r/mysql is a subreddit with 48k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses mysql, query, database, sql, and looking, and they frequently recommend/review operating system.
Discussion of MySQL and assistance for MySQL related questions
Popular Themes in r/mysql
#1
Solution Requests
: "MySQL Workbench Alternatives"
31 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "What are the reasons *not* to migrate from MySQL to PostgreSQL?"
12 posts
#3
News
: "Anybody knows how the Oracle layoffs have impacted the MySQL team?"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "How inefficient MySQL really is."
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "ColdFront - a HeatWave like in-memory column store using DuckDB"
1 post
#6
Self-Promotion
: "I built an open-source Database Resilience Platform for centralized backup and restore operations across multiple databases"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/mysql
#1
Mysql
: "Mysql users be warned: git commits in Mysql-server significantly declined 2025"
286 posts
#2
Query
: "MySQL Query Optimization with Releem"
43 posts
#3
Database
: "How to know how to safely delete a MySQL Database?"
39 posts
#4
Sql
: "Problem with Sql and ports"
21 posts
#5
Looking
18 posts
#6
Performance
: "mysqlmonitor-script: MySQL Monitor for the Terminal: A quick tool to view MySQL runtime and Performance metrics."
17 posts
#7
Error
: "Trying to search JSON in MySQL. Syntax Error from MySQL but validator says OK."
17 posts
#8
Help
: "What Are Your Go-To MySQL Backup Solutions?"
17 posts
#9
Struggling
14 posts
#10
Connection
: "MySQL ODBC 9.3(a) Driver SSL Connection error"
11 posts
Products Discussed in r/mysql
Operating System
1 review
#1
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Flair Used in r/mysql
#1
question
: "MySQL Workbench Alternatives"
103 posts
#2
discussion
: "MySQL users be warned: git commits in mysql-server significantly declined 2025"
78 posts
#3
query-optimization
: "We replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations — and it scaled"
8 posts
#4
troubleshooting
: "How to import ibd files"
5 posts
#5
solved
: "How Large Queries Broke Our CPU Balance Across Aurora Read Replicas"
3 posts
#6
schema-design
: "The Filesystem Is the API (with TigerFS)"
2 posts
#7
showcase and discussion
: "I built a minimal web-based MySQL/MariaDB GUI you can install with pip. Would love your feedback."
1 post
Member Growth in r/mysql
Yearly
+5k members(10.4%)
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Last updated: June 19, 2026