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Library Science

A community for students seeking library science or information science degrees, instructors and professors in those fields, and, of course, librarians.

84k subscribers55 posts / mo in Sep 202653 authors / mosince 2010

r/LibraryScience has 84k members (+583% over the last 12 months). It gets about 55 posts a month from 53 people. Top topics: Librarian Jobs & Interviews, Career Advice and Jobs and Local Libraries.

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Size and growth

How r/LibraryScience has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+583%in 12 months · +1.6% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 202683k
Growing83k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+45%vs Sep 2025 · +24% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202655
BusierPeaked at 165 in Dec 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/LibraryScience

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Librarian Jobs & Interviews1.2%
  2. Career Advice and Jobs0.5%
  3. Local Libraries0.4%
  4. Libraries & Homelessness0.4%
  5. Public Libraries0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. American Library Association
  2. The Daily Tar Heel
  3. The Library of Congress
  4. unc.edu
  5. Doi

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research