r/ObsidianMD is a subreddit with 358k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses obsidian, plugin, looking for, notes, and looking, and they frequently recommend/review plug-ins, plugins, and tablet.
Subreddit for the Obsidian notes app https://obsidian.md
Popular Themes in r/ObsidianMD
#1
Solution Requests
: "Plugin that allows you to handwrite in Obsidian .md notes"
20 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Two weeks in and it finally clicked!"
6 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I've made a 100% free plugin for creating fully customisable, interactive star maps for your worldbuilding! Check the video preview in the comments!!"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "My first vault overwhelms me after 2 days"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/ObsidianMD
#1
Obsidian
: "Health Dashboard in Obsidian"
97 posts
#2
Plugin
: "Any small Plugins you guys would find useful?"
54 posts
#3
Looking For
39 posts
#4
Notes
23 posts
#5
Looking
17 posts
#6
Lookingfor
17 posts
#7
Struggling
17 posts
#8
Annoying
12 posts
#9
Note
10 posts
#10
Sync
: "Sync storage is 10x larger than my local vault — please add cleanup controls"
6 posts
Products Discussed in r/ObsidianMD
Plug-ins
29 reviews
#1
GitHub
5.0★ from 16 reviews
#2
Obsidian
4.3★ from 6 reviews
#3
Textformat
5.0★ from 1 review
Plugins
20 reviews
#1
Longform
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Dataview
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Obsidian
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Tablet
7 reviews
#1
BOOX BOOX Tablet
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Lenovo
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Apple iPad Air
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/ObsidianMD
#1
help
: "New to Obsidian — how are you actually using it long-term?"
87 posts
#2
showcase
: "Created my own Vault Graph to keep me motivated"
34 posts
#3
plugins
: "I've made a 100% free plugin for creating fully customisable, interactive star maps for your worldbuilding! Check the video preview in the comments!!"
18 posts
#4
graph
: "22 Months, 2,250 Notes, One Obsidian Vault"
7 posts
#5
sync
: "Sync storage is 10x larger than my local vault — please add cleanup controls"
5 posts
#6
themes
: "700 themes for Obsidian! What's your favorite?"
4 posts
#7
updates
: "Obsidian Plugin Updates 2026-08-09 to 2026-08-15"
4 posts
#8
ai
: "Built a visualisation for a hybridGRAPH RAG system"
3 posts
#9
ttrpg
: "Does anyone else use per-note TTRPG styles for Obsidian?"
1 post
#10
clipper
: "Web Clipper used to parse youtube transcription, but isn't anymore?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/ObsidianMD
Yearly
+115k members(47.4%)
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Last updated: August 26, 2026