r/PhysicsStudents is a subreddit with 141k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses physics, struggling, advice, hard time, and math, 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
Advice Requests
: "Excellent advice for anyone contemplating going on to a Ph.D. in physics"
23 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "I feel I am slowly being driven out of the physics community."
7 posts
#3
Ideas
: "An Idea to Replace the Rubber Sheet Model"
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Is there anyone who pursued a master's degree in economics after a bachelor's degree in physics?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/PhysicsStudents
#1
Physics
: "Anyone here study Physics while having severe ADHD?"
144 posts
#2
Struggling
: "Any other MSc grad's Struggling to find their first job?"
70 posts
#3
Advice
40 posts
#4
Hard Time
19 posts
#5
Math
18 posts
#6
Career
: "Any other MSc grad's struggling to find their first job?"
8 posts
#7
Study
: "Any other MSc grad's struggling to find their first job?"
6 posts
#8
Quantum
: "Mathematical Foundations of Matter Waves: From Dispersion Relations to the Fine-Structure Constant in the Bohr Model"
6 posts
#9
Hate
6 posts
#10
Physics Homework
: "[Newton's Law]: Can someone please explain the text highlighted in Orange? Why would a line curve in a space if there is force applied to it ? and there is one more line also that i am unable to understand. I tried claude and chatgpt and got more confused."
5 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
: "What do you feel of my opinion of how to learn Quantum Mechanics step-by-step ''intuitively''? Please answer especially fellow postgrads, PhDs, postdocs and further."
131 posts
#2
Off Topic
: "[physics Books I got bored from]"
19 posts
#3
Rant/Vent
: "I understand physics is difficult but this is crazy"
13 posts
#4
HW Help
: "[Solid state physics] I can't figure out how the unit cell on the left contains 1 atom and the one on the right contains 2 atoms. The picture is the professors answer."
11 posts
#5
Meme
: "Guys Is this the physics textbook used in Pakistan?"
7 posts
#6
Research
: "My favorite derivation of all time."
6 posts
#7
Update
: "Derivation of Angular Momentum Eigenvalues via Ladder Operators(2)"
6 posts
#8
Poll
: "2nd page of my Classical Mechanics final cheat sheet. Wish me luck"
5 posts
#9
Meta
: "Excellent advice for anyone contemplating going on to a Ph.D. in physics"
2 posts
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Last updated: July 24, 2026