r/UXResearch
68k members
r/UXResearch is a subreddit with 68k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses ux, struggling, research, job, and researcher, and they frequently recommend/review tripod, prototyping tool, and job boards.
A community for sharing and discussing UX research. The goal is to think about UX research broadly and consider studies from related/overlapping disciplines (e.g., market research, medical anthropology, public health, design research). Open to both academic and applied research.
**New to research? Here is a getting started guide: https://medium.com/getting-started-in-user-experience-and-design**
Popular Themes in r/UXResearch
#1
Advice Requests
: "Any bad UXR interview experiences, ghost jobs, recruiters?"
38 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "UX benchmarking (as a) service"
4 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "A brief statement on the job market: ARGHHHHHHHGGHHH"
3 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "COLLAB] Looking for a partner to work on a UX case study together – from research to final write-up"
3 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Testing desirability for a research themed card game / workshop aid"
1 post
#6
Money Talk
: "What are you actually paying research participants outside the US? We got this embarrassingly wrong"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/UXResearch
#1
Ux
: "COLLAB] Looking for a partner to work on a Ux case study together – from research to final write-up"
18 posts
#2
Struggling
17 posts
#3
Research
14 posts
#4
Job
4 posts
#5
Researcher
4 posts
#6
Interviewing
3 posts
#7
Panel
3 posts
#8
Job Market
: "A brief statement on the Job Market: ARGHHHHHHHGGHHH"
3 posts
#9
User
2 posts
#10
Survey
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/UXResearch
Tripod
4 reviews
#1
Webcam
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Camcorder
3.0★ from 1 review
#3
GoPro
5.0★ from 1 review
Prototyping Tool
3 reviews
#1
Miro
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Balsamiq
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
FigJam
4.0★ from 1 review
Job Boards
1 review
#1
Coroflot
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/UXResearch
#1
Career Question - New or Transition to UXR
: "Is an experimental psych PhD worth much?"
27 posts
#2
General UXR Info Question
: "Groups for disabled UXers?"
21 posts
#3
Methods Question
: "Prioritizing feature ideas from interview data is melting my brain rn"
20 posts
#4
Career Question - Mid or Senior level
: "I’m starting to hate UX research and I don’t know if it’s the job or the career"
19 posts
#5
Article or post for discussion
: "This post about UX Research on LinkedIn really bothered me"
16 posts
#6
State of UXR industry question/comment
: "A brief statement on the job market: ARGHHHHHHHGGHHH"
11 posts
#7
Tools Question
: "Genuinely useful use cases of using MCP server?"
9 posts
#8
Meme
: "Thinking about switching over"
1 post
Member Growth in r/UXResearch
Yearly
+10k members(16.6%)
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Last updated: September 23, 2026