r/hacking is a subreddit with 3.0M members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, looking, tool, security, and hack, 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
News
: "Crypto giant Binance hit by ‘biggest bank hack in history’ as £4.7bn stolen and Bitcoin market in chaos"
4 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Anyone know how to crack neighbours wifi kal se wifi nhi h aur mai bhaut pareshan ho gyi hu 😭 online class bhi lagani h .. and ye post abhi hotspot leke ...😭"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/hacking
#1
Looking For
68 posts
#2
Looking
41 posts
#3
Tool
40 posts
#4
Security
25 posts
#5
Hack
12 posts
#6
Looking Team
8 posts
#7
Ctf
5 posts
#8
Password
4 posts
#9
Website
3 posts
#10
Tools
2 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
: "Chinese hackers use ARTEX AI in automated attacks against 200 orgs"
7 posts
#2
Question
: "Is Flipper Zero still good?"
5 posts
#3
Tools
: "Phantomdrive v1.3 Firmware Release"
4 posts
#4
Research
: "I found 6,628 Danfoss interfaces exposed on Shodan."
2 posts
#5
Hack The Planet
: "I discovered a sound that leaks your exact location (and it's everywhere)"
1 post
#6
Threat Intel
: "The Binance theft started as a coding assignment. I’ve been sent the same kind of repo all year. All were exploits."
1 post
#7
great user hack
: "A researcher used an AI agent to reverse-engineer a Brother printer's firmware and found hidden Telnet debug modes"
1 post
#8
Resources
: "How to Intercept HTTP/3 Traffic (QUIC and QPACK Explained)"
1 post
#9
Github
: "Tool: WAF detection for your whole subdomain list in about a minute"
1 post
#10
CTF
: "Brotli live streamed CTF; pop an RCE get $1k BTC"
1 post
Member Growth in r/hacking
Yearly
+128k members(4.4%)
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Last updated: November 5, 2026