r/productivity is a subreddit with 4.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking, productivity, struggling, focus, and app, and they frequently recommend/review productivity apps, productivity app, and to do list app.
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Popular Themes in r/productivity
#1
Advice Requests
: "Does anyone have advice for becoming a productive and successful ‘That Girl’ if I have anxiety, OCD, ADHD, and physical health issues?"
13 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "App for notes but be able to search in the future?"
10 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "What is a realistic way to break the toxic loop of planning your day perfectly but doing nothing?"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Would a discreet teleprompter or HUD meeting summary actually improve your workflow?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/productivity
#1
Looking
33 posts
#2
Productivity
: "What Productivity tools are you using in order to be more effective during office hours?"
33 posts
#3
Struggling
18 posts
#4
Focus
10 posts
#5
App
: "Looking for a productivity App."
8 posts
#6
Time
7 posts
#7
Apps
7 posts
#8
Task
: "Would an all-in-one system for Task paralysis, camera-free body doubling, and impulse spending actually help?"
6 posts
#9
Tools
6 posts
#10
Planner
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/productivity
Productivity Apps
221 reviews
#1
Notion
4.7★ from 23 reviews
#2
TickTick
4.5★ from 19 reviews
#3
Todoist
4.4★ from 12 reviews
Productivity App
178 reviews
#1
Notion
4.3★ from 18 reviews
#2
TickTick
4.6★ from 16 reviews
#3
Todoist
4.9★ from 14 reviews
To Do List App
173 reviews
#1
ToDoIst
4.3★ from 18 reviews
#2
TickTick
4.5★ from 15 reviews
#3
Apple
4.5★ from 10 reviews
Flair Used in r/productivity
#1
Question
: "How the hell do people have enough time to do ALL the “healthy adult” things?"
46 posts
#2
General Advice
: "Does anyone have advice for becoming a productive and successful ‘That Girl’ if I have anxiety, OCD, ADHD, and physical health issues?"
19 posts
#3
Advice Needed
: "What got you out of a depression slump? what helped you be more productive?"
12 posts
#4
Technique
: "The five-minute habit that makes coming back from a break painless"
7 posts
#5
Software
: "I can read a lot more thanks to Paper2Audio"
7 posts
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Yearly
+215k members(5.3%)
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Last updated: September 7, 2026