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
: "Which graph database to use?"
12 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Need advice: Understanding complex SQL scripts written by others"
8 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Suggestion for what should be my for data processing web app"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Aiven.io actively blocks you from contacting them if you use a personal email. Absolutely infuriating."
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Built a service focused on Postgres backups you can actually restore"
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
+21k members(30.5%)

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Last updated: August 13, 2026