r/productivity is a subreddit with 4.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses looking, productivity, struggling, focus, and tools, 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
: "How do you keep multiple areas of life moving without burning out?"
18 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Please guide me i feel overwhelmed by everything, ive lost 2 yrs of my life like this"
15 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Any decent apps to replace social media (preferably free or at fair cost?)"
8 posts
Popular Topics in r/productivity
#1
Looking
39 posts
#2
Productivity
: "How do I make time for everything??"
39 posts
#3
Struggling
18 posts
#4
Focus
: "Been using Buds 4 pro for Focus sessions and meditation and the anc is saving me."
13 posts
#5
Tools
10 posts
#6
Apps
: "I deleted three productivity Apps this week."
10 posts
#7
App
9 posts
#8
Motivation
: "I can only do work if Im under world ending pressure HELP"
8 posts
#9
Task
7 posts
#10
Time
6 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 do highly productive people do differently that most people overlook?"
80 posts
#2
Advice Needed
: "How do you keep multiple areas of life moving without burning out?"
66 posts
#3
General Advice
: "The reason most productivity advice doesn’t work for ADHD brains - and what actually does"
26 posts
#4
Technique
: "knowing what to do and actually doing it are two completely different skills and nobody teaches you the second one."
18 posts
#5
Software
: "Any productivity application that lets me create a to do list the day before?"
9 posts
Member Growth in r/productivity
Yearly
+231k members(5.8%)
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Last updated: July 18, 2026