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ChemHelp: a place to ask questions about chemistry

r/chemhelp is place where you can seek help with whatever chemistry problem you may encounter. Whether you are a high school student trying to understand the fundamentals, a college student struggling through upper division courses, or a professional seeking pointers on a real problem you are trying to solve, you have a place here.

117k subscribers522 posts / mo in Sep 2026428 authors / mosince 2010

r/chemhelp has 117k members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 522 posts a month from 428 people. Top topics: Seeking Answers, Organic Chemistry and Help With Questions.

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Size and growth

How r/chemhelp has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+16%in 12 months · +3.1% in 3 months · +0.8% in 1 month
Oct 2026117k
Growing117k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−40%vs Sep 2025 · −34% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026522
QuieterPeaked at 1.2k in Oct 2024
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/chemhelp

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Seeking Answers1.2%
  2. Organic Chemistry1.1%
  3. Help With Questions1.1%
  4. Chemistry Exams & Notes0.8%
  5. AP Sciences0.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. iupac.org
  2. webPOISONCONTROL
  3. Doi
  4. Masterorganicchemistry.com
  5. ResearchGate

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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