r/datascience
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A space for data science professionals to engage in discussions and debates on the subject of data science.
Members
2,597,503
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
73
Created
2011
August 6, 2011
Total posts
138.4K
archived
Total comments
1.0M
archived
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r/datascience had 2,597,503 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
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r/datascience was created on August 6, 2011.
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