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 worst, 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
: "Can any one here suggest me good yt channels to understand undergrad level chemistry (organic, inorganic , physical, quantum chemistry )"
9 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I got sick of chromatograms being locked behind vendor software, so here is an open source option for chromatography"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Dropping Organic Chemistry"
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "laboratory/ research opportunities recommended for freshman"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Please check this out! I created it myself!"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/chemistry
#1
Chemistry
55 posts
#2
Struggling
25 posts
#3
Looking For A
14 posts
#4
Struggling With
12 posts
#5
Worst
7 posts
#6
Looking For
5 posts
#7
Struggle
4 posts
#8
Students
4 posts
#9
Looking For A Book
4 posts
#10
Hate
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/chemistry
Scientific Calculator
25 reviews
#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
Programming Languages
5 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
+60k members(1.6%)
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Last updated: November 5, 2026