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Webhosting : Everything from shell accounts to cloud hosting.

This is a place to discuss everything related to web and cloud hosting. From shared hosting to bare metal servers, and everything in between. Post reviews of your current and past hosts, post questions to the community regarding your needs, or simply offer help to your fellow redditors.

130k subscribers214 posts / mo in Sep 2026191 authors / mosince 2008

r/webhosting has 130k members (+13% over the last 12 months). It gets about 214 posts a month from 191 people. Top topics: Email Aliases & Custom Domains, Node.js APIs & Hosting and Private DNS Services.

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Size and growth

How r/webhosting has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+13%in 12 months · +2.6% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026130k
Growing130k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−34%vs Sep 2025 · −21% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026214
QuieterPeaked at 435 in Sep 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/webhosting

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Email Aliases & Custom Domains1.0%
  2. Node.js APIs & Hosting0.9%
  3. Private DNS Services0.5%
  4. Data Breaches0.5%
  5. GmailPrivacyAndSecurity0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Cloudflare
  2. Rocket
  3. ICANN
  4. bunny
  5. Example

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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