r/AcademicPsychology↗
AcademicPsychology: Where peer-reviewed psychology is shared and discussed
A place to share and discuss articles/issues related to all fields of psychology. Discussions should be of an academic nature, avoiding ‘pop psychology.’ This is also a place to talk about your own psychology research, methods, and career in order to gain input from our vast psychology community. This subreddit is generally aimed at those in an intermediate to master level, mostly in/around graduate school, or for professionals; undergraduates, etc., are recommended for r/psychologystudents.
190k subscribers246 posts / mo in Sep 2026223 authors / mosince 2011
r/AcademicPsychology has 190k members (+11% over the last 12 months). It gets about 246 posts a month from 223 people. Top topics: Psychology Careers & Degrees, Research Reading Strategies and Rejected Papers & Reviews.
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- Psychology Careers & Degrees3.2%
- Research Reading Strategies1.2%
- Rejected Papers & Reviews0.7%
- School Psychology & Counseling0.7%
- Writing Challenges0.7%
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- Doi
- American Psychological Association
- Nature
- Substack
- OSF
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