r/Database

89k members
r/Database is a subreddit with 89k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses database, struggling with database, struggling, database design, and tools, and they frequently recommend/review database, toolset, and front end.

Popular Themes in r/Database

#1
Solution Requests
: "480GB JSON file, only 480GB SSD on Mac, DuckDB import keeps failing due to running out of disk space. What are my options?"
14 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Where to start with Databases"
14 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Network Map of graph database technology connected via Query language"
2 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I release a free browser ERD tool that stores everything in IndexedDB alongside a paid desktop app"
2 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: "I went looking for a managed-Postgres provider. Instead, I found a vulnerability in a 4-star PostgreSQL extension available everywhere! and turned it into code execution at NeonDB, Supabase, Xata and many other PostgreSQL service companies"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/Database

#1

Database

: "Where to start with Databases"
25 posts
#2

Struggling With Database

13 posts
#3

Struggling

9 posts
#4

Database Design

: "How do you solve this ER model ?"
6 posts
#5

Tools

5 posts
#6

Looking For Database

5 posts
#7

Mysql

4 posts
#8

Hate Database

3 posts
#9

Normalization

3 posts
#10

Erd

3 posts

Products Discussed in r/Database

Database

5 reviews
#1
SQLite
5.0 from 1 review
#2
Vultr
5.0 from 1 review
#3
CockroachDB
5.0 from 1 review

Toolset

3 reviews
#1
Document Database
4.0 from 1 review
#2
Graph Database
2.0 from 1 review
#3
Relational Database
4.0 from 1 review

Front End

2 reviews
#1
Microsoft
4.0 from 1 review
#2
Jam.py
5.0 from 1 review

Member Growth in r/Database

Yearly
+20k members(28.5%)

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Last updated: August 27, 2026