r/AskAcademia
2.1M members
r/AskAcademia is a subreddit with 2.1M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses research, phd, struggling, academic, and looking for, and they frequently recommend/review dictation software, statistics book, and ebook.
This subreddit is for discussing academic life, and for asking questions directed towards people involved in academia, (both science and humanities).
Popular Themes in r/AskAcademia
#1
Advice Requests
: "Need advice, messed up big time"
50 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Abusive professor what do I do"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Admitted to a Master's in Spain but need urgent institutional funding/scholarship to escape Gaza. Only 9 days left."
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Job opportunity as a PhD student"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/AskAcademia
#1
Research
: "What actually prepares you to run a Research group as a new PI?"
77 posts
#2
Phd
: "I vented to my Phd student"
64 posts
#3
Struggling
56 posts
#4
Academic
: "2 and a half years after my PhD, I am nowhere near landing an Academic position. Should I just give up?"
43 posts
#5
Looking For
29 posts
#6
Postdoc
: "Has the timeline for a Postdoc to be competitive for faculty positions gotten longer?"
28 posts
#7
Advice
: "Need Advice, messed up big time"
23 posts
#8
Career
: "Post-PhD Career goals (advice wanted)"
21 posts
#9
Worst
16 posts
#10
Academia
: "Tell me your stories, what should I expect from Academia?"
15 posts
Products Discussed in r/AskAcademia
Dictation Software
18 reviews
#1
Dragon
3.6★ from 7 reviews
#2
Microsoft Word
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Automatic Transcribing Apps
4.0★ from 1 review
Statistics Book
8 reviews
#1
Jan Kmenta
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Richard McElreath
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Salkind
4.0★ from 1 review
Ebook
5 reviews
#1
Apple
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Remarkable
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Microsoft Surface Pro
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/AskAcademia
#1
STEM
: "How normal is it to get bursts of productivity followed by periods of “coasting” by."
50 posts
#2
Interpersonal Issues
: "I vented to my PhD student"
41 posts
#3
Humanities
: "2 and a half years after my PhD, I am nowhere near landing an academic position. Should I just give up?"
25 posts
#4
Social Science
: "Need advice, messed up big time"
25 posts
#5
Administrative
: "What actually prepares you to run a research group as a new PI?"
16 posts
#6
Meta
: "Can we please ban the “am I too old to go back to school” posts"
13 posts
#7
Interdisciplinary
: "How do you handle students who cite TikTok as a primary source?"
12 posts
#8
Professional Misconduct in Research
: "Peer review is absolutely broken"
8 posts
#9
Professional Fields - Law, Business, etc.
: "It's a great job but I can't deal with the workload anymore"
4 posts
#10
Admissions - please post in /r/gradadmissions, not here
: "How do you balance publication pressure with actual research depth?"
3 posts
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Yearly
+43k members(2.1%)
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Last updated: June 20, 2026