r/homelab↗
Homelab
Welcome to your friendly /r/homelab, where techies and sysadmin from everywhere are welcome to share their labs, projects, builds, etc.
1.1M subscribers2,632 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)2,224 authors / mosince 2012
r/homelab has 1.1M members (+26% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,632 posts a month from 2,224 people. Top topics: Homelab Setup, Home Lab Setup and Server Hardware & Homelab.
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How r/homelab has grown
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Topics and brands on r/homelab
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Homelab Setup10%
- Home Lab Setup4.9%
- Server Hardware & Homelab3.2%
- Home Server Setup2.8%
- Mini Lab Racks2.5%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- eBay
- MakerWorld
- Aliexpress
- Printables
- ServeTheHome
Everything else about r/homelab
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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