About r/datascience
In its own words:
A space for data science professionals to engage in discussions and debates on the subject of data science.
The community was created on Aug 6, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 761 subscribers (+0.03%).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/datascience grew from 2,768,348 to 2,773,391 subscribers (+5K, +0.18%). That is about 115 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
Top posts on r/datascience this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 6, 2026).
- mizu: a new tool to speed up parallel data science workflowsu/hadley · Nov 5
- Is anyone else seeing more relaxed coding rounds lately?u/Fig_Towel_379 · Nov 2
- Demystify the entry-level market for me please?u/Thin_Original_6765 · Nov 4
- Weekly Entering & Transitioning - Thread 02 Nov, 2026 - 09 Nov, 2026u/AutoModerator · Nov 2
- Evaluating Kumo, Nori, Chronos-2 and LGBM for Electricity Price Forecastingu/nkafr · Nov 6
- Interactive tools for learning Agentic Analytics and evals for freeu/avourakis · Nov 4
- What is harness engineering?u/Nice-Dragonfly-4823 · Oct 30
Activity and best time to post
The public archive holds 138,752 posts and 1,037,172 comments in total, about 7.5 comments per post.
Rules of r/datascience
The moderators of r/datascience list 11 rules. In short:
- Be Respectful and Supportive
- Stay On Topic
- Use the Weekly Thread
- No Video Links
- No Listicles
- No Surveys
- Limit Self-Promotion
- /r/datascience is not stack overflow
- /r/datascience is not a homework helper
- /r/datascience is not a crowd-sourced Google
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/datascience 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 big is r/datascience?
r/datascience has 2,773,391 subscribers, which makes it the #402 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,043 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/datascience created?
r/datascience was created on Aug 6, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Aug 8, 2011.
Is r/datascience still active?
Over its lifetime the archive counts 138,752 posts and 1,037,172 comments.
What kind of posts are on r/datascience?
The community describes itself as: “A space for data science professionals to engage in discussions and debates on the subject of data science.”
Is r/datascience SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/datascience as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/datascience?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/datascience accepts both text and link posts, with images and galleries enabled. It has 11 posted rules, starting with: “Be Respectful and Supportive”; “Stay On Topic”; “Use the Weekly Thread”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/datascience?
Communities with similar topics include r/psychology (4.9M), r/space (28M), r/science (34.6M), r/askscience (26.4M) and r/compsci (4M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 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/datascience.