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Machine Learning

Beginners -> /r/mlquestions or /r/learnmachinelearning , AGI -> /r/singularity, career advices -> /r/cscareerquestions, datasets -> r/datasets

3.1M subscribers622 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)442 authors / mosince 2009

r/MachineLearning has 3.1M members (+2.8% over the last 12 months). It gets about 622 posts a month from 442 people. Top topics: AI Research Papers, LLMs and AGI Progress and Conference Papers & Attendance.

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Size and growth

How r/MachineLearning has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+2.8%in 12 months · +0.5% in 3 months · +0.1% in 1 month
Oct 20263.1M
Growing3.1M subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/MachineLearning

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−67%vs Sep 2025 · −40% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026622
QuieterPeaked at 3.3k in Mar 2024
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/MachineLearning

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. AI Research Papers3.0%
  2. LLMs and AGI Progress1.3%
  3. Conference Papers & Attendance0.5%
  4. AI Futures & Fears0.4%
  5. Local LLMs0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Stack Overflow
  2. Hugging Face
  3. OpenReview
  4. Medium
  5. Substack

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