r/dataengineering peaks Thursdays 2pm-4pm UTC
r/dataengineering was created on February 06, 2015, making it 11 years and 1 month old and one of the older subreddits on Reddit. With 442,567 members, this is a mid-size community that has built a substantial following and typically sees consistent daily activity.
r/dataengineering is experiencing strong growth, with 8,639 new members in the last 30 days.
r/dataengineering shows typical engagement for a community of this scale, with an average of 8.5 upvotes per post across its 442,567 members. The community is highly discussion-oriented, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.6. To reach the Hot section of r/dataengineering, posts typically need at least 1 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/dataengineering receive an average of 5.1 comments, indicating a highly engaged community where members actively participate in conversations rather than passively consuming content. This level of discussion is characteristic of communities that value dialogue and diverse perspectives.
Based on an analysis of 100 top posts from the past week, Thursday is the most active day with 20 posts reaching the top, while Sunday sees the least activity with 5 posts. Weekday activity is higher than weekends, suggesting a more professionally-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 2pm UTC (8 posts), 6pm UTC (7 posts), and 9am UTC (7 posts). The quietest hours are 3pm UTC, 7am UTC, and 4pm UTC, with only 2-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (17), Tuesday (17), Wednesday (20), Thursday (20), Friday (15), Saturday (6), Sunday (5) posts reaching the top.
r/dataengineering currently has 442,567 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 8,639 members (1.99%), averaging 227 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/dataengineering in the top 1% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/dataengineering has gained 22,496 subscribers (5.36%). Since tracking began 597 days ago, the community has added 240,009 total subscribers.
r/dataengineering is experiencing strong growth, with 8,639 new members in the last 30 days.
r/dataengineering has 442,567 subscribers as of March 2026.
The best time to post on r/dataengineering is Thursdays 2pm-4pm UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/dataengineering is experiencing strong growth, with 8,639 new members in the last 30 days.
r/dataengineering was created on February 06, 2015, making it 11 years old.
Posts on r/dataengineering typically need at least 1 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/dataengineering is a Reddit community with 442,567 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "News & discussion on Data Engineering topics, including but not limited to: data pipelines, databases, data formats, storage, data modeling, data governance, cleansing, NoSQL, distributed systems,..." The best time to post on r/dataengineering is Thursdays 2pm-4pm UTC. Posts receive an average of 8.5 upvotes and 5.1 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 1. The subreddit is adding approximately 227 new members each day. Founded 11 years ago, r/dataengineering is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,347 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-03-27 16:25:08