r/PhysicsStudents is a subreddit with 149k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses physics, struggling, advice, math, and hard time, and they frequently recommend/review physics books, textbooks, and math books.
A place for physics students of any level to discuss the intricate profoundness of the universe.
Popular Themes in r/PhysicsStudents
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Struggling in Mathematical Methods in Physics"
3 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Struggling with undergrad electromagnetism. Any tips?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/PhysicsStudents
#1
Physics
85 posts
#2
Struggling
60 posts
#3
Advice
37 posts
#4
Math
17 posts
#5
Hard Time
14 posts
#6
Career
7 posts
#7
Hate
6 posts
#8
Study
5 posts
#9
Laptop
4 posts
#10
Learning
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/PhysicsStudents
Physics Books
48 reviews
#1
Richard Feynman
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
HC Verma
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Young and Freedman
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Textbooks
9 reviews
#1
Purcell
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Purcell, Feynman, Griffiths
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Berkeley
4.0★ from 1 review
Math Books
6 reviews
#1
Dover
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Hassani
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Mary L Boa
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/PhysicsStudents
#1
Need Advice
: "Struggling in Mathematical Methods in Physics"
54 posts
#2
Research
: "Those who dreaming about being a Great scientist.."
9 posts
#3
Rant/Vent
: "imposter syndrome as a female student"
3 posts
#4
Off Topic
: "Really excited to start school again"
3 posts
#5
Poll
: "Do you think Michael Faraday would’ve accomplished more had he known higher mathematics?"
3 posts
#6
HW Help
: "[high school] can someone help with 2d momentum collisions"
2 posts
#7
Meme
: "net force meme (The net force is the vector sum of all individual pushes and pulls acting on an object)"
2 posts
#8
Meta
: "What contemporary theory or consensus of understanding on the phenomenon of light in the form of photons can I study to inform my primitive hypothesis about it?"
1 post
#9
Update
: "Complete game on turing-complete quantum computing, a decade of work"
1 post
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Last updated: October 28, 2026