r/AskComputerScience is a subreddit with 154k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, struggling, programming, understand, and cs, and they frequently recommend/review textbook, learning resources, and math books.
Ask Computer Science Questions And Get Answers! This subreddit is intended for questions about topics that might be taught by a computer science department at a university.
Popular Themes in r/AskComputerScience
#1
Advice Requests
: "What are good AI courses?"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "how to input multiple files at a time and save them as different files in the output"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "LZ77 algorithm is making the compressed files bigger than original"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AskComputerScience
#1
Looking For
55 posts
#2
Struggling
34 posts
#3
Programming
15 posts
#4
Understand
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#5
Cs
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#6
Computer Science
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#7
Book
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#8
Software
8 posts
#9
Learning
6 posts
#10
Hard Time
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/AskComputerScience
Textbook
4 reviews
#1
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4.0★ from 1 review
#2
CLRS
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
University of Michigan
5.0★ from 1 review
Learning Resources
2 reviews
#1
Nand2Tetris
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Math Books
2 reviews
#1
Rosen
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
A Beginner's Guide to Discrete Mathematics
3.0★ from 1 review
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Last updated: July 12, 2026