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Physics Students

A place for physics students of any level to discuss the intricate profoundness of the universe.

149k subscribers553 posts / mo in Sep 2026423 authors / mosince 2013

r/PhysicsStudents has 149k members (+23% over the last 12 months). It gets about 553 posts a month from 423 people. Top topics: Physics Exams & Study, Space & Physics Engineering and Physics Books.

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Size and growth

How r/PhysicsStudents has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+23%in 12 months · +5.1% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026149k
Growing149k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/PhysicsStudents

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+1.8%vs Sep 2025 · +5.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026553
BusierPeaked at 675 in Oct 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/PhysicsStudents

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Physics Exams & Study5.6%
  2. Space & Physics Engineering3.3%
  3. Physics Books1.7%
  4. Undergrad Research1.2%
  5. Grad School Admissions1.0%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Zenodo
  2. arXiv.org e-Print archive
  3. Doi
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  5. Academia

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Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

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