r/philosophy is a subreddit with 18.6M members. The community frequently discusses philosophy, looking for, worst, struggling, and book, and the most common flair used is blog, video, podcast, article [pdf], and paper.
/r/philosophy: the portal for public philosophy
Popular Topics in r/philosophy
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Philosophy
22 posts
#2
Looking For
20 posts
#3
Worst
19 posts
#4
Struggling
9 posts
#5
Book
6 posts
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Good
6 posts
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Ethics
4 posts
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Annoying
4 posts
#9
Love
3 posts
#10
Hard Time
3 posts
Flair Used in r/philosophy
#1
Blog
: "Act Such That You Are Willing to Relive The Interaction from Perspective of All Those Involved"
7 posts
#2
Video
: "Nietzsche argued that philosophy since Plato has focused on metaphysical beyond-worlds that distract from the material. With the death of God, metaphysics died too, and the question of suffering asks itself anew. The Übermensch is Nietzsche's answer"
3 posts
#3
Podcast
: "Podcast: Why videogames don’t make you violent (but do affect you in other ways)"
2 posts
#4
Article [PDF]
: "Vice signaling is not the opposite of virtue signaling, but a subset of virtue-signaling actions"
2 posts
#5
Paper
: "AI Should be Considered as a Problem for Social Philosophy"
1 post
#6
Open Thread
: "/r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | October 12, 2026"
1 post
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Last updated: October 15, 2026