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Virtual Private Server (VPS) Discussions

This community is for discussing Virtual Private Servers (VPS). VPS instances are virtual machines that share resources on a physical server and can be used for hosting websites, email servers, backups, hobby projects and more.

43k subscribers270 posts / mo in Sep 2026240 authors / mosince 2010

r/VPS has 43k members (+114% over the last 12 months). It gets about 270 posts a month from 240 people. Top topics: Linux Security Vulnerabilities, NordVPN Reviews & Issues and Network Speed & Stability.

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Size and growth

How r/VPS has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+114%in 12 months · +18% in 3 months · +2.3% in 1 month
Oct 202642k
Growing42k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+24%vs Sep 2025 · +2.9% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026270
BusierPeaked at 276 in May 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/VPS

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Linux Security Vulnerabilities0.6%
  2. NordVPN Reviews & Issues0.4%
  3. Network Speed & Stability0.4%
  4. GPU Passthrough Tech0.4%
  5. Virtualization Homelab0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. RackNerd
  2. Hostinger
  3. Hetzner
  4. Ovhcloud
  5. Geekbench

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