r/hacking is a subreddit with 3.0M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, hacking, looking, tool, and security, and they frequently recommend/review residential proxy, screen recording software, and recording software.
A subreddit dedicated to hacking and hackers.
Constructive collaboration and learning about exploits, industry standards, grey and white hat hacking, new hardware and software hacking technology, sharing ideas and suggestions for small business and personal security.
Popular Themes in r/hacking
#1
Advice Requests
: "Tips for a beginner noob that wants to learn"
7 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I made a lightweight breach intelligence search engine (fully client-side) looking for feedback"
5 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Took me a decade to turn quantum computing into what programmers can easily learn, big announcement"
3 posts
#4
News
: "Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation"
2 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: "Feels like most people ignore the wireless layer until it bites them"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/hacking
#1
Looking For
70 posts
#2
Hacking
: "I’ve been developing my Hacking game for 4+ years — now players can create mods with the SDK. It has 90% positive reviews from 500+ players. Soon multipalyer! HackHub Ultimate Hacking Simulator"
50 posts
#3
Looking
43 posts
#4
Tool
40 posts
#5
Security
: "GitHub - Teycir/ApiHunter: Async API Security scanner in Rust for CORS, CSP, GraphQL, JWT, OpenAPI, and active API posture checks."
38 posts
#6
Hack
: "Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation"
20 posts
#7
Frustrating
: "Your AI coding agent has been writing every API key you ever pasted to a plaintext file. Nobody is scanning it."
20 posts
#8
Hackers
: "Hackers: What age did you start? Where did you start, especially in practicing your skills?"
13 posts
#9
Ai
: "Champion ethical hacker warns Ai tools like Mythos will make competing harder."
10 posts
#10
Looking Team
8 posts
Products Discussed in r/hacking
Residential Proxy
18 reviews
#1
SmartProxy
4.5★ from 14 reviews
#2
DutaProxy
4.3★ from 4 reviews
Screen Recording Software
3 reviews
#1
OBS Studio
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
ShareX
5.0★ from 1 review
Recording Software
3 reviews
#1
OBS
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
ShareX
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
OBS Studio
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/hacking
#1
News
: "Microsoft Defender 'RoguePlanet' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges"
20 posts
#2
Question
: "Does anyone know if this file is still accessible to download?"
17 posts
#3
Tools
: "The Open Source USB Drive Built for Privacy"
11 posts
#4
Github
: "wM-Buster - Flipper Zero app to analyze smart meters for gas, electricity, water. ..."
11 posts
#5
Teach Me!
: "Making clones of gate access key"
8 posts
#6
Resources
: "Took me a decade to turn quantum computing into what programmers can easily learn, big announcement"
5 posts
#7
Questionable source
: "Do people really click on links from unknown numbers?"
3 posts
#8
CVE
: "Rooted your router lately?"
2 posts
#9
Scanning
: "Chrome "Best AdBlocker" trojanized extension - 100k downloads."
2 posts
#10
great user hack
: "Playwright version that lets AI-Agents navigate the web"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/hacking
Yearly
+117k members(4.1%)
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Last updated: June 16, 2026