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 productivity, motivation, looking, time, and focus, 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
: "What to replace with social media?"
14 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "What is your personal organization system for "projects" and "tags"? What other tools do you use to organize and manage your life?"
13 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I think a lot of productivity tools accidentally become another form of procrastination"
8 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Is email becoming everyone's hidden task manager?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/productivity
#1
Productivity
: "I keep buying Productivity tools when the real problem is that I just don’t want to start"
116 posts
#2
Motivation
: "I used to think Motivation disappeared randomly."
46 posts
#3
Looking
41 posts
#4
Time
: "Looking for tips on how to get up in the morning"
35 posts
#5
Focus
: "Does deep Focus work when you loathe the task?"
27 posts
#6
Struggling
18 posts
#7
Apps
: "self care Apps that dont use ai? Similar to finch preferably"
17 posts
#8
Procrastination
: "Suffering through severe Procrastination....My time is running out and I still procrastinate, I don't understand why I'm doing what I'm doing, someone please help."
15 posts
#9
Frustrating
14 posts
#10
Time Management
: "What is your personal organization system for "projects" and "tags"? What other tools do you use to organize and manage your life?"
14 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
: "What to replace with social media?"
75 posts
#2
Advice Needed
: "I'm not depressed but all I have energy to do is lie in bed while listening to music."
53 posts
#3
General Advice
: "How are elite athletes so disciplined?"
35 posts
#4
Technique
: "We need to talk about the “recipe blog effect” on everything, this is affecting a lot of things in the internet"
30 posts
#5
Software
: "Can anyone recommend a decent free app blocker for android?"
5 posts
#6
Book
: "I read one line in Deep Work and realized I’ve been confusing motion with progress"
1 post
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Yearly
+243k members(6.1%)
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Last updated: June 3, 2026