/r/chemistry/

r/chemistry

3.9M members
r/chemistry is a subreddit with 3.9M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses chemistry, struggling, looking for a, struggling with, and looking for, and they frequently recommend/review scientific calculator, novels, and programming languages.
A community for chemists and those who love chemistry

Popular Themes in r/chemistry

#1
Advice Requests
: "Weekly Research S.O.S. Thread - Ask your research and technical questions here"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Need a Low Viscosity Liquid that leaves an Opaque Resin or Film"
5 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Ideas for web fluid"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/chemistry

#1

Chemistry

: "Thoughts on the new logo of the American Chem Society"
64 posts
#2

Struggling

29 posts
#3

Looking For A

14 posts
#4

Struggling With

12 posts
#5

Looking For

10 posts
#6

Worst

7 posts
#7

Chemicals

5 posts
#8

Students

5 posts
#9

Smell

4 posts
#10

Looking For A Book

4 posts

Products Discussed in r/chemistry

#1
Texas Instruments
4.8 from 20 reviews
#2
HP
5.0 from 3 reviews
#3
Casio
4.0 from 2 reviews

Novels

12 reviews
#1
Bonnie Garmus
4.0 from 2 reviews
#2
Primo Levi
5.0 from 2 reviews
#3
Andy Weir
4.5 from 2 reviews
#1
RDKit
5.0 from 1 review
#2
Wolfram
5.0 from 1 review
#3
C++
4.0 from 1 review

Member Growth in r/chemistry

Yearly
+45k members(1.2%)

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Last updated: August 13, 2026