r/homeassistant is a subreddit with 598k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses home assistant, automation, struggling, zigbee, and sensor, and they frequently recommend/review zigbee, motion sensor, and smart plug.
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Popular Themes in r/homeassistant
#1
Solution Requests
: "Can't decide between wired presence detector or battery"
17 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Camera Notifications"
10 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "An automation just made my daughter cry. Any growing pain stories you can share to make me feel better?"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Automating my garden"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Finally updated Probe-ability"
1 post
#6
News
: "Node-RED Con 2026 — Registration is now open"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/homeassistant
#1
Home Assistant
: "We bought a house in March. Six months later, this is my Home Assistant dashboard (and I'm a little sad it's done)"
18 posts
#2
Automation
9 posts
#3
Struggling
8 posts
#4
Zigbee
7 posts
#5
Sensor
6 posts
#6
Smart Home
5 posts
#7
Dashboard
4 posts
#8
Motion Sensor
3 posts
#9
Smart
3 posts
#10
Network
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/homeassistant
Zigbee
181 reviews
#1
Sonoff
4.7★ from 32 reviews
#2
Aqara
4.1★ from 24 reviews
#3
IKEA
4.3★ from 15 reviews
Motion Sensor
90 reviews
#1
Philips Hue
4.6★ from 25 reviews
#2
Aqara
4.0★ from 23 reviews
#3
Sonoff
3.3★ from 6 reviews
Smart Plug
88 reviews
#1
Shelly
4.9★ from 15 reviews
#2
Sonoff
4.4★ from 7 reviews
#3
Meross
4.1★ from 7 reviews
Flair Used in r/homeassistant
#1
❓ Support
: "Third Reality Matter/Thread motion sensor showing wild amounts of motion in the middle of the night"
69 posts
#2
🖼️ Show & Tell
: "I built a hardwired smart lock because i hate batteries"
46 posts
#3
💬 Discussion
: "An automation just made my daughter cry. Any growing pain stories you can share to make me feel better?"
31 posts
#4
✅ Solved
: "I finally have a usable Voice Preview Edition"
6 posts
#5
🧩 Custom Integration
: "I built a HACS integration for live traffic cameras on mountain passes, bridges and airports, with a 'verified live' sensor per camera"
6 posts
#6
🪛 ESPHome
: "EspControl: Added camera support on the $20 S3 screen"
6 posts
#7
🛠️ DIY / Hardware
: "Zigbee/Thread gateway via WiFi"
6 posts
#8
🗣️ Voice & Assist
: "Kiosk Satellite now supports German, French and Spanish!"
4 posts
#9
🎴 Custom Card
: "Hi everyone! I've just released Bubble Card v3.4.0, and this major release finally adds the feature you asked me for the most! You can now use Jinja templates directly and almost everywhere (it was about time!). But there is much more in this version and I really hope you will like it! ❤️ Link below"
3 posts
#10
🎵 Music Assistant
: "Appreciation post to the (I think) the underdog of the projects of the Open Home Foundation: Music Assistant"
3 posts
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Yearly
+144k members(31.7%)
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Last updated: September 23, 2026