r/labrats
r/labrats is a Science & Education community on Reddit with 719,014 members, ranking #54 of 2,165 in Science & Education. Welcome to r/LabRats! A space for scientists, researchers, and lab workers to share experiment fails, lab wins, and PI woes. Do you need advice, a place to vent, or just some lab-life humor? Want to share your big successes, your awesome protocols, and tricks of the trade? Join your fellow labrats. We also have a discord server! https://discord.gg/385mCqr
How big is r/labrats?
Created in 2011, r/labrats has had over a decade to grow and is a large community by Reddit standards. Within Science & Education it ranks #54 of 2,165 communities we track — the top 2.5% of the category by subscriber count. That puts it about 356× 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 48 times the size of r/labrats. 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/labrats on Reddit to see how often people actually post before deciding whether it is worth joining.
| Members | 719,014 |
|---|---|
| Category | Science & Education |
| Rank in category | #54 of 2,165 |
| Created | 2011 |
| Category median size | 2,019 members |
| Content rating | Work-safe (SFW) |
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