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Data Engineering

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.

484k subscribers724 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)643 authors / mosince 2015

r/dataengineering has 484k members (+19% over the last 12 months). It gets about 724 posts a month from 643 people. Top topics: Data Analytics & Engineering, PostgreSQL Database and BI and Data Analytics.

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Size and growth

How r/dataengineering has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+19%in 12 months · +2.9% in 3 months · +0.6% in 1 month
Oct 2026483k
Growing483k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−42%vs Sep 2025 · −21% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026724
QuieterPeaked at 1.5k in Jul 2025
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/dataengineering

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Data Analytics & Engineering2.4%
  2. PostgreSQL Database0.8%
  3. BI and Data Analytics0.8%
  4. Power BI Dashboards & Data0.8%
  5. DevOps & SRE Navigation0.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Airtable
  2. Wolfram
  3. Microsoft
  4. Apache Software Foundation
  5. Medium

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