r/realtech
13k members
r/realtech is a subreddit with 13k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses ai, china, space, data center, and security, and they frequently recommend/review streaming stick.
rtbot2 (/u/rtbot2) is a simple bot made by /u/mf2mf2, to combat how /r/technology has became a highly political, repetitive, and somewhat circlejerky subreddit.
The original design and bot was created by /u/firemylasers.
The bot scans posts from /r/technology, calculates a score, and reposts submissions whose score is below a certain threshold to /r/realtech. The system very effective, eliminating most undesirable posts and leaving behind many posts that are usually buried.
Popular Themes in r/realtech
#1
News
: "Derbyshire police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evidence' in multiple cases"
119 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "A data center used 29 million gallons of water without a bill, while residents complained about low water pressure"
8 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development"
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "Jeff Bezos says it's 'absurd' to tax someone making $50K — and wants their tax bill dropped to zero"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/realtech
#1
Ai
: "Derbyshire police officer investigated for using Ai to 'create evidence' in multiple cases"
112 posts
#2
China
: "Huawei chairman thanks the US for export restrictions on chips, says it supercharged China’s semiconductor industry — Washington’s export controls encouraged Chinese firms to invest in R&D and build their own tech stack competing with American tech"
39 posts
#3
Space
: "SpaceX is worth less than half of its $1.75 trillion IPO target, Morningstar says"
27 posts
#4
Data Center
: "AI Data Center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water pressure — officials refuse to fine"
22 posts
#5
Security
: "AMD changes rules, denies researcher $10,000 bounty after taking 124 days to patch Security flaw"
22 posts
#6
Microsoft
: "Microsoft is killing Windows 11's web app slop, encourages devs to build native apps using WinUI"
17 posts
#7
Nvidia
: "China banned Nvidia 5090D V2 while CEO Jensen Huang was in town, report claims — move comes as Beijing pushes its AI tech companies to use homegrown chips"
12 posts
#8
: "Dozens of Stanford grads walk out on Google CEO's speech"
10 posts
#9
Apple
9 posts
#10
Worst
9 posts
Products Discussed in r/realtech
Streaming Stick
1 review
#1
Roku
4.0★ from 1 review
Member Growth in r/realtech
Yearly
+385 members(3.1%)
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Last updated: June 22, 2026