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/r/tech: Technological innovations and changes

The goal of /r/tech is to provide a space dedicated to the intelligent discussion of innovations and changes to technology in our ever changing world. We focus on high quality news articles about technology and informative and thought provoking self posts.

700k subscribers97 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)57 authors / mosince 2008

r/tech has 700k members (+4.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 97 posts a month from 57 people. Top topics: Windows Updates & News, Moore's Law Transistors and Battery Technology.

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Size and growth

How r/tech has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+4.6%in 12 months · +0.7% in 3 months · +0.2% in 1 month
Oct 2026700k
Growing700k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−61%vs Sep 2025 · −28% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202697
QuieterPeaked at 1.8k in Mar 2022
Sep 2026: incl. ~1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/tech

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Windows Updates & News0.2%
  2. Moore's Law Transistors0.2%
  3. Battery Technology0.2%
  4. 5G Networks & Controversies0.2%
  5. WiFi Security & Hacks0.2%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  2. New Atlas
  3. TechSpot
  4. SciTechDaily
  5. Tom's Hardware

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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