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, 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"
74 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "I woke up today and felt disgusted with myself and my job"
13 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "Job opportunity as a PhD student"
2 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Google books is broken. Alternatives?"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Ghostwriting grant proposals for a colleagues"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AskAcademia
#1
Phd
: "I vented to my Phd student"
73 posts
#2
Research
: "Does anyone else hate Copilot when writing about Research?"
72 posts
#3
Struggling
57 posts
#4
Academic
: "2 and a half years after my PhD, I am nowhere near landing an Academic position. Should I just give up?"
49 posts
#5
Looking For
29 posts
#6
Postdoc
: "Has the timeline for a Postdoc to be competitive for faculty positions gotten longer?"
24 posts
#7
Career
: "Post-PhD Career goals (advice wanted)"
23 posts
#8
Advice
: "Need Advice, messed up big time"
21 posts
#9
Academia
: "I want to leave Academia, but I can’t bring myself to do it"
20 posts
#10
Student
: "I vented to my PhD Student"
19 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
Humanities
: "I woke up today and felt disgusted with myself and my job"
33 posts
#3
Interpersonal Issues
: "I vented to my PhD student"
30 posts
#4
Social Science
: "Need advice, messed up big time"
26 posts
#5
Meta
: "Can we please ban the “am I too old to go back to school” posts"
16 posts
#6
Interdisciplinary
: "Researchers who hallucinate citations are banned from arXiv"
12 posts
#7
Administrative
: "What's everyone's expected indirect rate?"
11 posts
#8
Professional Misconduct in Research
: "Has anyone seen the discourse on twitter about researchers not reading the sources they cite in their published work?"
10 posts
#9
Professional Fields - Law, Business, etc.
: "It's a great job but I can't deal with the workload anymore"
7 posts
#10
Admissions - please post in /r/gradadmissions, not here
: "27-year-old Literature and Psychology student interested in critical theory and academia. How should I plan my career?"
3 posts
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Yearly
+43k members(2.1%)
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Last updated: June 12, 2026