r/LocalLLaMA

LocalLlama

Subreddit to discuss locally hostable AI. Hi Angelos!

Members: 851,976
Created: 2023
Posts a day: 47
Avg comments, top posts this week: 216

r/LocalLLaMA is a Reddit community with 851,976 members, created in 2023. It averaged about 47 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 687 and an average of 216 comments each. Models, qwen and flash are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 17:00 UTC, and most often on a Tuesday.

Only approved members can post in r/LocalLLaMA.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

1,717How is it possible that qwen 27b is so good? When GPT 4o had a trillion parameters and was worse?397 comments · October 5, 2026
1,025Anyone feel like reverse-engineering CUDA?360 comments · October 13, 2026
1,301Mods: can we do something about half the forum getting filled with these advertising posts for Jev?241 comments · September 23, 2026
1,185big or small?230 comments · October 10, 2026
479Is everyone in here buying up smart TVs now?164 comments · October 13, 2026
30What are the odds Qwen 4 models are going to think less?33 comments · October 18, 2026

Common words in titles

models 11
qwen 11
flash 10
open 9
27b 6
deepseek 6
model 5
next 4
tasks 4
weight 4
anthropic 3
buying 3

Best time to post

17:00 UTC · 3 top posts
16:00 UTC · 3 top posts
14:00 UTC · 3 top posts
Tuesday · 9 top posts
Saturday · 7 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

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Member growth

We started recording r/LocalLLaMA 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/LocalLLaMA" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/",
    "name": "LocalLLaMA",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "LocalLlama",
    "createdAt": "2023-03-10T21:35:04.000Z",
    "description": "Subreddit to discuss locally hostable AI. Hi Angelos!",
    "subscribers": 851976
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/LocalLLaMA

How many members does r/LocalLLaMA have?

r/LocalLLaMA had 851,976 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/LocalLLaMA?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 47 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 216 comments each.

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

This month's top posts in r/LocalLLaMA went up most often around 17:00 UTC, and most often on a Tuesday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/LocalLLaMA data through an API?

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