r/AskAcademia↗
AskAcademia: Questions for Academics
This subreddit is for discussing academic life, and for asking questions directed towards people involved in academia, (both science and humanities).
2.1M subscribers931 posts / mo in Sep 2026827 authors / mosince 2011
r/AskAcademia has 2.1M members (+2.6% over the last 12 months). It gets about 931 posts a month from 827 people. Top topics: Rejected Papers & Reviews, Academia vs Industry and Academic Jobs & Tenure.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Rejected Papers & Reviews5.4%
- Academia vs Industry5.0%
- Academic Jobs & Tenure4.3%
- Career Transitions3.1%
- PhD Challenges & Support3.0%
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- Doi
- Nature
- arXiv.org e-Print archive
- Academia
- European Union
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