r/Professors is a subreddit with 199k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses looking, ai, worst, students, and hate, and they frequently recommend/review dress shoes, work bag, and scheduling software.
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Popular Themes in r/Professors
#1
Advice Requests
: "What would you do? Non-English speaking students enrolled in my course."
14 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "My university decided for us that we should share our personal phone numbers with students, I guess"
9 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "English/humanities input on AI tracker tools wanted"
2 posts
#4
News
: "MIT’s Ad Hoc Committee onAI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Professors
#1
Looking
15 posts
#2
Ai
: "Asked what the point of my job was because Ai"
11 posts
#3
Worst
8 posts
#4
Students
8 posts
#5
Hate
6 posts
#6
Teaching
6 posts
#7
Student
: "My university decided for us that we should share our personal phone numbers with Students, I guess"
6 posts
#8
Hard Time
5 posts
#9
Struggling
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
Advice / Support
: "Has anyone else quietly stopped giving 100% because the institution stopped giving 100% back?"
23 posts
#2
Teaching / Pedagogy
: "MIT’s Ad Hoc Committee onAI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training"
16 posts
#3
Rants / Vents
: "My university decided for us that we should share our personal phone numbers with students, I guess"
14 posts
#4
Humor
: "A cautionary tale"
12 posts
#5
Other (Editable)
: "Most caring student"
5 posts
#6
Service / Advising
: "Do you ever tell students that their academic dreams are unlikely to happen?"
4 posts
#7
Research / Publication(s)
: "Peer reviewing without revealing identity"
4 posts
#8
Weekly Thread
: "Sep 11: Fuck This Friday"
4 posts
#9
Technology
: "U. of Chicago: All social science Core classes will transition to an “analog” approach for the upcoming academic year"
3 posts
#10
Academic Integrity
: "I Will Never Trust An Online Degree"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/Professors
Yearly
+34k members(20.9%)
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Last updated: September 16, 2026