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 research, ux, struggling, looking for, and user, 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
: "Advice needed! Feeling stuck as a mid-level UXR transitioning between jobs."
13 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Free portfolio platforms for UX Research? Looking for recommendations"
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "As a UX researcher, AI recruiter screens make no sense to me"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "What is one specific, UX problem that, if solved, could significantly improve product experience and sales, but is often ignored or poorly handled by most product companies?"
2 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I built a tool for practicing qualitative interviews: Anyone willing to give it a try?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/UXResearch
#1
Research
19 posts
#2
Ux
17 posts
#3
Struggling
17 posts
#4
Looking For
13 posts
#5
User
4 posts
#6
Ux Research
4 posts
#7
Job
4 posts
#8
Researcher
4 posts
#9
Job Search
3 posts
#10
Hate
3 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
Methods Question
: "I've started trusting interview recordings more than interview transcripts"
40 posts
#2
Career Question - New or Transition to UXR
: "What do UXRs in frontier AI labs or startups working on Foundational Models work on?"
32 posts
#3
General UXR Info Question
: "Mind maps for research synthesis, actually useful or just visual noise?"
26 posts
#4
Career Question - Mid or Senior level
: "Need a change... Anyone else done it?"
23 posts
#5
Article or post for discussion
: "Synthetic Users Are Influencing Your Design Decisions. New Research Says They're Right About as Often as a Coin Flip."
19 posts
#6
State of UXR industry question/comment
: "Company spent a fortune on consultants. Their research was worse than what our UXR team delivered."
18 posts
#7
Tools Question
: "vent: usertesting is so buggy"
15 posts
Member Growth in r/UXResearch
Yearly
+10k members(17.7%)
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Last updated: August 10, 2026