r/urbanplanning is a subreddit with 234k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and opportunities, and the community frequently discusses urban planning, cities, looking for, worst, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review mapping software and project management tools.
Urban planning is about making our cities and towns better—looking at the built environment, people, culture, the economy, and nature. This group is for quality discussion about planning topics like land use, the built environment, planning practice and regs, transportation, and community development. This is for high level discussion among professionals, academics, and amateurs... so no low effort meme posts, rants, or spam allowed.
Popular Themes in r/urbanplanning
#1
Advice Requests
: "Are there any soft skills you wished you had had going into Urban Planning knowing what you know now?"
1 post
#2
Opportunities
: "Possible Job Offer in Planning?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/urbanplanning
#1
Urban Planning
37 posts
#2
Cities
37 posts
#3
Looking For
30 posts
#4
Worst
23 posts
#5
Struggling
21 posts
#6
Housing
19 posts
#7
Urban
12 posts
#8
Planning
12 posts
#9
Transit
10 posts
#10
Development
8 posts
Products Discussed in r/urbanplanning
Mapping Software
5 reviews
#1
QGIS
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
ArcGIS
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
ArcMap
5.0★ from 1 review
Project Management Tools
4 reviews
#1
Asana
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
ProofHub
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Microsoft Planner
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/urbanplanning
#1
Discussion
: "Why do you think interest in the word “walkable” has jumped so much in the last 5 years?"
88 posts
#2
Transportation
: "Madrid tripled the length of its metro system in just 12 years — faster and cheaper than almost any other city in the world."
20 posts
#3
Land Use
: "NC ends minimum parking spot requirements for new developments"
19 posts
#4
Education / Career
: "Got told that I don't have the "minimum experience" needed... for an entry level position"
16 posts
#5
Jobs
: "I am trying to run an entire department 1.5 months into a my first planning job with zero municipal experience. It is not going well."
10 posts
#6
Economic Dev
: "America should stop making it so hard to have fun"
9 posts
#7
Other
: "Study finds US cities have a $1 trillion infrastructure problem"
9 posts
#8
Community Dev
: "<100k college towns are genuinely depressing in the summer"
9 posts
#9
Urban Design
: "How Spokane became the first city to use Washington state’s Parking to People incentive to create more affordable housing"
8 posts
#10
Sustainability
: "‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds | Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors say"
7 posts
Member Growth in r/urbanplanning
Yearly
+11k members(4.9%)
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Last updated: July 22, 2026