r/labrats
BorderlineA hangout for lab nerds!
Welcome to r/LabRats! A space for scientists, researchers, and lab workers to share experiment fails, lab wins, and PI woes. Do you need advice, a place to vent, or just some lab-life humor? Want to share your big successes, your awesome protocols, and tricks of the trade? Join your fellow labrats. We also have a discord server!
Members
657,948
as of February 2025
Last post
1 month ago
September 25, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2011
August 22, 2011
Total posts
123.0K
archived
Total comments
1.6M
archived
Is r/labrats dead? Activity is slowing.
No posts in 47 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/labrats have?
r/labrats had 657,948 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/labrats dead?
r/labrats looks quiet: its most recent post was 1 month ago (47 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/labrats created?
r/labrats was created on August 22, 2011.
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