r/bioinformatics is a subreddit with 165k members. The community frequently discusses bioinformatics, struggling, rna seq, phd, and time, and they frequently recommend/review statistics book, remote desktop software, and softwares, and the most common flair used is technical question, discussion, academic, career question, and article.
## A subreddit to discuss the intersection of computers and biology.
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A subreddit dedicated to bioinformatics, computational genomics and systems biology.
Popular Topics in r/bioinformatics
#1
Bioinformatics
154 posts
#2
Struggling
24 posts
#3
Rna Seq
21 posts
#4
Phd
15 posts
#5
Time
14 posts
#6
Genomics
10 posts
#7
Scrnaseq
9 posts
#8
Satsang
8 posts
#9
Career
8 posts
#10
Frustrating
6 posts
Products Discussed in r/bioinformatics
Statistics Book
2 reviews
#1
Pevsner
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Compeau
4.0★ from 1 review
Remote Desktop Software
2 reviews
#1
RemotePC
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
TeamViewer
4.0★ from 1 review
Softwares
1 review
#1
AlphaFold
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/bioinformatics
#1
technical question
: "Is bioinformatics migrating fully to python? (and various other questions from a beginner)"
81 posts
#2
discussion
: "BioMart has been quietly discontinued by Ensembl"
26 posts
#3
academic
: "I built a free, comprehensive tutorial site for scRNA-seq, HPC, and Bioinformatics (Scanpy & Seurat)"
25 posts
#4
career question
: "Where should I look for full-time bioinformatics jobs in Germany?"
13 posts
#5
article
: "Benchmarked nf-core/rnaseq across AWS HealthOmics, AWS Batch
(on-demand + spot), and our own Nextflow executor — methodology and numbers"
6 posts
#6
programming
: "Quick guide to Bash for HPC use?"
5 posts
#7
other
: "Starting MSc in Bioinformatics"
4 posts
#8
compositional data analysis
: "Roadmap for learning single-cell RNA-seq analysis from scratch"
3 posts
#9
statistics
: "ScRNASeq Analysis"
3 posts
#10
meta
: "Number of posts/votes per month stratified by flair"
1 post
Member Growth in r/bioinformatics
Yearly
+24k members(16.7%)
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Last updated: September 9, 2026