AI, IT & automation
r/homelab stats
r/homelab has 1,112,400 members and gets about 67.6 new posts a day. The best time to post is Sunday around 2pm US Eastern.
- Members
- 1.1M
- Posts per day
- 67.6
- Avg comments
- 19.4
- Created
- 2012
From the subreddit: Welcome to your friendly /r/homelab, where techies and sysadmin from everywhere are welcome to share their labs, projects, builds, etc.
Best time to post on r/homelab
When this month's top 100 posts went up, weighted by score. Times are US Eastern.
- #1
Sun 2pm
- #2
Sat 5pm
- #3
Wed 2pm
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Top posts this month
- Quick reminder to pull out the wireless card out of your LG smart tv 😉▲ 15K
- Poor girl's homelab▲ 4K
- PiNas▲ 3K
- My wife agreed to this (so I made it official)▲ 2K
- I finally have a rack not just any but an original Sun one▲ 2K
Who buys on r/homelab
Teams asking for automation help, AI tooling, managed IT and security vendors.
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Common questions
r/homelab has 1,112,400 members, read from Reddit on October 27, 2026.
Based on when this month's top posts went up, Sunday around 2pm US Eastern. Check the heatmap for runner-up slots.
It gets about 67.6 new posts a day, and a new post averages 19.4 comments.
Read the subreddit rules first; most business subreddits remove promotional posts. What works is answering posts where someone asks for help, being genuinely useful, and disclosing when you mention your own product.
Watch for posts where someone asks for a recommendation, a quote, or an alternative to a tool. Leadhoot watches r/homelab for you, scores every new post 0–100 for buyer intent, and alerts you within a minute of the high scorers.
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