About r/smarthome
In its own words:
This is the place for all your smart home product. This subreddit topics about a wide variety of smart home products and IoT's. Find help, tips, tricks and advice from our users!
Community guide
r/smarthome (#894, about 1.2 million) covers smart-home products and IoT—help, tips and advice across devices—rather than a single-vendor fan club.
What belongs
Smart-home product discussion (about 13 posts/day). The rules: keep posts smart-home related; cite sources/products used; no abusive behaviour; no referral links.
Versus homeautomation and HomeImprovement
homeautomation often skews DIY/automation stacks; HomeImprovement is broader house repair. smarthome is the product/IoT advice lane described in its public text.
Practical pointers
Name the products you use; skip referral affiliate links; keep asks on-topic.
The community was created on Oct 1, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 898 subscribers (+0.08%). It sits just behind r/OneOrangeBraincell (#894) and ahead of r/mildlysatisfying (#896) in our ranking.
What sets r/smarthome apart
r/smarthome is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 72% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 35% across the Top 100. People mostly look and upvote here rather than comment — about 6.4 comments per post, against 13.0 for a typical large subreddit. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 10.0× as many posts as the quietest (04:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/smarthome grew from 1,183,440 to 1,190,943 subscribers (+7.5K, +0.63%). That is about 147 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/smarthome this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 8, 2026).
- Turned old iPad into Apple Homeview!u/jesser722 · Nov 6 · video
- We’re not getting HomeView, we have HomeView at homeu/ILoveeOrangeSoda · Nov 2 · image
- Saw a drone cleaning windows. Is there a home friendly alternative?u/dylaneatsburritos · Nov 5 · image
- The window cleaning robot has joined my smart home setup! My cat thinks it’s for him.u/XpertDestroyer · Nov 6 · image
- Whole house smart lighting, Hue, Govee, or Nanoleaf?u/PeteyPablo585 · Nov 4 · text post
- Philips Hue vs Govee: Starting from scratch, torn between light quality and pure brightness. Need real advice.u/teleRRICK · Nov 2 · text post
- Recently moved in. Do I have built in Ethernet ports?u/UltraChrillex · Nov 4 · gallery
- Which smart home ecosystem would you recommend to me?u/Legal-Elderberry-574 · Nov 1 · text post
- Do you guys prefer sticking to one smart home brand?u/Own-Version9096 · Nov 6 · text post
- Offering free 1-on-1 Home Assistant training (Westchester/NYC area)u/reddit_give_me_virus · Nov 3 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/smarthome, from 2020 to 2026, ranked by Reddit.
- Linear actuator + smart camera to automate camera position.u/BananaNOatmeal · Oct 17, 2026 · video
- Easy way to add a security contact sensor to your garage door!u/quicksilver3453 · Aug 29, 2023 · video
- Better safe than sorry :Du/kudlohlav3c · Jan 10, 2021 · image
- Connected my chess board to Home Assistant. When I checkmate someone, my robo vacuum delivers me a beer.u/SamJMGoss · Nov 1, 2025 · video
- Lady on FB Marketplace sold these to me for $100. Said ex husband left them in the garage.u/stevenmeyerjr · Aug 24, 2024 · image
- But she turned me down insteadu/miatapasta · Aug 6, 2020 · image
- Show and tell: this is mt new smart home management unit thing. I know it's overkill but I don't care, it was a bunch of fun to make!u/thomasdekwade · May 21, 2024 · gallery
- Anyone have issues with Sengled Lightbulbs not working currently?u/KrevunLuv · Jun 19, 2025 · text post
- POV: After my niece came over...u/Competitive-Sun4527 · Jul 14, 2026 · gallery
- What is my purpose? (Wyze cam v2 with 3d printed stand)u/xMalevolencex · Jul 8, 2020 · image
What r/smarthome talks about
Looking at the titles of 106 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “home”, “smart”, “app”, “thermostat” and “actually”. Other frequent themes are hub, robot, house, lighting, sensor and light. Recurring phrases include “smart home”, “home automation”, “eufy robot” and “robot actually”. By format, 72% are text posts, 14% are videos and 6% are images.
Popular post flairs: Home Assistant (26), I don't have a smarthome platform (26), Apple HomeKit (19), SmartThings (11), Google Home (9), Amazon Alexa (7).
Activity and best time to post
r/smarthome gets about 13 new posts a day. The public archive holds 63,819 posts and 406,787 comments in total, about 6.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (22 posts) and the quietest was Friday (9). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 04:00 UTC.
Rules of r/smarthome
The moderators of r/smarthome list 4 rules. In short:
- Smart Home Related
- Citing Sources/Products Used
- No Abusive Behavior
- No Referral Links
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/smarthome and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/smarthome have?
r/smarthome has 1,190,943 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #895 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 7,503 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/smarthome?
r/smarthome was created on Oct 1, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Oct 20, 2012.
How active is r/smarthome?
Moderately: r/smarthome gets about 13 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 63,819 posts and 406,787 comments. In a sample of 106 recent posts we counted 99 different authors.
When is r/smarthome most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 04:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/smarthome about?
The community describes itself as: “This is the place for all your smart home product. This subreddit topics about a wide variety of smart home products and IoT's. Find help, tips, tricks and advice from our users!” Recent post titles often mention home, smart, app, thermostat and actually. Most posts are text posts (72%).
Is r/smarthome safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/smarthome as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/smarthome?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/smarthome accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 4 posted rules, starting with: “Smart Home Related”; “Citing Sources/Products Used”; “No Abusive Behavior”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/smarthome?
Communities with similar topics include r/homeautomation (4.6M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/smarthome.