presenting papers? [D]
    #4
    Pain & Anger
    Why is ECCV so insanely expensive for students presenting papers? [D]
    1
  • Money Talk
    1 post in the past month
    1. Would you take an MLE role with 50% base salary increase with rigid pto policy and no 401K match? [D]
    #5
    Money Talk
    Would you take an MLE role with 50% base salary increase with rigid pto policy and no 401K match? [D]
    1

Topics

  • Looking For
    67 posts in the past month
    #1
    Looking For
    67
  • D
    55 posts in the past month
    #2
    D
    55
  • Struggling
    37 posts in the past month
    #3
    Struggling
    37
  • Ai
    37 posts in the past month
    1. AI/ML Research - What Does it Really Take? [D]
    2. Are Current AI Memory Architectures Optimizing for the Wrong Abstraction? [D]
    3. Type a sentence and watch it travel through an AI language model, live in your browser: tokens, embeddings, attention and it’s next word guess [P]
    #4
    Ai
    AI/ML Research - What Does it Really Take? [D] · Are Current AI Memory Architectures Optimizing for the Wrong Abstraction? [D] · Type a sentence and watch it travel through an AI language model, live in your browser: tokens, embeddings, attention and it’s next word guess [P]
    37
  • Tool
    26 posts in the past month
    #5
    Tool
    26

Flair

  • Discussion
    60 posts in the past month
    1. Public Library Find [D]
    2. Did blatant AI Slop just win a 25K USD Deepmind / Kaggle Grand Prize? [D]
    3. NeurIPS 2026 Reviews Are Out Today (22 July, AoE) — Discussion Thread [D]
    #1
    Discussion
    Public Library Find [D] · Did blatant AI Slop just win a 25K USD Deepmind / Kaggle Grand Prize? [D] · NeurIPS 2026 Reviews Are Out Today (22 July, AoE) — Discussion Thread [D]
    60
  • Research
    42 posts in the past month
    1. GPT-5.5 Scores 10.6% on ActiveVision, Humans Hit 96.1% [R]
    2. Prompt-engineering paper accepted to ICML [R]
    3. Mechanistic interpretability: a first paper on disentangling a convolutional neuron [R]
    #2
    Research
    GPT-5.5 Scores 10.6% on ActiveVision, Humans Hit 96.1% [R] · Prompt-engineering paper accepted to ICML [R] · Mechanistic interpretability: a first paper on disentangling a convolutional neuron [R]
    42
  • Project
    32 posts in the past month
    1. I implemented the YOLO26n model inference from scratch using ARM64 Assembly Language (No framework) [P]
    2. I built a compiler that turns computation graphs into the weights of a vanilla transformer — no training anywhere [P]
    3. Zer0Fit: I took Google's new TabFM & TimesFM ML foundation models and made them available as an MCP server for zero-shot ML tasks (forecasts / classifications / regressions). 100% local. [P]
    #3
    Project
    I implemented the YOLO26n model inference from scratch using ARM64 Assembly Language (No framework) [P] · I built a compiler that turns computation graphs into the weights of a vanilla transformer — no training anywhere [P] · Zer0Fit: I took Google's new TabFM & TimesFM ML foundation models and made them available as an MCP server for zero-shot ML tasks (forecasts / classifications / regressions). 100% local. [P]
    32
  • News
    3 posts in the past month
    1. Prism accidentally leaked [D]
    2. [N] AMA Reminder: Raffi Krikorian (CTO, Mozilla)
    3. Speak up! "Have your say on advancing AI transparency in Canada." The Government of Canada is asking citizens, tech workers, and creators to shape upcoming AI regulations, safety rules, and ethics laws. Every response matters. Take 10 minutes to fill out the official ISED survey today! [N]
    #4
    News
    Prism accidentally leaked [D] · [N] AMA Reminder: Raffi Krikorian (CTO, Mozilla) · Speak up! "Have your say on advancing AI transparency in Canada." The Government of Canada is asking citizens, tech workers, and creators to shape upcoming AI regulations, safety rules, and ethics laws. Every response matters. Take 10 minutes to fill out the official ISED survey today! [N]
    3

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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