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I would love to see something like r/AskHistorians. It's my favorite sub by far, and something I have really seen anywhere else. It's heavily moderated (in a good way), and the answers are all high quality and sourced. It's pretty much why I held on to my reddit account as long as I have.

For me, the real magic of Reddit was in hyperspecific niche communities full of hobbyist experts -- or even professionals. Places like r/tolkienfans.

I'd love to see communities about:

• crafting (fibre crafts like knitting and spinning in particular)
• classical music
• photography
• Latin
• history (r/askhistorians?)
• cats
• art
• cooking
• writing
• Star Trek
• menopause
• AuDHD
• birdwatching
• gardening
• reading

Crafting communities! I love seeing what people make in r/crochet and r/Brochet and they also tend to have really welcoming and kind users :)

Once I get back home next week I am going to start my own server for paganism/heathenry/animism

I'd like to see a book suggestion community with a decent number of requests. Something like r/booksuggestions or r/suggestmeabook. Most of what I did on Reddit was recommend books in response to requests.

I wouldn't mind seeing a New England community, either. Or Massachusetts one. I'd start one up, but I don't know if I could handle the moderation responsibilities!

I'd really like to see a photography community pop up. Not necessarily a /fujifilm /leica community, but a general photography place for folks to share their snaps, and get advice about techniques and gear.

Something social, and positive. Like r/roastme had a opposite one called r/toastme. Rather then burn and roast OP, you gave them compliments. It was a positive thing to see.

"Indie Products"- a place for people to nerd out about stuff made by small independent makers and for indie makers to find support maybe? I'm not a maker myself but I really enjoy buying from small businesses and finding out about cool products.

Sysadmin, networking, homelab

Begs the question. Is there a way to request a new community on beehaw?

Might not be the most popular option but a shitposting sub along the lines of 196/197/19684 is the major one for me. Would also love to see a 3dprinting community, but I kinda think something along the lines of technical hobbies/niches are a best case scenario for new services joining the fediverse.

Perhaps a community for people over 50. (Asking for a friend. Honestly.)

I am a Dark Souls addict and when I quit Reddit for good on July 1st, those are the subs I'll really miss most. I'm also a history teacher and adjunct and really will suffer without /r/AskHistorians.

Any and all of the sports subreddits. Nothing brings more user engagement (positive and negative) than game threads for sporting events. The sooner we can get a thriving sports community going, the faster Lemmy or any social media app will grow.

For me it's

• /r/selfhosted
• /r/home server
• /r/3dprinting

I would like to see a !videos on beehaw.org.

r/ImSorryJon

Eldritch horror Garfield is essential to any online community.

/r/guitar, for those of use who struggle (and suck) at self-learning this amazing instrument.

I want equivalents for:

• r/Fantasy
• r/tipofmytongue (iirc that name - the one for helping people find shit they've forgotten)
• maybe r/52books (it produces too many simple posts to just go in r/books, not sure if the same would be true here)
• r/vegetarian

Edit: r/fantasy is the biggest one for me. In effect the subreddit is really more for SciFi and Fantasy, both - and other speculative fiction - and they have a yearly speculative fiction bingo card that's really fun to participate in. It's mostly books in practice but is not exclusively about books.

I'd love to see a communities for: (some of these may be around, but I haven't searched for them yet)

Turn-based RPGs (BG3 for example) Real time with pause would also fit into turn-based.

Action/adventure (TOTK would be here).

JRPG

AmITheAsshole

Communities for the different US states and the biggest city in the state.

ebikes

electric cars

Fitness (a general one and women and men's communities just because the focus is often quite different between the two)

Weightlifting

Nextfuckinglevel

Parrots or pet birds

Birdwatching

Restless leg syndrome (any any other chronic condition like lupus, MS etc)

Uplifting news

Woodworking

Carving (more niche, only carving not furniture making)

Kayaking

Sewing

Photography software and techniques

A View from my Window (or deck, or yard. focus on where you live, not glamor vacation pix)

City Planning (a place to discuss how to get involved in city politics to do things like create biking paths, better sidewalks, etc.)

KindleScribe (or any e-ink device you write/draw on like Remarkable, Boox, Supernote)

Longevity (research focused on health extension and longer life spans)

These may be too specific, but I thought I'd toss them all out there. Sorry for the craptacular lack of formatting. I forgot to hit the list style button.

/r/games for me. I really like keeping tabs on gaming news.

Looking for "local" city and state/province communities. A place to talk about local politics, share information on upcoming events/festivals, talk about traffic and weather.

But reality is Lemmy isn't that big yet. So maybe start regional like how midwest.social is doing and divide it up when activity is too much to handle.

Meme/circlejerk/shitposting. Things like r/noncrediblediplomacy, r/linguisitcshumor, r/mapporncirclejerk, r/okbuddyholy (and Weezer in generak).

I’ve setup an instance focused on some niche topics and hobbies, there’s not much there yet but here they are if anyone wants!

FFXIV → https://possumpat.io/c/ffxiv

Bugs → https://possumpat.io/c/bugmenagerie

Esports → https://possumpat.io/c/esports

Gundam → https://possumpat.io/c/gundam

Star Trek → https://possumpat.io/c/startrek

/r/telescopes or any equivalent for practical astronomy. There are a couple of communities but they're not active at all.

anime

but at the same time I can see how another lemmy instance could be setup for being more anime/japan stuff oriented

If you find them interesting try setting one up! Id be sure to follow as i also have enjoyed those communities!

There was a time when /r/youtubehaiku was one of my most visited subs. It would be great to see more short weird videos that give you a little chuckle.

Definitely r/retrogaming and r/gamecollecting.

Game related communities (/r/tf2, /r/chess to name a few!)

Edit: Just realised I want some tech-related stuff like /r/homelab, /r/selfhosted, /r/privacy, /r/homeserver and more too

I'm not sure if it's within scope of beehaw, 'cause I know that the meme page here already asks for people not to upload images directly to save server space (which I totally respect) but I really lurked and enjoyed r/egg_IRL and r/traa and I'm definitely keeping my eye out for where the trans meme share lands.

Mystery, true crime, or r/RBI type content would be all it takes to solidify my place here. Many of those communities across the web lean into their toxicity, so I’m crossing my fingers for a sane place to engage in discussion and participate in deep dives.

Even more specifically, subs like r/whatisthisthing or r/toyid are fun for people who enjoy some light sleuthing. Anyone know if there’s a Lemmy equivalent or adjacent to any of these?

For me it's all the photography-related communities. Photography, Cinematography, Analog, & Astrophotography are the primary ones.

I miss r/actuallesbians, r/MTF, and some obscure gaming communties like r/titanfall, r/Metroid and r/Earthbound.

Oh and the brainrot known as r/okbuddychicanery and r/anarchychess.

I'd like to see a community specifically dedicated to tabletop RPGs. Don't think I've seen one of those yet.

Soccer and photography are probably the two main ones that come to mind for me. I'm really happy to see the new writing community, and I'm excited to see more specific creative communities come about.