r/Professors is a subreddit with 195k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses looking, ai, students, worst, and hate, and they frequently recommend/review dress shoes, work bag, and scheduling software.
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Popular Themes in r/Professors
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Online asynchronous class started Saturday. One student has already told me that they are going on a cruise today and aren't sure that they will have good enough wifi. Is it too harsh to say "sounds like poor planning on your part. I accept late work with a penalty.""
18 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "A doctoral student confided something deeply troubling about her chair/my colleague, advice needed"
5 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: ""I’m a College Professor Inflating Grades. I Need Help""
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "Random idea to encourage note taking"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Professors
#1
Looking
15 posts
#2
Ai
14 posts
#3
Students
: "Finally got my first "Can I please help with your research" email from a high school student."
11 posts
#4
Worst
8 posts
#5
Hate
7 posts
#6
Struggling
6 posts
#7
Teaching
6 posts
#8
Tired
5 posts
#9
Hard Time
5 posts
#10
Tools
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
Rants / Vents
: "Throw a chair today"
26 posts
#2
Advice / Support
: "A doctoral student confided something deeply troubling about her chair/my colleague, advice needed"
17 posts
#3
Humor
: "Oh, so you ghosted me? Sorry about the exclamation mark."
14 posts
#4
Teaching / Pedagogy
: "This is why I struggle to get close to students"
11 posts
#5
Academic Integrity
: "Accidental way I have been able weed out Bots and decrease Ai use: Requiring screenshots of something specific/detailed"
10 posts
#6
Research / Publication(s)
: "Collaborators using LLMs to make huge leaps of progress per week, unable to keep up."
4 posts
#7
Technology
: "The End of Reading is Here - The Atlantic"
3 posts
#8
News
: "People fired over Charlie Kirk posts get big payouts for First Amendment retaliation"
2 posts
#9
Who knew?
: "This is a new one"
1 post
#10
NEWS
: "TX continues its free-fall of academic freedom and merit: Texas border surveillance scholar denied tenure despite stellar academic record."
1 post
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Yearly
+34k members(21.2%)
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Last updated: July 24, 2026