r/academia is a subreddit with 111k members. The community frequently discusses academia, struggling, hate, job, and research, and they frequently recommend/review pen, statistics book, and tablet, and the most common flair used is publishing, venting & griping, job market , research issues, and students & teaching.
An online community for discussing issues related to academia, faculty life, research, and institutional structures. This is NOT the place to ask questions about your homework, your particular school or professors, or to get admission advice!
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Popular Topics in r/academia
#1
Academia
14 posts
#2
Struggling
14 posts
#3
Hate
8 posts
#4
Job
7 posts
#5
Research
5 posts
#6
Phd
3 posts
#7
Publication
2 posts
#8
Writing
2 posts
#9
Adjunct
1 post
#10
Conference
1 post
Products Discussed in r/academia
Pen
9 reviews
#1
Caran d’Ache Ballpoint
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Pilot G2
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Pilot Heritage
5.0★ from 1 review
Statistics Book
4 reviews
#1
Calvin Dytham
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Wackerly
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Sheldon Ross
4.0★ from 1 review
Tablet
3 reviews
#1
reMarkable
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Apple
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/academia
#1
Publishing
: "freind of mine published a paper with fabricated results in a top journal and got accepted and i feel disgusted"
12 posts
#2
Venting & griping
: "Cold response after approaching a professor"
11 posts
#3
Job market
: "Asked for more time for decision, was that a mistake?"
6 posts
#4
Research issues
: "I feel academically uncreative, and struggle to come up with original research questions and theses. How do you train this "muscle"?"
5 posts
#5
Students & teaching
: "Those who’ve been interviewers for your projects: how much do you actually like to talk about the project during an interview?"
5 posts
#6
Academic politics
: "Has the PhD degree always been something advertised like a job?"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/academia
Yearly
+16k members(17.0%)
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Last updated: November 5, 2026