r/Zettelkasten is a subreddit with 40k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses zettelkasten, notes, writing, obsidian, and knowledge, and they frequently recommend/review notes app.
Knowledge work based on the principles and practices of Niklas Luhmann's zettelkasten method, a bottom-up, emergent, rhizomatic approach to writing and thinking.
Popular Themes in r/Zettelkasten
#1
Advice Requests
: "Zettlekasten feels like hyperlinking everything to everything . Need some help understanding it"
18 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Side effect of my Zettelkasten: self-confidence"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Is there such a Zettelkasten note-taking app?"
3 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Examples of using a Zettelkasten to produce an actual paper, book, or blog post?"
3 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Jul 2026 Self-Promotions | Tools, Books, and Courses"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Zettelkasten
#1
Zettelkasten
: "My Zettelkasten finally started working once I stopped treating it like a productivity system"
43 posts
#2
Notes
: "I can't keep up with literature Notes"
33 posts
#3
Writing
: "Does your ZK actually connect to your Writing or do you just hope it will?"
9 posts
#4
Obsidian
: "I'm giving a Zettelkasten/Obsidian workshop at my university tomorrow."
5 posts
#5
Knowledge
4 posts
#6
System
: "I'm giving a Zettelkasten/Obsidian workshop at my university tomorrow."
3 posts
#7
Tools
: "I'm giving a Zettelkasten/Obsidian workshop at my university tomorrow."
3 posts
#8
Ai
3 posts
#9
Cards
: "At what point do you stop linking Cards and start actually creating outputs?"
3 posts
#10
Permanent Note
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/Zettelkasten
Notes App
7 reviews
#1
Apple Notes
3.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Bear
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Apple
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Zettelkasten
#1
question
: "The writing step is the whole method and I think most people skip it"
109 posts
#2
general
: "Some experts really have a gift for turning Zettelkasten into rocket science."
32 posts
#3
resource
: "Niklas Luhmann’s Zettelkasten Method One Pager (1968)"
20 posts
#4
share
: "I deleted my Zettelkasten"
19 posts
#5
workflow
: "Atomic notes are a trap"
8 posts
#6
structure
: "Zettelkasten for Visual Thinkers: Notes as Images, Not Just Words"
7 posts
Member Growth in r/Zettelkasten
Yearly
+8k members(27.0%)
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Last updated: September 3, 2026