r/PostgreSQL is a subreddit with 83k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses postgres, postgresql, sql, performance, and query, and they frequently recommend/review bi tool.
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Popular Themes in r/PostgreSQL
#1
Solution Requests
: "Newbie: Timescaledb vs Clickhouse (vs DuckDb)"
10 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "The MySQL-to-Postgres Migration That Saved $480K/Year: A Step-by-Step Guide"
5 posts
#3
Ideas
: "How I built a Postgres CDC that can be 240x faster than Debezium"
2 posts
#4
News
: "Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800 million ChatGPT users"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/PostgreSQL
#1
Postgres
: ""You just need Postgres""
316 posts
#2
Postgresql
: "An Easy way to handle schema evolution in Postgresql"
50 posts
#3
Sql
: "5 advanced PostgreSql features I wish I knew sooner"
47 posts
#4
Performance
: "Postgres 18 vs 16 Performance Showdown: Docker vs Kubernetes Across 16 Resource Configurations"
41 posts
#5
Query
: "I need help diagnosing a massive Query that is occasionally slow"
28 posts
#6
Looking
21 posts
#7
Schema
: "An Easy way to handle Schema evolution in PostgreSQL"
20 posts
#8
Database
: "PostgreSQL Bloat Is a Feature, Not a Bug"
20 posts
#9
Struggling
19 posts
#10
Migration
: "The MySQL-to-Postgres Migration That Saved $480K/Year: A Step-by-Step Guide"
19 posts
Products Discussed in r/PostgreSQL
Bi Tool
7 reviews
#1
Metabase
4.0★ from 4 reviews
#2
Jaspersoft
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Tableau
2.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/PostgreSQL
#1
How-To
: "Postgres with large JSONBs vs ElasticSearch"
54 posts
#2
Tools
: ""You just need postgres""
39 posts
#3
Community
: ""Just Use Postgres" book is published. Thanks to the Reddit community for the early feedback!"
37 posts
#4
Projects
: "Stacksync, a Heroku Connect Alternative"
28 posts
#5
Help Me!
: "PostgreSQL JSONB insert performance: 75% of time spent on server-side parsing - any alternatives?"
24 posts
#6
Commercial
: "Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800 million ChatGPT users"
9 posts
#7
Feature
: "I got tired of manually reading EXPLAIN plans, so I built a tool that finds every performance issue in 1.5ms per query"
8 posts
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+22k members(36.4%)
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Last updated: June 12, 2026