r/zotero is a subreddit with 14k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses zotero, pdf, issues, citation, and sync, and they frequently recommend/review pdf viewer.
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Popular Themes in r/zotero
#1
Advice Requests
: "What Zotero add-ons do I NEED... as a noob?"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "How to use LLM to organize my zotero paper folders?"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Huge memory leaks in Zotero pdf reader/annotation on Apple Macs - also the pdf reader has terribly slow performance"
3 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Zotero idea: warn if an article is already in your library before importing"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Zotero Users: Want Lifetime Access to a Research Assistant That Lives Inside Zotero?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/zotero
#1
Zotero
: "My Zotero, one shot!"
374 posts
#2
: "Huge memory leaks in Zotero Pdf reader/annotation on Apple Macs - also the Pdf reader has terribly slow performance"
45 posts
#3
Issues
: "Issues with Zotero"
35 posts
#4
Citation
: "Zotero is highlighting my Citations, how do I get it to stop?"
31 posts
#5
Sync
: "Zotero + Syncthing between iPad & Laptop"
23 posts
#6
Syncing
: "Organizing notes for writing"
20 posts
#7
Citations
: "Zotero is highlighting my Citations, how do I get it to stop?"
20 posts
#8
Android
17 posts
#9
Notes
: "Organizing Notes for writing"
16 posts
#10
Plugin
: "python package to manipulate local zotero db?"
13 posts
Products Discussed in r/zotero
Pdf Viewer
1 review
#1
Evince
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/zotero
#1
Plugin/Tool Talk
: "ZotMeta 2.0 is out 🎉"
20 posts
#2
Help
: "Sort PDFs for one Book"
8 posts
#3
Storage/Sync
: "Please help me maximise my storage!"
4 posts
#4
Discussion
: "Using Zotero across multiple computers"
2 posts
#5
Tinkering
: "A collection of Zotero themes (light & dark)"
1 post
#6
Tool talk
: "Citum: a sort of CSL successor"
1 post
#7
Question
: "Zotero como read-it-later"
1 post
#8
Workflow
: "is there a way to connect my Zotero account to a project in Claude Pro account?"
1 post
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Yearly
+5k members(50.3%)
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Last updated: August 14, 2026