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 struggling, looking for, phd, academic, and research, 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
: "Article suddenly nowhere to be found on Googlescholar?"
24 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Does anyone else come from a low-income background and feel like academia just wasn't built for people like us?"
5 posts
Popular Topics in r/AskAcademia
#1
Struggling
48 posts
#2
Looking For
29 posts
#3
Phd
16 posts
#4
Academic
15 posts
#5
Research
13 posts
#6
Worst
8 posts
#7
Postdoc
6 posts
#8
Looking For Advice
5 posts
#9
Supervisor
5 posts
#10
Software
4 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
: "Does anyone else come from a low-income background and feel like academia just wasn't built for people like us?"
57 posts
#2
Interpersonal Issues
: "Vent/advice: Our new PhD student is pushy and disrespectful"
17 posts
#3
Social Science
: "Got recruited as Associate Professor with tenure by R1 Big 10"
17 posts
#4
Humanities
: "Scared of manosphere students"
16 posts
#5
Administrative
: "Why are we still starting conferences/meetings sunday or monday morning?"
16 posts
#6
Interdisciplinary
: "GDPR group complaint / class action against Elsevier"
13 posts
#7
Professional Fields - Law, Business, etc.
: "Completed 3 months of RA work at an Oxbridge lab under promised contract/pay; now denied payment - what are my options?"
7 posts
#8
Meta
: "I'm about to open reviewer comments that tanked my book manuscript at my dream press. What are your best self-care tips?"
6 posts
#9
Professional Misconduct in Research
: "A senior professor copied my research proposal for a grant. I reported it to my supervisor. Now I’m being pushed out. Has anyone else been through this?"
4 posts
#10
Admissions - please post in /r/gradadmissions, not here
: "Contacting potential supervisor for my MSC program"
4 posts
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+45k members(2.2%)
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Last updated: July 21, 2026