r/DataHoarder

996k members
r/DataHoarder is a subreddit with 996k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses struggling, looking for, storage, drive, and tired, 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
: "I'm looking for a program that can detect duplicate and delete files, even when they have different names"
4 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Please archive and help save the Taschenlampen Forum before September 16 (deadline). It is a huge German flashlight forum with lots and lots of informative data on flashlights, LEDs and other technical stuff. Time before deadline is of the essence."
4 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Every single post/meme made on cheezburger.com is still up, but they are mostly inaccessible via modern means. How would I go about archiving?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/DataHoarder

#1

Struggling

45 posts
#2

Looking For

44 posts
#3

Storage

31 posts
#4

Drive

19 posts
#5

Tired

16 posts
#6

Annoying

14 posts
#7

Nas

14 posts
#8

Hard

13 posts
#9

Download

12 posts
#10

Backup

11 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
: "Fasted and easiest way to digitalize this pile of DVD's?"
71 posts
#2
Backup
: "Update: My grandpa's 3,200 DVD collection is officially with Internet Archive Switzerland."
22 posts
#3
News
: "More than 12 TB of Steam games and unreleased betas from 2003-2013 have reportedly leaked"
14 posts
#4
Discussion
: "$20 garage sale find."
14 posts
#5
Hoarder-Setups
: "Beautiful feat of engineering inside an IBM LTO-7 tape drive"
8 posts
#6
Free-Post Friday!
: "MySpace server technicians"
7 posts
#7
Scripts/Software
: "yt-dlp-manager: a self-hosted yt-dlp download manager with a web UI, a TUI and a CLI over one shared queue"
5 posts
#8
Sale
: "Sagittarius 8 Bay Nas Case Deal found"
2 posts
#9
Sharing
: "Just wanted to share my archive.org page where I've been slowly uploading old archives of Australian local news videos that I found on an old hard drive."
1 post
#10
Downloaders
: "Scribd pdf download links that work (for me)"
1 post

Member Growth in r/DataHoarder

Yearly
+117k members(13.3%)

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Last updated: September 11, 2026