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 Helped Me Get my Master's Degree"
20 posts
#2
Ideas
: "Bring back the FUN in your reading practice"
20 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Obsidian Starter Kit v3 is Live 🎉"
15 posts
#4
News
: "DeveloPassion's Newsletter #194"
9 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: "Stop Tweaking Your Tools and Start Actually Using Them - How Perfectionism is Killing Your Productivity"
8 posts
#6
Solution Requests
: "How I manage tasks with Obsidian and the TaskNotes plugin"
5 posts
Popular Topics in r/PersonalKnowledgeMgmt
#1
Obsidian
: "Obsidian Helped Me Get my Master's Degree"
124 posts
#2
Knowledge
: "Personal Knowledge Management Anti-Patterns"
86 posts
#3
Notes
: "Analog Reading, Digital Knowledge: The Full Pipeline From Paper Notes to AI Skills"
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
: "Who has had a Pkm system used for 3+ years that they can truly say is working for them?"
38 posts
#7
System
: "How One System Feeds Everything I Do"
34 posts
#8
Zettelkasten
: "I did not fully understand the principle of the Zettelkasten system, can you explain?"
29 posts
#9
Ai
: "Where Your Ai Prompts Really Go: A Practical Guide to Ai Privacy"
19 posts
#10
Note Taking
: "Beyond Note-Taking - Creating a Playground for Your Mind"
18 posts
Member Growth in r/PersonalKnowledgeMgmt
Yearly
+284 members(10.8%)
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Last updated: August 12, 2026