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r/DIY_tech↗

DIY-tech: A DIY subreddit, but focused on tech.

DIY-tech: a place to share your tech related DIY creations

66k subscribers150 posts / mo in Sep 2026106 authors / mosince 2014

r/DIY_tech has 66k members (+22% over the last 12 months). It gets about 150 posts a month from 106 people. Top topics: ESP8266 Projects, Home Automation Projects and Retro Gaming Projects.

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Size and growth

How r/DIY_tech has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+22%in 12 months · +7.7% in 3 months
Oct 202666k
Growing66k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+417%vs Sep 2025 · +32% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026150
BusierPeaked at 195 in Jul 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/DIY_tech

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. ESP8266 Projects0.8%
  2. Home Automation Projects0.5%
  3. Retro Gaming Projects0.4%
  4. Wood Lathe Projects & Discussions0.3%
  5. RGB Builds0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Instructables
  2. Apple
  3. etsy

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Everything else about r/DIY_tech

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research