r/homelab
ActiveWelcome to your friendly /r/homelab, where techies and sysadmin from everywhere are welcome to share their labs, projects, builds, etc.
Members
763,612
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2012
June 19, 2012
Total posts
296.4K
archived
Total comments
3.8M
archived
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How many members does r/homelab have?
r/homelab had 763,612 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/homelab dead?
No. r/homelab is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/homelab created?
r/homelab was created on June 19, 2012.
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