r/PersonalKnowledgeMgmt is a subreddit with 3k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses obsidian, knowledge, notes, newsletter, and management.
A space dedicated to the exploration of knowledge, sense-making, learning, writing, taking smart notes and thinking on a whole new level.
A place where lifelong learners can share ideas, workflows, tools, interesting articles, tips, tricks about personal knowledge management and building a second brain
Popular Themes in r/PersonalKnowledgeMgmt
#1
Advice Requests
: "Obsidian tip of the day"
20 posts
#2
Ideas
: "Bring back the FUN in your reading practice"
13 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Installing AI in Obsidian. Step-by-step guide."
11 posts
#4
News
: "DeveloPassion's Newsletter #194"
8 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I made a chrome extension that summarises articles into a single paragraph using AI, making it super easy to save stuff in Obsidian. Hit copy and then paste into Obsidian for better indexing and rediscovery of saved articles. Search "squish AI" in the chrome store to try it out :)"
6 posts
#6
Pain & Anger
: "Stop Tweaking Your Tools and Start Actually Using Them - How Perfectionism is Killing Your Productivity"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/PersonalKnowledgeMgmt
#1
Obsidian
: "Installing AI in Obsidian. Step-by-step guide."
124 posts
#2
Knowledge
: "Personal Knowledge Management Anti-Patterns"
86 posts
#3
Notes
: "How to take Notes on technical books?"
69 posts
#4
Newsletter
: "DeveloPassion's Newsletter #194"
51 posts
#5
Management
: "The Past, Present and Future of Digital Knowledge Management: From Paper to AI-Enhanced Systems"
49 posts
#6
Pkm
: "Framework For Personal Knowledge Management System (PkmS) Technology Selection"
38 posts
#7
System
: "How One System Feeds Everything I Do"
34 posts
#8
Zettelkasten
: "Best Sources to Learn about Zettelkasten???"
29 posts
#9
Ai
: "Zettelkasten and Ai"
19 posts
#10
Note Taking
: "Note Taking app for language learning"
18 posts
Member Growth in r/PersonalKnowledgeMgmt
Yearly
+294 members(11.3%)
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Last updated: July 4, 2026