r/MachineLearning

Machine Learning

Beginners -> /r/mlquestions or /r/learnmachinelearning , AGI -> /r/singularity, career advices -> /r/cscareerquestions, datasets -> r/datasets

Members: 3,077,726
Created: 2009
Posts a day: 7
Avg comments, top posts this week: 30

r/MachineLearning is a Reddit community with 3,077,726 members, created in 2009. It averaged about 7 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 48 and an average of 30 comments each. Iclr, learning and neurips are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 13:00 UTC, and most often on a Wednesday.

Only approved members can post in r/MachineLearning.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

82What is the strongest mechanistic argument that next token prediction plus reinforcement learning can produce open-ended general intelligence? [D]195 comments · October 12, 2026
184Are there machine learning subfields that are becoming irrelevant (or is irrelevant)? [D]60 comments · September 27, 2026
32How's ICLR reviewing going for you? Any observations? [D]49 comments · October 12, 2026
290How many of you have seen this honest ICLR submission? [D]38 comments · October 17, 2026
46What is wrong with AI writing - ICLR edition [D]27 comments · October 17, 2026
25How many of your paper (either paper you authored or reviewed) are desk rejected? [D]23 comments · October 16, 2026

Common words in titles

iclr 7
learning 7
neurips 6
research 5
training 5
learn 4
model 4
neural 4
papers 4
accepted 3
machine 3
not 3

Best time to post

13:00 UTC · 4 top posts
10:00 UTC · 3 top posts
00:00 UTC · 2 top posts
Wednesday · 7 top posts
Thursday · 4 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

No Spam
No Self-Promotion
No Marketing Campaigns (SEO)
No Disrespectful Behavior
No arXiv Links without Body Text
No Low-Effort, Beginner Questions

How to post in r/MachineLearning without breaking its rules

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Member growth

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

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/",
    "name": "MachineLearning",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "Machine Learning",
    "createdAt": "2009-07-29T14:34:44.000Z",
    "description": "Beginners -> /r/mlquestions or /r/learnmachinelearning , AGI -> /r/singularity, career advices -> /r/cscareerquestions, datasets -> r/datasets",
    "subscribers": 3077726
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/MachineLearning

How many members does r/MachineLearning have?

r/MachineLearning had 3,077,726 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/MachineLearning?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 7 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 30 comments each.

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

This month's top posts in r/MachineLearning went up most often around 13:00 UTC, and most often on a Wednesday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/MachineLearning data through an API?

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