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Top Data Science subreddits

The largest, fastest growing and most active subreddits about Data Science, measured every month.

By KissMyPostData for October 2026

Short answer

30 Data Science subreddits have more than 10,000 members, and 40 have more than 1,000. The largest is r/dataisbeautiful with 21.8 million members. Over the last 12 months r/dataanalytics grew fastest (+61%) and r/dataisbeautiful gained the most members (+202,616). The median Data Science subreddit with 10,000+ members grew +14% over 12 months (21 subreddits with a known growth), against +15% across all subreddits that size.

Largest Data Science subreddits

Largest Data Science subreddits
#SubredditMembers12-mo growthCommenters / mo
121.85M+0.9%21,260
22.77M+2.8%757
3634,737+4.5%516
4285,365+21%1,352
5270,928+12%829
6231,858+24%750
7223,825+7.3%182
8182,918+13%1,480
9142,444+8.4%337
10136,900+13%576
1194,723+7.3%253
1292,127+54%4,856
1374,472+4.2%34
1459,541+60%265
1558,761+42%306
1654,012+14%57
1748,164+61%574
1847,798+28%517
1936,641–884
2032,763+35%6
2131,291+37%82
2225,663+24%219
2319,325–33
2416,743–0
2516,630–98

Fastest growing Data Science subreddits

Member growth over 12 months, among subreddits that had at least 18,251 members a year ago.

Fastest growing Data Science subreddits
#Subreddit12-mo growthMembers gainedMembersCommenters / mo
1+61%+18,25448,164574
2+60%+22,25859,541265
3+54%+32,19492,1274,856
4+42%+17,40458,761306
5+37%+8,42531,29182
6+35%+8,54732,7636
7+28%+10,52847,798517
8+24%+5,04125,663219
9+24%+45,277231,858750
10+21%+48,996285,3651,352
11+14%+6,54054,01257
12+13%+16,195136,900576
13+13%+21,079182,9181,480
14+12%+27,957270,928829
15+8.4%+11,009142,444337
16+7.3%+15,251223,825182
17+7.3%+6,41294,723253
18+4.5%+27,606634,737516
19+4.2%+3,01874,47234
20+2.8%+76,2292.77M757
21+0.9%+202,61621.85M21,260

Most members gained

Data Science subreddits that gained the most members
#SubredditMembers gained12-mo growthMembersCommenters / mo
1+202,616+0.9%21.85M21,260
2+76,229+2.8%2.77M757
3+48,996+21%285,3651,352
4+45,277+24%231,858750
5+32,194+54%92,1274,856
6+27,957+12%270,928829
7+27,606+4.5%634,737516
8+22,258+60%59,541265
9+21,079+13%182,9181,480
10+18,254+61%48,164574
11+17,404+42%58,761306
12+16,195+13%136,900576
13+15,251+7.3%223,825182
14+11,009+8.4%142,444337
15+10,528+28%47,798517
16+8,547+35%32,7636
17+8,425+37%31,29182
18+6,540+14%54,01257
19+6,412+7.3%94,723253
20+5,041+24%25,663219
21+3,018+4.2%74,47234

Most active Data Science subreddits

People who comment in a month, the average of the three months ending September 2026.

Most active Data Science subreddits
#SubredditCommenters / moPosts / moMembers
121,2601,23121.85M
24,85620292,127
31,480104182,918
41,352371285,365
588460636,641
68293,857270,928
7757932.77M
8750267231,858
96212887,689
10576219136,900
1157424048,164
1251720147,798
13516176634,737
144352086,724
15337246142,444
1630619858,761
1726519259,541
182581212,449
192535994,723
202199025,663
21182289223,825
22986216,630
238218231,291
2478339,820
25707212,722

How these lists are made

  • Members are the member counts measured in October 2026.
  • Activity (commenters and posts per month) is the average of the three months ending September 2026. Posts by known bots are not counted.
  • 12-month growth compares members now with members a year earlier. A subreddit is ranked by growth only if it already had at least 18,251 members a year ago (the median for subreddits with a known growth), so brand-new communities don't top the list from a base of zero. Subreddits with more monthly active users than 0.808 per member, a sign of inflated activity, are left out of the growth and activity lists.
  • NSFW communities are excluded: those Reddit marks as 18+, those where most posts are NSFW, and the Adult Content topic.
  • Topics follow Reddit's own community categories.
  • The lists are rebuilt every month. Each list shows the top 25 (100 for the largest subreddits overall). Download all lists as CSV (free to reuse under CC BY 4.0, with a link to this page).

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