r/MechanicalKeyboards
Borderliner/MechanicalKeyboards for all the Click and None of the Clack!
/r/MechanicalKeyboards is about typing input devices for users of all range of budgets. We provide news / PSAs about the hobby and community hosted content. Feel free to check out our other resources and links to related communities.
Members
1,313,018
as of February 2025
Last post
1 month ago
September 25, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2012
July 8, 2012
Total posts
869.1K
archived
Total comments
11.7M
archived
Is r/MechanicalKeyboards dead? Activity is slowing.
No posts in 48 days. That's not long enough to be considered abandoned yet — communities usually need 60+ days of inactivity (and inactive moderators) before Reddit will hand them over.
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How many members does r/MechanicalKeyboards have?
r/MechanicalKeyboards had 1,313,018 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/MechanicalKeyboards dead?
r/MechanicalKeyboards looks quiet: its most recent post was 1 month ago (48 days). Post activity is a strong signal, but whether a subreddit can be claimed depends on its moderators being inactive across all of Reddit.
When was r/MechanicalKeyboards created?
r/MechanicalKeyboards was created on July 8, 2012.
Can I take over r/MechanicalKeyboards?
Probably not. r/MechanicalKeyboards is still in active use, and Reddit only hands over communities whose human moderators have all gone inactive on Reddit for 60+ days. If you want a community in this niche, look for abandoned subreddits on the same topic instead — DeadSubs finds them automatically.
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