9 Online Communities for DIY Electronics Enthusiasts
Updated 6/10/2026
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Hackster
A community dedicated to learning hardware. Share projects, tutorials, and connect with other hardware enthusiasts.2.5M members
ForumEvents15 views / month
r/diyelectronics
on reddit
This subreddit is dedicated to both amateur and professional engineers that want to build cool stuff at home, challenge themselves to learn new technologies, learn from each others' designs, and showcase their side projects.405K members
Forum16 views / month
r/electronics
on reddit
Discussion and news about electronic engineering and component-level electronic circuits. Design and project showcasing. "My first..." builds. Note: No questions about circuit design or repair please - they go in r/AskElectronics1.4M members
Forum25 views / month
r/homeautomation
on reddit
A place to share and discuss all things related to home automation.4.6M members
Forum10 views / month
r/esp32
on reddit
ESP32 is a series of low cost, low power system on a chip microcontrollers with integrated Wi-Fi and dual-mode Bluetooth. The ESP32 series employs either a Tensilica Xtensa LX6, Xtensa LX7 or a RiscV processor, and both dual-core and single-core variations are available. It includes in-built antenna switches, RF balun, power amplifier, low-noise receive amplifier, filters, and power management modules as well.219K members
Forum20 views / month
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All About Circuits Forum
An electronics community created by engineers for engineers, dedicated to solving problems and exploring new technologies.808K members
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element14 Community
A community for engineers and hobbyists to discuss circuits, projects, microcontrollers, and IoT devices.890K members
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Adafruit Discord
on discord
A large community for makers, hackers, artists, designers, and engineers who share projects, coordinate events, and build open-source hardware like CircuitPython.39K members
Chat10 views / month
EEVblog Forum
on discourse
One of the largest and most active forums for electronics engineering professionals, students, hobbyists, hackers, and makers.61K members
Forum15 views / month
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Community size
- Tiny: 0 communities (<20 members)
- Small: 0 communities (20-100 members)
- Medium: 0 communities (100-1,000 members)
- Large: 0 communities (1,000-10,000 members)
- Huge: 2 communities (10,000-100,000 members)
- Massive: 4 communities (100,000-1M members)
- Gigantic: 3 communities (1M+ members)
Community features
Community platforms
- Reddit: 4 communities
- Discord: 1 communities
- Discourse: 1 communities