r/homeassistant is a subreddit with 595k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses home assistant, struggling, automation, 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
: "52” ceiling fan + smart switch recommendations?"
8 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Planning to run a custom rom and have home lab run on it for basic home automation , any advice? (Samsung tab 3)"
5 posts
#3
Ideas
: "The annoying gap between "remind me when X happens" and Home Assistant, and how I ended up solving it"
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "Cloud Services $ worth it ?"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I built Cam-Wise to train your own camera detection model with Home Assistant"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/homeassistant
#1
Home Assistant
13 posts
#2
Struggling
9 posts
#3
Automation
7 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
Frustrating
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
: "52” ceiling fan + smart switch recommendations?"
52 posts
#2
💬 Discussion
: "Cloud Services $ worth it ?"
28 posts
#3
🖼️ Show & Tell
: "I made my espresso machine part of the smart home for £10"
23 posts
#4
🧩 Custom Integration
: "Integration/Plugin to keep changes I made?"
8 posts
#5
🗣️ Voice & Assist
: "HA Voice"
4 posts
#6
🛠️ DIY / Hardware
: "Zigbee 24v dimmamable LED driver for COB LED strips"
4 posts
#7
📖 Guide / Tutorial
: "PSA: You can disable Remote Access and still use other Home Assistant Cloud features like voice assistant integration & webhooks"
3 posts
#8
📰 News
: "Meet the Open Home Foundation team"
3 posts
#9
🎵 Music Assistant
: "How can I have multiple profiles for music assistant"
2 posts
#10
🤖 Automation
: "Robust triggering against Unknown in APIs"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/homeassistant
Yearly
+143k members(31.6%)
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Last updated: September 15, 2026