About r/technology
In its own words:
Subreddit dedicated to the news and discussions about the creation and use of technology and its surrounding issues.
The community was created on Jan 25, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 14,110 subscribers (+0.07%). Among the 11 communities on our technology list it is number 2 by size. It sits just behind r/Damnthatsinteresting (#36) and ahead of r/UpliftingNews (#38) in our ranking.
What sets r/technology apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (14:00 UTC) sees about 6.7× as many posts as the quietest (03:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/technology climbed from 20,545,706 to 20,601,699 subscribers (+56K, +0.27%). That is about 1,400 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/technology this week
This week’s highest-ranked posts, in Reddit’s own order (collected Oct 29, 2026).
- Elon Musk Admits SpaceX Purposely Restricted Ukraine’s Starlink Access in War With Russia: ‘That Loophole Was Closed’u/abrownn · Oct 25 · link
- Man granted first-of-its-kind religious exemption against mandatory AI use at work — Humanist argues that offloading his thinking to LLMs violates his beliefs, Title VII accommodation protects employ…u/MarvelsGrantMan136 · Oct 29 · link
- AI bubble update: 79% of companies say their GPUs sit idle at least half the time, yet most plan new AI platformsu/joe4942 · Oct 24 · link
- iPhone Duo Fails JerryRigEverything's Dusty Durability Testu/N2929 · Oct 24 · link
- The AI boom is happening at seven companies, the rest of the S&P 500 isn't seeing itu/ArgentineBeauty · Oct 26 · link
- Americans Reject Use of AI for Medical and Coverage Decisionsu/GuestFromBudushchego · Oct 29 · link
- Leaked video exposes how industrial-scale Chinese factories are dismantling RTX 5090s by the thousands to fuel AI servers — GPU die and memory desoldered and transplanted to blower designs; custom ca…u/Logical_Welder3467 · Oct 24 · link
- Nvidia RTX 20, 30, and 40-series GPUs hacked to remove a half-speed AI throttle — firmware exploit doubles RTX 4090's peak tensor rate, lifts RTX 3090 Ti matrix math up to 80%u/N2929 · Oct 26 · link
- Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earthu/lurker_bee · Oct 27 · link
- Ron DeSantis Floats 'Criminal Liability' for AI Executivesu/Just-Grocery-2229 · Oct 23 · link
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/technology, from 2017 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to Xu/DomesticErrorist22 · Jan 22, 2025 · link
- Reddit bans subreddit group "r/DonaldTrump"u/Ketsetri · Jan 8, 2021 · link
- Congress has set out a bill to stop the FCC taking away our internet. PLEASE SPREAD THIS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.Dec 12, 2017 · 139,523 points · 1,622 comments · link
- John Oliver Blackmails Congress With Their Own Digital Data - The ‘Last Week Tonight’ host paid shady brokers for lawmakers’ digital histories — promising not to release the info so long as Congress …u/_hiddenscout · Apr 11, 2022 · 132,743 points · 5,224 comments · link
- California-based game company Blizzard bans pro esports player and confiscates his prize money after he voices support for Hong Kong protestersu/tocreatewebsite · Oct 8, 2019 · 129,869 points · 7,127 comments · link
- Joe Biden calls game developers "little creeps" who make titles that "teach you how to kill"u/topredditgeek · Jan 20, 2020 · 127,944 points · 10,602 comments · link
- Hacker collective Anonymous declares 'cyber war' against Russia, disables state news websiteu/bhodrolok · Feb 25, 2022 · 127,382 points · 3,432 comments · link
- President of USA wants to ban advertising targeted toward kidsu/Sorin61 · Mar 2, 2022 · 121,235 points · 4,036 comments · link
- If Reddit was half as verbal about net neutrality as they are about Star Wars Battlefront II, then we could stop ISP's and the FCCu/Boredomis_real · Nov 18, 2017 · 120,392 points · 2,721 comments · text post
- DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wingu/Wagamaga · Sep 16, 2025 · link
What r/technology talks about
We read the titles of 674 recent posts (Oct 21–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “data”, “tech”, “meta”, “microsoft” and “anthropic”. Other frequent themes are nvidia, billion, apple, iphone, agents and musk. Recurring phrases include “iphone duo”, “data center”, “elon musk” and “data centers”. By format, 99% are links and 1% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Artificial Intelligence (206), Business (124), Security (56), Hardware (53), Society (34), Software (29).
Activity and best time to post
r/technology gets about 110 new posts a day. The public archive holds 2,285,903 posts and 37,128,785 comments in total, about 16.2 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (158 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (84). Posting peaks around 14:00 UTC and is lowest around 03:00 UTC.
Rules of r/technology
The moderators of r/technology list 9 rules. In short:
- Submissions must be about technology
- No images, audio, or video
- Titles must be taken directly from the article
- No technical support or help questions
- No petitions, surveys, or crowdfunding
- No customer support or feedback
- No directed abusive language
- Reposts
- No Spam
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/technology 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 subscribers does r/technology have?
r/technology has 20,601,699 subscribers (Oct 29, 2026), which makes it the #37 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 55,993 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/technology?
r/technology was created on Jan 25, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/technology?
Very active: r/technology gets about 110 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 2,285,903 posts and 37,128,785 comments. In a sample of 674 recent posts we counted 256 different authors.
When is r/technology most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 14:00 UTC, with the fewest around 03:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/technology about?
The community describes itself as: “Subreddit dedicated to the news and discussions about the creation and use of technology and its surrounding issues.” Recent post titles often mention data, tech, meta, microsoft and anthropic. Most posts are links (99%).
Is r/technology safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/technology as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/technology?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/technology accepts link and media posts (no plain text posts). It has 9 posted rules, starting with: “Submissions must be about technology”; “No images, audio, or video”; “Titles must be taken directly from the article”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/technology?
Communities with similar topics include r/CryptoTechnology (1.3M), r/hardware (4.4M), r/Futurology (21.7M), r/pcmasterrace (16.4M) and r/gadgets (22.8M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 29, 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/technology.