r/AcademicPsychology is a subreddit with 190k members. The community frequently discusses looking for, psychology, research, study, and looking, and they frequently recommend/review textbook and project management tool, and the most common flair used is advice/career, question, discussion, resource/study, and search.
A place to share and discuss articles/issues related to all fields of psychology. Discussions should be of an academic nature, avoiding ‘pop psychology.’ This is also a place to talk about your own psychology research, methods, and career in order to gain input from our vast psychology community.
This subreddit is generally aimed at those in an intermediate to master level, mostly in/around graduate school, or for professionals; undergraduates, etc., are recommended for r/psychologystudents.
Popular Topics in r/AcademicPsychology
#1
Looking For
72 posts
#2
Psychology
56 posts
#3
Research
42 posts
#4
Study
40 posts
#5
Looking
40 posts
#6
Paper
34 posts
#7
Book
7 posts
#8
Hard Time
3 posts
#9
Struggling With
3 posts
#10
Struggle
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/AcademicPsychology
Textbook
3 reviews
#1
Jamie Ward
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Eric Kandel
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
E. Bruce Goldstein
4.0★ from 1 review
Project Management Tool
1 review
#1
Quire
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/AcademicPsychology
#1
Advice/Career
: "Anyone left a clinical psych phd program?"
34 posts
#2
Question
: "Intelligence as discussed by non-psychologists"
31 posts
#3
Discussion
: "A Letter to the Field on Accreditation (from APA)"
18 posts
#4
Resource/Study
: "Seeking perspectives on tabletop RPGs for an undergraduate psychology thesis"
14 posts
#5
Search
: "I’m looking to build an inter-college psychology student community in India — who’s interested?"
2 posts
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+19k members(11.1%)
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Last updated: October 15, 2026