r/dataengineering

Updated 2026-10-24

r/dataengineering is a Science & Education community on Reddit with 467,441 members, ranking #71 of 2,165 in Science & Education. News & discussion on Data Engineering topics, including but not limited to: data pipelines, databases, data formats, storage, data modeling, data governance, cleansing, NoSQL, distributed systems, streaming, batch, Big Data, and workflow engines.

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How big is r/dataengineering?

Created in 2015, r/dataengineering has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Science & Education it ranks #71 of 2,165 communities we track — the top 3.3% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 232× 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 74 times the size of r/dataengineering. Reddit itself launched in 2005, so a subreddit created in 2015 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/dataengineering on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.

Members467,441
CategoryScience & Education
Rank in category#71 of 2,165
Created2015
Category median size2,019 members
Content ratingWork-safe (SFW)

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