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, help, lab, and looking for a, 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
: "Latest discoveries on plasmonic nanoparticles: A free UC Berkeley seminar"
14 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "S.O.S. Just broke the joint on a reactor head. Is there any Jerry-rig way to make this hold a vacuum? I have 10 hours to find a solution."
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "frustrated physicist"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/chemistry
#1
Chemistry
: "How competitive is the Chemistry academic job market currently?"
251 posts
#2
Struggling
30 posts
#3
Help
: "Please Help me read this pH strip!"
29 posts
#4
Lab
: "Can we salvage these micropipettes? The teaching Lab flooded and they got rained on :("
15 posts
#5
Looking For A
14 posts
#6
Struggling With
13 posts
#7
Organic
: "Found this while searching for reagents for a project in our university’s campus chemical store. This thing is well over a century old."
12 posts
#8
Research
: "How is your Research going? Mine looks like this:"
10 posts
#9
Synthesis
: "An epoxy-fiberglass sheet I electroless plated/metallized for printed circuit board fabrication"
8 posts
#10
Looking For
7 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
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+35k members(0.9%)
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Last updated: June 30, 2026