r/statistics is a subreddit with 632k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses statistics, looking for a, struggling, question, and q, and they frequently recommend/review statistics book, textbook, and ide.
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Popular Themes in r/statistics
#1
Advice Requests
: "[Q] What can I expect to learn in a stats major"
36 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "[D] Laptop/Spec Recommendations for Statistics PhD?"
4 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Solo founder here – I built a few free tools for researchers. Here is why."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/statistics
#1
Statistics
55 posts
#2
Looking For A
48 posts
#3
Struggling
43 posts
#4
Question
25 posts
#5
Q
20 posts
#6
Hard Time
8 posts
#7
Good
5 posts
#8
Looking
4 posts
#9
Analysis
4 posts
#10
Worst
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/statistics
Statistics Book
99 reviews
#1
Andy Field
4.4★ from 7 reviews
#2
Danielle Navarro
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Casella & Berger
3.7★ from 3 reviews
Textbook
18 reviews
#1
Wackerly
3.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
DeGroot
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Larsen and Marx
4.0★ from 1 review
Ide
2 reviews
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VS Code
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
RStudio
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/statistics
#1
Question
: "[Q] If you're in grad school for Stats (PhD or Master's) and your undergraduate was in math: 1) what do you miss about math; 2) what are you gad to have traded with stats?"
57 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Failed SAS Advanced Programming Exam [Discussion]"
22 posts
#3
Education
: "[E] The Cauchy Distribution - Explained"
20 posts
#4
Career
: "[Career] Long-term job market outlook for statisticians, especially biostats?"
12 posts
#5
Research
: "[R] Vignette Experimental Design - Repeated measure or Multivariate"
6 posts
#6
Software
: "[Software] How to test if your numerical code is mathematically correct?"
4 posts
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+29k members(4.8%)
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Last updated: August 28, 2026