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r/AskAcademia
2.0M members
r/AskAcademia is a subreddit with 2.0M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has high activity.
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
: "Received a competing offer but not on paper. How do I approach the Dean? "
35 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Student feels cheated as they have been doing tasks that do not generate research papers. Should I try to compensate them?"
17 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Is there a way to view journal articles that my university does not provide access to? "
3 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "How much less competition is there for TT jobs at geographically undesirable R1's?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AskAcademia
#1
Research
: "Completed a Research Paper all by myself, and now the Professor published it on her name"
53 posts
#2
Phd
: "My Research Mentor Told Me I’ll Never Be Good Enough for a Phd"
49 posts
#3
Academic
: "Is grant writing supposed to take so much time?"
38 posts
#4
Advice
: "Need Advice in switching my major from Engineering to Social science and the aging problem that might come with it"
29 posts
#5
Career
: "Do you try to explicitly teach study skills to your undergraduate students?"
19 posts
#6
Postdoc
: "Struggling with a Toxic Postdoc Experience and Institutional Silence Part 1"
12 posts
#7
Journal
: "Is there a way to view Journal articles that my university does not provide access to? "
10 posts
#8
Mistake
9 posts
#9
Thesis
: "Can I cite Reddit in my Thesis or will I look silly?"
9 posts
#10
Worst
9 posts
Member Growth in r/AskAcademia
Daily
+2k members(0.1%)
Monthly
+37k members(1.9%)
Yearly
+466k members(30.2%)
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