About r/techsupport
In its own words:
Stumped on a tech problem? Ask the community and try to help others with their problems as well. Note: Reddit is dying due to terrible leadership from CEO /u/spez. Please use our Discord server instead of supporting a company that acts against its users and unpaid moderators.
The community was created on Jun 10, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Oct 19, 2026, it has gained 3,523 subscribers (+0.10%). Among the 11 communities on our technology list it is number 5 by size.
What sets r/techsupport apart
r/techsupport is far more text-driven than most big subreddits: 100% of its recent posts are text posts, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. r/techsupport is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 3.6 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 16.2. For its size it is unusually busy: about 51.0 new posts a day per million members, more than 98% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.64% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 98% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, r/techsupport went up from 3,438,225 to 3,460,200 subscribers (+22K, +0.64%). That is about 549 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (8 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/techsupport talks about
Across 698 recent posts (Oct 22–Oct 28), the words that come up most are “windows”, “laptop”, “help”, “screen” and “boot”. Other frequent themes are issues, driver, fix, bios, gpu and working. Recurring phrases include “black screen”, “secure boot”, “keeps crashing” and “lenovo loq”. By format, 100% are text posts and 0% are videos.
Popular post flairs: Open | Hardware (239), Open | Windows (153), Open | Software (130), Open | Phone (60), Open | Networking (32), Open | Audio (22).
Activity and best time to post
r/techsupport gets about 180 new posts a day. The public archive holds 2,423,888 posts and 8,836,349 comments in total, about 3.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Wednesday (192 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (151). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/techsupport
The moderators of r/techsupport list 14 rules. In short:
- Read all the rules
- No Incomplete Posts
- No Password or Account issues
- No Offering Rewards
- Recommendations
- No [Meta] Posts About Tech/Jobs
- No Private Messages or Moving to Another Service
- No Violating Privacy of Others, Piracy, or Breaking Terms/Agreements
- No EOL Software or Unsupported Systems
- No Public Service Announcements
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/techsupport 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 many subscribers does r/techsupport have?
r/techsupport has 3,460,200 subscribers, which makes it the #297 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 21,975 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026.
How old is r/techsupport?
r/techsupport was created on Jun 10, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Aug 19, 2008.
How active is r/techsupport?
Very active: r/techsupport gets about 180 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 2,423,888 posts and 8,836,349 comments. In a sample of 698 recent posts we counted 667 different authors.
When is r/techsupport most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 22, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026, the busiest day was Wednesday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/techsupport about?
The community describes itself as: “Stumped on a tech problem? Ask the community and try to help others with their problems as well. Note: Reddit is dying due to terrible leadership from CEO /u/spez. Please use our Discord server instead of supporting a c…” Recent post titles often mention windows, laptop, help, screen and boot. Most posts are text posts (100%).
Is r/techsupport safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/techsupport as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/techsupport?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/techsupport accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 14 posted rules, starting with: “Read all the rules”; “No Incomplete Posts”; “No Password or Account issues”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/techsupport?
Communities with similar topics include r/lifehacks (14.6M), r/pcmasterrace (16.4M), r/MinecraftMemes (3.4M), r/buildapc (8.5M) and r/mildlyinfuriating (12.7M).
Stats from public data (data updated Oct 29, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Oct 30, 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/techsupport.