r/labrats is a subreddit with 721k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses lab, looking for a, struggling, software, and research, and they frequently recommend/review hand cream, coding language, and ballpoint pen.
Welcome to r/LabRats! A space for scientists, researchers, and lab workers to share experiment fails, lab wins, and PI woes. Do you need advice, a place to vent, or just some lab-life humor? Want to share your big successes, your awesome protocols, and tricks of the trade? Join your fellow labrats. We also have a discord server! https://discord.gg/385mCqr
Popular Themes in r/labrats
#1
Advice Requests
: "Need help breaking into Clinical Research."
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Made 4 free web tools for pre-formulation/analytical work so you don't have to beg for an enterprise license"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Senior PhD student, no publications, advisor keeps moving my graduation date — how do I actually finish?"
7 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Calling all hiring managers"
2 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "I was sick of juggling 8 tabs to do one literature review, so I built a single tool that does the whole pipeline (I'm the creator — feedback wanted)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/labrats
#1
Lab
32 posts
#2
Looking For A
26 posts
#3
Struggling
16 posts
#4
Software
9 posts
#5
Research
8 posts
#6
Hate
7 posts
#7
Job
6 posts
#8
Worst
3 posts
#9
Phd
: "Senior Phd student, no publications, advisor keeps moving my graduation date — how do I actually finish?"
3 posts
#10
Experience
: "Trying to find opportunities to build Experience but then rejected for lack of Experience."
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/labrats
Hand Cream
30 reviews
#1
Aveeno
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#2
Vaseline
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
O'Keeffe's
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Coding Language
10 reviews
#1
Python
4.5★ from 8 reviews
#2
R
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Ballpoint Pen
9 reviews
#1
Zebra
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Pilot
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#3
Cross
5.0★ from 1 review
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+45k members(6.7%)
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Last updated: July 29, 2026