r/Database
84k members
r/Database is a subreddit with 84k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses database, sql, postgres, looking, and postgresql, and they frequently recommend/review database, toolset, and front end.
Popular Themes in r/Database
#1
Solution Requests
: "Hypothetically Someone Dropped the Database what should I do"
21 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "When to use a columnar database"
13 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Anyone migrated from Oracle to Postgres? How painful was it really?"
2 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I built a secure PostgreSQL client for iOS & Android (Direct connection, local-only)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Database
#1
Database
: "Why is it considered a cardinal sin to store a file's raw content along the metadata in SQL Database?"
234 posts
#2
Sql
: "I built a cross-platform Sql client that works with Sql Server, PostgreSql, MySql, Oracle, and Sqlite"
67 posts
#3
Postgres
: "40 TB PostgresQL on-prem — sharding vs ClickHouse vs something else for a 500B-row time-series workload"
48 posts
#4
Looking
37 posts
#5
Postgresql
: "Scaling Postgresql to power 800 million ChatGPT users"
17 posts
#6
Mysql
: "Mysql Family Picture"
16 posts
#7
Struggling With Database
13 posts
#8
Performance
: "The 8 SQL Performance Patterns I Keep Seeing During Production Incidents"
13 posts
#9
Looking For Database
12 posts
#10
Schema
: "Looking for feedback on my ER diagram"
12 posts
Products Discussed in r/Database
Member Growth in r/Database
Yearly
+18k members(27.6%)
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Last updated: June 16, 2026