About r/homeautomation
In its own words:
A place to share and discuss all things related to home automation.
Community guide
r/homeautomation (#200, about 4.6 million) is for sharing and discussing home automation. Rules ban abusive behavior, referral/affiliate/crowdfunding links, politics, hazardous information, YouTube/blog spam, and low-effort/karma farming; projects should include details and use appropriate flair, with extra rules for vendors. Link/Text (~22 ppd).
Project detail expected
Include project details and flair correctly. Isolated promo blogs/YouTube spam and affiliate/referral/crowdfunding links are removed.
Vendor and safety edges
Vendors face extra rules; hazardous information is barred. Politics is off-topic here.
Practical pointers
Follow Reddiquette; no reposts or low-effort dumps.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Dec 28, 2010, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 833 subscribers (+0.02%). It sits just behind r/Eyebleach (#199) and ahead of r/solotravel (#201) in our ranking.
What sets r/homeautomation apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (15:00 UTC) sees about 6.0× as many posts as the quietest (00:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/homeautomation grew from 4,592,149 to 4,597,767 subscribers (+5.6K, +0.12%). That is about 128 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/homeautomation talks about
Across 149 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “home”, “smart”, “assistant”, “control” and “integration”. Other frequent themes are built, app, help, switch, switches and devices. Recurring phrases include “home assistant”, “smart home”, “smart switch” and “home devices”. By format, 38% are links, 31% are text posts and 15% are images.
Popular post flairs: QUESTION (65), PERSONAL SETUP (20), HOME ASSISTANT (17), PROJECT (13), NEWS (8), SMARTHINGS (6).
Activity and best time to post
r/homeautomation gets about 22 new posts a day. The public archive holds 113,941 posts and 1,036,033 comments in total, about 9.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (30 posts) and the quietest was Thursday (12). Posting peaks around 15:00 UTC and is lowest around 00:00 UTC.
Rules of r/homeautomation
The moderators of r/homeautomation list 10 rules. In short:
- No abusive behavior
- No referral, affiliate, or crowdfunding links
- No politics
- Include project details
- No reposts, karma farming, or low-effort posts
- Use the appropriate flair for posts
- No Youtube, blog, etc spam
- No hazardous information
- Extra rules for vendors
- Follow the Reddiquette
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/homeautomation 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/homeautomation?
r/homeautomation has 4,597,767 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #200 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 5,618 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/homeautomation?
r/homeautomation was created on Dec 28, 2010, so it has been around for 15 years.
How active is r/homeautomation?
Very active: r/homeautomation gets about 22 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 113,941 posts and 1,036,033 comments. In a sample of 149 recent posts we counted 143 different authors.
When is r/homeautomation most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Thursday, and most posts arrive around 15:00 UTC, with the fewest around 00:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/homeautomation about?
The community describes itself as: “A place to share and discuss all things related to home automation.” Recent post titles often mention home, smart, assistant, control and integration. Most posts are links (38%).
Is r/homeautomation safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/homeautomation as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/homeautomation?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/homeautomation accepts both text and link posts, with images, galleries and polls enabled. It has 10 posted rules, starting with: “No abusive behavior”; “No referral, affiliate, or crowdfunding links”; “No politics”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/homeautomation?
Communities with similar topics include r/starterpacks (6.5M), r/CFB (4.6M), r/DIY (27.5M), r/photography (5.7M) and r/iphone (4.7M).
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/homeautomation.