r/Essays↗
Share your essays, request feedback, get prompts, and basically everything related to essays. We're a community centered around essays.
20k subscribers63 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~2% by known bots)56 authors / mosince 2008
r/Essays has 20k members (+29% over the last 12 months). It gets about 63 posts a month from 56 people. Top topics: Essay Writing Challenges, Thesis Defense and Scholarships & Applications.
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- Essay Writing Challenges26%
- Thesis Defense1.0%
- Scholarships & Applications1.0%
- Writing Tips and Styles1.0%
- Poetry Help & Recommendations0.7%
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- Substack
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