r/hardware
Active/r/hardware: a technology subreddit for computer hardware news, reviews and discussion.
/r/hardware is a place for quality computer hardware news, reviews, and intelligent discussion.
Members
4,309,138
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2008
January 25, 2008
Total posts
166.0K
archived
Total comments
3.5M
archived
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How many members does r/hardware have?
r/hardware had 4,309,138 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
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No. r/hardware is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/hardware created?
r/hardware was created on January 25, 2008.
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