r/AcademicPsychology is a subreddit with 190k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses looking for, psychology, study, looking, and research, and they frequently recommend/review textbook and project management tool.
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 Themes in r/AcademicPsychology
#1
Advice Requests
: "Seeking perspectives on tabletop RPGs for an undergraduate psychology thesis"
31 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Worried my weaknesses will follow me into a career in psychology"
1 post
#3
Ideas
: "Psychology students, what are some genuinely creative ideas for a Positive Psychology Toolkit?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AcademicPsychology
#1
Looking For
72 posts
#2
Psychology
: "USA PhD in Psychology fully funded?"
57 posts
#3
Study
40 posts
#4
Looking
40 posts
#5
Research
36 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
: "Has anyone been noticing peer reviewer feedback is looking AI generated for those who publish papers?"
50 posts
#2
Question
: "Good gift for psychology professor"
46 posts
#3
Discussion
: "A Letter to the Field on Accreditation (from APA)"
24 posts
#4
Resource/Study
: "Psychology podcasts for professionals"
21 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Need help choosing 2 Psychology internship projects (1 major + 1 minor)"
4 posts
#6
Search
: "I’m looking to build an inter-college psychology student community in India — who’s interested?"
3 posts
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+19k members(11.1%)
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Last updated: October 26, 2026