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 phd, research, job, struggling, and writing, 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
: "What are the most serious mistakes a student can make when contacting a professor?"
39 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "SFSU pulled my confirmed course assignments 3 days before the semester — twice in one year. Is this normal, and what recourse do lecturers actually have?"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "audio to text conversion for interviews? IRB safe?"
1 post
#4
News
: "Nature retracts climate change paper almost two years after publication"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AskAcademia
#1
Phd
: "Qualitative vs Mixed Methods Phd"
50 posts
#2
Research
32 posts
#3
Job
19 posts
#4
Struggling
13 posts
#5
Writing
8 posts
#6
Postdoc
7 posts
#7
Thesis
: "So many typos in submited Thesis"
7 posts
#8
Advisor
5 posts
#9
Conference
4 posts
#10
Supervisor
: "Is it possible for a Supervisor to forget about their student’s defence?"
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
: "Is the majority of research vibecoded these days?"
57 posts
#2
Humanities
: "Full professor?"
26 posts
#3
Interpersonal Issues
: "What are the most serious mistakes a student can make when contacting a professor?"
23 posts
#4
Social Science
: "Universities accepted them. Now who is responsible for getting them there?"
16 posts
#5
Meta
: "A comment I made on this sub five years ago was quoted in someone's dissertation. How will this affect my h-index?"
11 posts
#6
Interdisciplinary
: "What are some extremely niche, heated debates/controversial topics in your academic field?"
9 posts
#7
Administrative
: "What do people think about the recent article on Syracuse+upcoming enrollment crisis?"
7 posts
#8
Professional Misconduct in Research
: "Update to my authorship battle."
5 posts
#9
Professional Fields - Law, Business, etc.
: "Qualitative vs Mixed Methods PhD"
3 posts
#10
Community College
: "Community College Student considering PhD...am I suitable for this?"
2 posts
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+50k members(2.4%)
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Last updated: September 10, 2026