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
: "What careers can I pursue if I love chemistry?"
10 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "How can I wash nonenal from laundry?"
4 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "HELP. I fucking HATE this."
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "can someone tell me really good science exhibition ideas (chem) ideas that made them won first place?? (for grade 12) and should be feasible and helpful for modern day problems??"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I made an interactive chemistry website and wanted to share it here."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/chemistry
#1
Chemistry
: "I hate physics but love Chemistry"
60 posts
#2
Struggling
29 posts
#3
Looking For A
14 posts
#4
Struggling With
12 posts
#5
Worst
7 posts
#6
Chemicals
5 posts
#7
Students
5 posts
#8
Looking For
5 posts
#9
Smell
4 posts
#10
Looking For A Book
4 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
+56k members(1.5%)
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Last updated: October 1, 2026