/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 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
: "A free organic chemistry resource"
16 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "My professor is asking me to search through scientific literature to find melting point ranges of different compounds. I can only find exact melting points through my findings. Is there any website that has literature giving me these ranges that are usually within a 1 degrees C range?"
4 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Hokkaido Univ. student dies after being splashed with hydrofluoric acid"
3 posts

Popular Topics in r/chemistry

#1

Chemistry

61 posts
#2

Struggling

29 posts
#3

Looking For A

14 posts
#4

Struggling With

12 posts
#5

Worst

7 posts
#6

Apps

5 posts
#7

Chemicals

5 posts
#8

Students

5 posts
#9

Looking For

5 posts
#10

Smell

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
+49k members(1.3%)

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Last updated: September 2, 2026