r/DataHoarder

975k members
r/DataHoarder is a subreddit with 975k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses storage, backup, looking for, struggling, and nas, and they frequently recommend/review backup software, cloud storage solution, and backup solution.
This is a sub that aims at bringing data hoarders together to share their passion with like minded people.

Popular Themes in r/DataHoarder

#1
Solution Requests
: "Looking for a paid service to download an entire website and mail it to me on a usb."
7 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Soundproofing NAS and metallica cabinet"
5 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Is it necessary to have two copies of everything?"
5 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Wouldn't it be cool if you could search your whole video library for an object or a phrase someone said, fully offline?"
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "The prices are killing data hoarding"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/DataHoarder

#1

Storage

: "Will a HDD die faster when put in a nas vs used as cold Storage ?"
97 posts
#2

Backup

: "Backup 60 - 100 TB: how, where?"
46 posts
#3

Looking For

46 posts
#4

Struggling

45 posts
#5

Nas

: "Setting my Boss Up With a Nas to Replace OneDrive"
30 posts
#6

Hdd

: "Mod update: regarding the flood of Hdd/SSD price posts, and AI slop."
28 posts
#7

Data

: "CERN Data tapes"
27 posts
#8

Download

: "What OF Download tools are you guys using these days?"
26 posts
#9

Drives

: "If you have 20+ external Drives, what’s your workflow for knowing what’s on each drive without plugging them all in?"
24 posts
#10

Drive

: "Opened a sealed 6tb seagate expansion Drive from walmart and found this"
24 posts

Products Discussed in r/DataHoarder

Backup Software

102 reviews
#1
FreeFileSync
4.1 from 8 reviews
#2
Uranium Backup
4.9 from 7 reviews
#3
Veeam
4.3 from 6 reviews
#1
Backblaze
4.1 from 11 reviews
#2
Amazon
2.7 from 7 reviews
#3
Microsoft
3.4 from 5 reviews

Backup Solution

35 reviews
#1
Backblaze
4.5 from 4 reviews
#2
Veeam
4.3 from 3 reviews
#3
Synology
4.7 from 3 reviews

Flair Used in r/DataHoarder

#1
Question/Advice
: "Sometimes people on FB marketplace just don’t know what they have"
79 posts
#2
Discussion
: "A popular K-pop fancam channel with 6000 4K videos will be deleted by YouTube within 48 hours"
39 posts
#3
Hoarder-Setups
: "The prices are killing data hoarding"
25 posts
#4
Backup
: "Datahoarder’s 2nd worse nightmare"
14 posts
#5
News
: "Amazon to begin prosecuting return fraud"
10 posts
#6
Free-Post Friday!
: "CERN data tapes"
8 posts
#7
Guide/How-to
: "Rpgmaker forum shutting down"
7 posts
#8
Scripts/Software
: "I built an Epstein Files RAG"
6 posts
#9
Mod Update
: "Mod update: regarding the flood of HDD/SSD price posts, and AI slop."
1 post
#10
My 401k is now gone
: "Can't say no to less than U$8/TB and my wife knows it (she doesn't -sigh)"
1 post

Member Growth in r/DataHoarder

Yearly
+115k members(13.4%)

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Last updated: June 20, 2026