r/data is a subreddit with 54k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses data, dataset, looking for, data set, and looking for a.
## A subreddit to discuss and share data and datasets. If you have questions on anything data related or have interesting datasets, tutorials or findings please do post and make yourself at home
Popular Themes in r/data
#1
Advice Requests
: "Where to get interesting data/dataset for free?"
6 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "7 Managed Iceberg Lakehouse Solutions You Should Know"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Why does cleaning your data still require a developer?"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "I got frustrated endlessly searching for material specs, so I built an open database for us."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/data
#1
Data
: "Curious ! Is there actually a market for scraped Datasets? What’s the scene like?"
38 posts
#2
Dataset
: "Fine Tuned Specialist Datasets, is the Future."
12 posts
#3
Looking For
9 posts
#4
Data Set
4 posts
#5
Looking For A
4 posts
#6
Looking For A Dataset
4 posts
#7
Apache Iceberg
: "Apache Iceberg Table Cleanup: A Production Guide"
4 posts
#8
List
3 posts
#9
Company
2 posts
#10
Database
: "Gigantic new Database - over 35k species, 180 phenotypes"
2 posts
Flair Used in r/data
#1
DATASET
: "I built a web scraper that extracts detailed data from Google Maps to find local businesses missing a website."
10 posts
#2
QUESTION
: "Where to get interesting data/dataset for free?"
9 posts
#3
LEARNING
: "Passed DP-900"
3 posts
#4
REQUEST
: "Data analyst portfolio project: Northern Ireland road collision severity"
3 posts
#5
NEWS
: "USA missile stockpile before Iran war and estimated number of missiles used"
2 posts
#6
META
: "Data Governance by obscurity"
1 post
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Yearly
+7k members(15.2%)
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Last updated: September 16, 2026