r/dataengineering

Data Engineering

Founded February 2015 · Public — anyone can post

Updated Sep 2

News & discussion on Data Engineering topics, including but not limited to: data pipelines, databases, data formats, storage, data modeling, data governance, cleansing, NoSQL, distributed systems, streaming, batch, Big Data, and workflow engines.

Members

475,582

476K

Online now

not captured in the last snapshot

Posts per day

4.5

from the last 100 posts, spanning 21.9 days

Comments per post

no sample yet

Growth · 7d

not enough history yet

Growth · 30d

not enough history yet

Promo tolerance

high

read the sidebar rules first

Last post

Sep 1

sampled Sep 2

Distinct posters

94%

of the last 100 posts

Tracking since Sep 2 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.

Member growth

Tracking since Sep 2 — growth charts appear after a week of history.

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r/dataengineering — frequently asked

How many members does r/dataengineering have?

r/dataengineering has 475,582 members as of our most recent crawl on Sep 2. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.

Is r/dataengineering growing?

We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/dataengineering yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Sep 2; the chart fills in as history accumulates.

How active is r/dataengineering?

Around 4.5 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 21.9 days. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.

When was r/dataengineering created?

r/dataengineering was founded in February 2015 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.

Who posts in r/dataengineering?

Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 94% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Sep 1. A low share means a feed dominated by a handful of accounts (bots, mods, or one prolific poster) rather than a community.

Can I promote my product in r/dataengineering?

Our read on r/dataengineering is high promo tolerance. It has a promo-friendly culture or a dedicated thread, but that still means being useful first. Always read the sidebar rules before you post; moderator enforcement is the thing that actually decides.

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