r/netsec
ActiveTechnical Information Security Content & Discussion
/r/netsec is a community-curated aggregator of technical information security content. Our mission is to extract signal from the noise — to provide value to security practitioners, students, researchers, and hackers everywhere.
Members
517,188
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2007
May 18, 2007
Total posts
93.6K
archived
Total comments
517.9K
archived
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How many members does r/netsec have?
r/netsec had 517,188 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
Is r/netsec dead?
No. r/netsec is active — the most recent post was today, with 100+ posts in the last 30 days.
When was r/netsec created?
r/netsec was created on May 18, 2007.
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