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University: Academic and real-world news for students, faculty, and academics

University. Ask questions and give answers so that everyone moves forward.

56k subscribers824 posts / mo in Sep 2026733 authors / mosince 2008

r/University has 56k members (+19% over the last 12 months). It gets about 824 posts a month from 733 people. Top topics: Making Friends at Uni, Older Students and Failed Classes.

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Size and growth

How r/University has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+19%in 12 months · +3.1% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 202656k
Growing56k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+8.6%vs Sep 2025 · −21% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026824
BusierPeaked at 1.1k in Apr 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/University

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Making Friends at Uni8.4%
  2. Older Students3.5%
  3. Failed Classes3.2%
  4. Motivation Issues1.6%
  5. Semester Struggles1.6%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Qualtrics
  2. Microsoft 365 Copilot
  3. Gorilla
  4. Jisc
  5. Gofund

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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