r/Professors is a subreddit with 200k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses looking, teaching, students, worst, and ai, and they frequently recommend/review dress shoes, work bag, and scheduling software.
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Popular Themes in r/Professors
#1
Pain & Anger
: "The smugness of new AI-brained students"
9 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "I teach freshmen and I am going nuts. What are some classroom management strategies that have worked for you--specific scenarios and questions below?"
5 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Small purchases to improve work flow or office environment?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Professors
#1
Looking
15 posts
#2
Teaching
: "Does anyone else still get bad lecture anxiety even after Teaching for a while?"
13 posts
#3
Students
: "When Students attend these colleges, taxpayers often pay. Here's why (NPR headline)"
12 posts
#4
Worst
8 posts
#5
Ai
: "How many people work at places where there are required "Ai" courses or places that offer Ai minors?"
8 posts
#6
Hate
5 posts
#7
Tools
4 posts
#8
Job
4 posts
#9
Struggling
4 posts
#10
Hard Time
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/Professors
Dress Shoes
58 reviews
#1
Clarks
4.5★ from 10 reviews
#2
Dansko
5.0★ from 4 reviews
#3
Vionic
4.3★ from 4 reviews
Work Bag
31 reviews
#1
Filson
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Timbuk2
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Tom Bihn
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Scheduling Software
7 reviews
#1
Microsoft Excel
2.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Outlook
3.0★ from 1 review
#3
Slack
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Professors
#1
Advice / Support
: "handwritten work with no tech was going so well..."
14 posts
#2
Rants / Vents
: "What Are We Doing Here, Fam?"
13 posts
#3
Teaching / Pedagogy
: "Does anyone else still get bad lecture anxiety even after teaching for a while?"
8 posts
#4
Humor
: "Obnoxious and delusional student thinks he's a tech prophet and that I'm his buddy he needs to teach"
3 posts
#5
Weekly Thread
: "Sep 18: Fuck This Friday"
3 posts
#6
Academic Integrity
: "Paper exam - Phones on desk or "everything away"?"
3 posts
#7
Research / Publication(s)
: "Important message: Remember next time you are doing something with non-parametrics statistics…"
2 posts
#8
Other (Editable)
: "Univ of Maine seeks $20 million in cuts; faculty and staff affected"
1 post
#9
Service / Advising
: ""misuse" of univ facilities - what would you do?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Professors
Yearly
+35k members(20.9%)
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Last updated: September 20, 2026