r/productivity is a subreddit with 4.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses productivity, looking, struggling, app, and time, and they frequently recommend/review productivity apps, productivity app, and to do list app.
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Popular Themes in r/productivity
#1
Solution Requests
: "PLEASE DO NOT PAY for screentime apps/blockers/OS! Lots of FREE and Open-Source solutions work, even better than the paid ones."
18 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "If you had 7 hours of free time how would you be productive (serious question)"
9 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I keep procrastinating even when I know exactly what I need to do"
4 posts
Popular Topics in r/productivity
#1
Productivity
: "A misconception about Productivity"
46 posts
#2
Looking
34 posts
#3
Struggling
19 posts
#4
App
: "Looking for an App like a digital stick notes / notice board"
15 posts
#5
Time
: "Battling depletion after work.. how are you efficient on tackling goals and optimizing Time?"
10 posts
#6
Focus
10 posts
#7
Time Management
: "How do I spend my next 5 weeks?"
8 posts
#8
Apps
7 posts
#9
Tools
6 posts
#10
Task
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 do you recover when you're already REALLY behind at work?"
86 posts
#2
Advice Needed
: "I want to stop procrastinating but the grief from all the time I wasted makes me procrastinate more
"
52 posts
#3
General Advice
: "Your day isn't fucking over yet."
32 posts
#4
Technique
: "Do it anyways. Do it tired. Do it sad."
22 posts
#5
Software
: "Which app has had the most impact on you so far?"
7 posts
#6
Book
: "Atomic Habits, summarized in my own words. (Part 1)"
1 post
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Yearly
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Last updated: August 31, 2026