About r/hacking
In its own words:
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.
Community guide
r/hacking (#363, about 3 million) is dedicated to hacking and hackers for constructive collaboration and learning within legal bounds—industry standards, grey/white-hat topics, hardware/software security tech. Rules: keep it legal; not a personal army; no “how do I start hacking?” or “I got hacked” posts; no personal data sharing; no spam/off-topic/low-effort; not tech support; don’t be a dick. Text/Link (~9.4 ppd).
Legal security discussion
Keep posts legal; the sub is not a personal army and not tech support for “I got hacked.”
No beginner dump or doxx
“How do I start hacking?” and personal-data shares are removed; skip low-effort/off-topic spam.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Apr 26, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 1,742 subscribers (+0.06%). It sits just behind r/antiwork (#362) and ahead of r/povertyfinance (#373) in our ranking.
What sets r/hacking apart
r/hacking is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 4.4 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 14.0.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/hacking climbed from 2,995,442 to 3,005,476 subscribers (+10K, +0.33%). That is about 228 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/hacking talks about
Looking at the titles of 73 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “hack”, “binance”, “tool”, “help” and “built”. Other frequent themes are billion, stolen, account, platform, security and hacked. Recurring phrases include “billion stolen”, “iam soo”, “soo sick” and “money online”. By format, 40% are text posts, 37% are links and 11% are images.
Popular post flairs: News (9), Question (7), Tools (6), Teach Me! (5), great user hack (3), Vulnerability (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/hacking gets about 9.4 new posts a day. The public archive holds 225,101 posts and 980,294 comments in total, about 4.4 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Sunday (18 posts) and the quietest was Tuesday (7). Posting peaks around 13:00 UTC and is lowest around 02:00 UTC.
Rules of r/hacking
The moderators of r/hacking list 10 rules. In short:
- Keep it legal
- We are not your personal army
- No "How do I start hacking?" posts
- No "I got hacked" posts
- Sharing of personal data is forbidden
- No spam
- No off-topic posts
- No low-effort posts
- We are not tech support
- Don't be a dick
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/hacking and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/hacking?
r/hacking has 3,005,476 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #363 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 10,034 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/hacking created?
r/hacking was created on Apr 26, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
Is r/hacking still active?
Yes. r/hacking gets about 9.4 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 225,101 posts and 980,294 comments. In a sample of 73 recent posts we counted 65 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/hacking?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Sunday and the quietest Tuesday, and most posts arrive around 13:00 UTC, with the fewest around 02:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/hacking?
The community describes itself as: “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 sugge…” Recent post titles often mention hack, binance, tool, help and built. Most posts are text posts (40%).
Is r/hacking SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/hacking as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/hacking?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/hacking accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “Keep it legal”; “We are not your personal army”; “No "How do I start hacking?" posts”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/hacking?
Communities with similar topics include r/hardware (4.4M), r/Meditation (3.6M), r/technology (20.6M), r/WhitePeopleTwitter (3.1M) and r/booksuggestions (1.4M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/hacking.