r/AskEngineers
r/AskEngineers is a Science & Education community on Reddit with 2,736,567 members, ranking #28 of 2,165 in Science & Education. Engineers apply the knowledge of math & science to design and manufacture maintainable systems used to solve specific problems. AskEngineers is a forum for questions about the technologies, standards, and processes used to design & build these systems, as well as for questions about the engineering profession and its many disciplines.
How big is r/AskEngineers?
Created in 2011, r/AskEngineers has had over a decade to grow and is a major community by Reddit standards. Within Science & Education it ranks #28 of 2,165 communities we track — the top 1.3% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 1,355× the median Science & Education subreddit, which has 2,019 members. It is a work-safe community with no 18+ flag on Reddit.
For scale, the largest Science & Education community we track is r/science with 34,470,477 members — roughly 13 times the size of r/AskEngineers. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2011 sits in the middle wave of community building on the platform. Subscriber counts indicate reach, not activity — a large community can be quiet, and a smaller one busy. Open r/AskEngineers on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 2,736,567 |
|---|---|
| Category | Science & Education |
| Rank in category | #28 of 2,165 |
| Created | 2011 |
| Category median size | 2,019 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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