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Computational Chemistry

13k subscribers76 posts / mo in Sep 202663 authors / mosince 2011

r/comp_chem has 13k members (+27% over the last 12 months). It gets about 76 posts a month from 63 people. Top topics: Career Transitions, PhD Job Transition and Biotech CareerAdvice.

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Size and growth

How r/comp_chem has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+27%in 12 months · +5.1% in 3 months · +1.6% in 1 month
Oct 202613k
Growing13k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−25%vs Sep 2025 · +7.8% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202676
QuieterPeaked at 119 in Jun 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/comp_chem

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Career Transitions0.9%
  2. PhD Job Transition0.5%
  3. Biotech CareerAdvice0.5%
  4. Python Programming0.3%
  5. Surface Finishing and Edges0.3%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Doi
  2. Wiley
  3. Gaussian
  4. PyPI
  5. Nature

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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