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
: "academic careers, love and LDRs -- what to do?"
14 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Post-PhD unemployment: how are you dealing with it mentally?"
2 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Searching for participants - ideas?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AskAcademia
#1
Phd
44 posts
#2
Research
: "Looking for a good journal for my ML paper"
31 posts
#3
Job
21 posts
#4
Struggling
11 posts
#5
Writing
8 posts
#6
Postdoc
6 posts
#7
Advisor
5 posts
#8
Thesis
5 posts
#9
Conference
4 posts
#10
Literature Review
3 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
: "Better to do a postdoc in same PhD topic or a new one?"
26 posts
#2
Humanities
: "Post-PhD unemployment: how are you dealing with it mentally?"
10 posts
#3
Social Science
: "Serious question"
9 posts
#4
Interdisciplinary
: "Non-traditional teaching experience?"
6 posts
#5
Administrative
: "NSF GRFP - how to choose top 3 references?"
6 posts
#6
Professional Misconduct in Research
: "Postdoc advisor chronically lies, steals, and makes stuff up in research papers - how to deal with this long term?"
3 posts
#7
Meta
: "a permanent academic position in a not-ideal country?"
3 posts
#8
Professional Fields - Law, Business, etc.
: "Phd Interview at a Norwegian University"
3 posts
#9
Interpersonal Issues
: "Gift Ideas for Professors Who Wrote Letters of Recommendation"
3 posts
#10
Undergraduate - please post in /r/College, not here
: "Feeling behind on thesis. tips?"
3 posts
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+53k members(2.5%)
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Last updated: October 1, 2026