r/DataHoarder

It's A Digital Disease!

This is a sub that aims at bringing data hoarders together to share their passion with like minded people.

Members: 1,005,524
Created: 2013
Posts a day: 11
Avg comments, top posts this week: 111

r/DataHoarder is a Reddit community with 1,005,524 members, created in 2013. It averaged about 11 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 217 and an average of 111 comments each. Archive, down and drive are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 16:00 UTC, and most often on a Sunday.

Only approved members can post in r/DataHoarder.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

640Can you imagine how cheap hard drives will be once all those overvalued AI companies go tits up?391 comments · October 2, 2026
371How do you store your... personal videos?173 comments · October 11, 2026
238What is the excuse for Blu-ray / M-Disc burners skyrocketing in price? AI doesn't use them.111 comments · October 17, 2026
374Don't rely only on cloud storage (Yandex incident)106 comments · October 13, 2026
519Anyone remember the CD STOMPER?102 comments · September 18, 2026
108What's the Largest HDD Currently Available for Consumers?78 comments · October 13, 2026

Common words in titles

archive 7
down 5
drive 4
hard 4
2tb 3
drives 3
hdd 3
storage 3
available 2
blu 2
cartoon 2
cloud 2

Best time to post

16:00 UTC · 4 top posts
01:00 UTC · 3 top posts
17:00 UTC · 2 top posts
Sunday · 5 top posts
Saturday · 5 top posts

These are counted from the timestamps of this month's 25 top posts. They show when popular posts went up and don't guarantee reach.

Rules

Search the Internet, this subreddit and our wiki before posting
Keep it about datahoarding
Be excellent to each other
No memes or 'look at this old storage medium / Connection speed / Purchase'
Posts must include context/detail
No unapproved sale threads, advertisement posts, or giveaways.
No AI generated slop or Cryptocurrency posts.
We are not your personal archival army
r/techsupport exists.
No requests, use r/DHExchange

How to post in r/DataHoarder without breaking its rules

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Member growth

We started recording r/DataHoarder member counts on October 18, 2026. Growth will show here once we have a few weeks of history.

Get this data from the API

Every number on this page comes from ChatterAPI's Reddit endpoints and is refreshed about once a week. You can pull the same data for any subreddit from your own code or AI agent.

curl "https://chatterapi.com/v1/reddit/subreddits/DataHoarder" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/",
    "name": "DataHoarder",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "It's A Digital Disease!",
    "createdAt": "2013-05-10T13:35:34.000Z",
    "description": "This is a sub that aims at bringing data hoarders together to share their passion with like minded people.",
    "subscribers": 1005524
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/DataHoarder

How many members does r/DataHoarder have?

r/DataHoarder had 1,005,524 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/DataHoarder?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 11 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 111 comments each.

When is the best time to post in r/DataHoarder?

This month's top posts in r/DataHoarder went up most often around 16:00 UTC, and most often on a Sunday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/DataHoarder data through an API?

Yes. Call GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/DataHoarder for members, rules and description, and GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/DataHoarder/posts for its posts. Each call costs 2 credits, and new accounts get 100 free credits.