r/diydrones↗
DIY Drones: Build your own drone!
If you want to show off your new DIY drone, or if you have questions on how to build one, this reddit is for you! Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) and just about any other unmanned vehicle you can think of are welcome here.
93k subscribers290 posts / mo in Sep 2026228 authors / mosince 2012
r/diydrones has 93k members (+32% over the last 12 months). It gets about 290 posts a month from 228 people. Top topics: Drone Crashes & Repairs, FPV Drone Hobby and Drone Builds.
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Topics and brands on r/diydrones
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Drone Crashes & Repairs2.6%
- FPV Drone Hobby2.0%
- Drone Builds1.9%
- FPV Goggles & Controllers1.5%
- Brushless Motors & ESCs1.2%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- ArduPilot
- Aliexpress
- Oscar Liang
- GetFPV
- Betaflight
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