r/UXResearch

69k members
r/UXResearch is a subreddit with 69k 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?"
24 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Looking for UXR Aspirants to be coached for free"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "A brief statement on the job market: ARGHHHHHHHGGHHH"
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Finding a new opportunity in Product Design before i winter and the end of this year"
2 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Testing desirability for a research themed card game / workshop aid"
1 post
#6
Money Talk
: "Salary deflation?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/UXResearch

#1

Ux

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
#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
: "Doctorate, published research, hundreds of applications, zero interviews — is it just me?"
19 posts
#2
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"
13 posts
#3
Article or post for discussion
: "This post about UX Research on LinkedIn really bothered me"
12 posts
#4
Tools Question
: "Genuinely useful use cases of using MCP server?"
12 posts
#5
Methods Question
: "Prioritizing feature ideas from interview data is melting my brain rn"
12 posts
#6
State of UXR industry question/comment
: "A brief statement on the job market: ARGHHHHHHHGGHHH"
11 posts
#7
General UXR Info Question
: "Any of you work mostly alone?"
9 posts
#8
Meme
: "Thinking about switching over"
1 post

Member Growth in r/UXResearch

Yearly
+10k members(16.3%)

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Last updated: October 1, 2026