r/Zettelkasten is a subreddit with 39k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses zettelkasten, notes, writing, struggling, and obsidian, 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
: "Any books about how someone used Zettelkasten to write a book on a subject other than Zettelkasten?"
8 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Side effect of my Zettelkasten: self-confidence"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Wanting to build a physical zettelkasten "
3 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Examples of using a Zettelkasten to produce an actual paper, book, or blog post?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/Zettelkasten
#1
Zettelkasten
: "My Zettelkasten finally started working once I stopped treating it like a productivity system"
48 posts
#2
Notes
: "Zettelkasten's Hidden Problem: When Finding Notes Becomes a Treasure Hunt"
29 posts
#3
Writing
: "Does your ZK actually connect to your Writing or do you just hope it will?"
7 posts
#4
Struggling
: "Zettelkasten newbie Struggling with Obsidian"
6 posts
#5
Obsidian
: "Zettelkasten newbie struggling with Obsidian"
4 posts
#6
Knowledge
4 posts
#7
System
3 posts
#8
Tools
3 posts
#9
Ai
3 posts
#10
Literature
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
: "I think Luhmann had such a big output because he had a lot of time"
84 posts
#2
general
: "On Sönke Ahrens's book How to Take Smart Notes"
38 posts
#3
resource
: "Niklas Luhmann’s Zettelkasten Method One Pager (1968)"
33 posts
#4
share
: "I deleted my Zettelkasten"
18 posts
#5
workflow
: "Atomic notes are a trap"
15 posts
#6
structure
: "Zettelkasten for Visual Thinkers: Notes as Images, Not Just Words"
6 posts
Member Growth in r/Zettelkasten
Yearly
+9k members(28.2%)
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Last updated: August 6, 2026